JWST 4769 - Research in Jewish Studies

(ALC-AS, HST-AS) (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG)

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Required for Jewish Studies majors. Co-meets with JWST 4998.

J. Mokhtarian.

This course offers Jewish Studies majors a chance to write a significant research essay that allows for depth of study of a topic of interest to each individual student. Because it is a required course for the major, it is also intended to create a sense of community among majors and provide collective support for the students’ research and writing. In this course, student research will be guided through individual meetings with the instructor as well as in-class writing exercises and peer review. Students will develop research and writing skills, including library research, bibliographies, drafts, art of argument, and rewriting. The course will be designed in a way that allows students to conduct research that is of interest to them, regardless of what that field of interest is.