Admission Requirements

For admissions, see The Graduate School.

Degree Requirements

Courses
In addition to courses required of all students in The Graduate School, thirty graduate credits beyond the MA are required as follows:

• at least nine credits (three courses) in history;
• at least nine credits (three courses) in literature;
• at least nine credits (three courses) in philosophy;
• one multidisciplinary seminar on a problem in medieval Jewish studies (in years when such a seminar is not offered, this requirement can be fulfilled through independent study).

Students who have not received an MA in Medieval Jewish Studies may be required to complete additional courses as prerequisite work.

All courses will be determined through consultation with the adviser.

Comprehensive Examination
Upon satisfactory completion of all course work, students must take an oral examination on selected topics in each of the three disciplinary areas (history, philosophy, and literature) and on the area of the candidate's dissertation, including a review of the secondary literature in the area of the proposed dissertation.

Dissertation
An original monograph-length dissertation on a topic in medieval Jewish studies, to be approved by a faculty committee.