Jewish Art and Visual Culture Sample Course Schedules

Sample Schedules

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I. Student entering with Hebrew and GS prerequisites* completed 

Year 1: Fall Semester

Jewish Ceremonial Art in Context

Two (2) courses in Jewish Studies (History, Rabbinics, or Literature)

Art History (Columbia or Bard Graduate Center)

Year 1: Spring Semester

Art after Emancipation or another modern art course

Jewish Studies (see Fall)

Art History (Columbia or Bard Graduate Center)

Internship in The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
or the Jewish Museum

Summer:

German Reading Course (Columbia)

Year 2: Fall Semester

History of Synagogue Architecture

Internship in The Library or the Jewish Museum

Art History (Columbia or Bard Graduate Center)

Jewish Studies (see Fall of Year 1)

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II. Student entering with no Hebrew, must complete GS prerequisites* 

Year 1: Fall Semester

Hebrew

Jewish Ceremonial Art in Context

Classics of the Jewish Tradition I

Two (2) courses in Jewish Studies (History, Rabbinics, or Literature)

Year 1: Spring Semester

Hebrew

Classics of the Jewish Tradition II

Course in Jewish Art of the Modern Period

Art History (Columbia or Bard Graduate Center)

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

 Summer:

Hebrew 

German Reading Course (Columbia)

Year 2: Fall Semester

Hebrew

History of Synagogue Architecture

Art History (Columbia or Bard Graduate Center)

Jewish Studies (see Fall Year 1)

Internship at The Library or the Jewish Museum

Year 2: Spring Semester

Hebrew

Art History (Columbia or Bard Graduate Center)

Jewish Studies (see Fall Year 1)

Internship at The Library or The Jewish Museum

Introduction to Talmud

*GS Prerequisites

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Introduction to Talmud

Classics of the Jewish Tradition I and II