Courses in Hebrew (HEB) UCD Catalog 2008-10 UCD Catalog Supplement/Addendum 2008-10

Lower Division Courses

1. Elementary Hebrew (5)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Speaking, listening, comprehension, reading and writing fundamentals of modern Hebrew. (Students who have successfully completed, with a C- or better, Hebrew 2 or 3 in the 10th or higher grade in high school may receive unit credit for this course on a P/NP grading basis only. Although a passing grade will be charged to the student’s P/NP option, no petition is required. All other students will receive a letter grade unless a P/NP petition is filed.)—I. (I.)

2. Elementary Hebrew (5)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or the equivalent. Speaking, listening, comprehension, reading and writing fundamentals of modern Hebrew.—II. (II.)

3. Elementary Hebrew (5)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or the equivalent. Speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing fundamentals of modern Hebrew.—III. (III.)

21. Intermediate Modern Hebrew I (5)

Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 3 or consent of instructor. Development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Not open to students who have taken courses 100 or 100A.—I. (I.)

22. Intermediate Modern Hebrew II (5)

Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 21 or consent of instructor. Continued development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Not open to students who have taken course 101 or 100B.—II. (II.)

23. Intermediate Modern Hebrew III (5)

Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 22 or consent of instructor. Continued development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Further development of writing and translating skills. Not open to students who have taken course 100C or 102.—III. (III.)

Upper Division Courses

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 3 or the equivalent. Development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 100.—I. (I.)

100BN. Advanced Modern Hebrew II (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100A or consent of instructor. Continued development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills. Continued study of history of the Hebrew language. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 101.—II. (II.)

100CN. Advanced Modern Hebrew III (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100B or consent of instructor. Development of writing skills by composition writing. Analytic review of literary genres. Introduction to the Book of Proverbs, post-Biblical writings, and modern Israeli poetry. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 102.—III. (III.)

Courses in Religious Studies (RST)

Lower Division Courses

1. Survey of Religion (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Basic concepts introduced through readings of the primary religious literature. Discussion of central ideas (creation, history, law, prophecy, suffering, mysticism, asceticism, karma, reincarnation, moksha, etc.); readings from the Bible, Bhagavad Gita, the Koran, selections from Plato and early Buddhist writings. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)

1A-F. Topics in Comparative Religion (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to comparative religion, focusing on a particular theme in a number of religious traditions: (A) Pilgrimage; (B) Death and After-life; (C) Sacrifice; (D) Conversion; (E) Fundamentalism; (F) Contemporary Religion. Not available to those who have taken course 3A. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I, II, III, IV. (I, II, III, IV.)

2. Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism (4)

Lecture—3 hours, discussion—1 hour. Myths, rituals and religious symbols found in a variety of religious traditions including examples from ancient and contemporary religious life. Variety of religious phenomena; validity of different approaches to the study of religion. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I, III. (I, III.) Lai, Janowitz

10. Ethics Issues

Lecture—2 hours. This course presents challenging, contemporary perspective. Rotating topics will include Ethical Eating, Capital Punishment, Animal Rights. May be repeated for credit. GE Credit: Wrt.—II. (II.) Coudert, Janowitz

10A. Ethical Issues

Discussion—1 hour; extensive writing. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in course 10 required. Restricted to students enrolled in course 10. GE topical breadth and diversity credit only with concurrent enrollment in course 10. Discussion of the readings assigned for course 10 and completion of a major research paper. May be repeated for credit. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Coudert, Janowitz

21. Hebrew Scriptures (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Selected texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis—II Chronicles) and review of modern scholarship on the texts from a variety of perspectives (historical, literary, sociological, psychological). Course work is based on an English translation and no knowledge of Hebrew is required. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)

23. Introduction to Judaism (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Introduction to the study of religion using examples from the rituals, art and holy texts of Judaism. No prior knowledge of either Judaism or the study of religion is necessary. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)

30. Religions of South Asia (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Introduction to South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Jainism and Sikhism. Traces historical developments from Vedic texts and their ascetic reformulation by sages such as Yajnavalkya, Siddhartha Gautama, and Mahavira into our global present. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I, II. (I, II.) Elmore, Venkatesan

40. New Testament (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. New Testament literature from critical, historical, and theological perspectives. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—I. (I.) Hurst

60. Introduction to Islam (4)

Lecture —3 hours; extensive writing. Introduction? to topics central to the Islamic tradition. Muhammad, the Qur'an, Islamic law, theology, philosophy, cosmology, worship, and mysticism. Race and gender in Islam, Islamic revival, and varying experiences of Islam in different historical and cultural settings.—I . (I)

65C. Scriptures of Islam (4)

Lecture —3 hours; extensive writing. The Qur'an, its history, its various functions in the lives of Muslims, and its different interpretations. Quranic themes such as God and humankind, natue and revelation, eschatology and Satan. Islam and other religions; women, gender and sexuality. Not offered every year. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—III.

68. Hinduism

Lecture—3 hours; writing. Hindu tradition from ancient to modern times. Multiplicity of religious forms within Hinduism with mention of Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism and their relation to the mainstream of Hindu religion. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I.

70. Religion and Language (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Provides students with a basic toolkit for studying religious discourse in a variety of traditions. Concentrates on the sacred and profane, the wondrous and ordinary, the mystical and reasonable.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Miller

75. Chinese Philosophy: An Introduction (3)

Lecture—4hours.Introduction to Chinese philosophy from classical pre-modern times; emphasis on basic concepts and their impact on social conduct; the Age of Philosophers, the Han synthesis, the medieval Buddhist contribution. Offered in alternate years.—I. Lai

80. Religion, Gender, Sexuality (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Constructions of gender and sexuality within one or more religious traditions, pre-modern and modern. Emphasis on the interaction between religious, medical, and ethical definitions of the human body and sexual behavior. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: Div, Wrt.—II. Chin

90. Human Rights (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the origins, evolution, denial and protection of Human Rights. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div.—I, II. (I, II.) Watenpaugh

98. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor; primarily for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)

99. Special Study for Lower Division Undergraduates (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

Upper Division Courses

100. Study of Religion: Issues and Methods (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Principal issues and methods of Religious Studies and associated fields.—III. (III.)

102. Christian Origins (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:  course 40; course 23 recommended.  Beginning of the Christian faith seen in relation to milieu in which it originated.  Offered in alternate years.—I. (I.)

103. Christianity, 600-1700

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. The spread of Christianity in the medieval world; the split between Eastern and Western Christianity; Christian reactions to Judaism and Islam; the Reformations and wars of religion. Offered in alternate years. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, SocSci, Wrt.—II. Coudert

110. Life, Meaning and Identity (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2 or upper division standing. Study of religious lives, the quest for meaning and for personal identity; how religions frame the problems of life; how cultural and personal crises affect youthful identity; the nature and structure of dreams, myths, and ideals. Offered in alternate years.—II. Lai

115. Mysticism (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: one lower division Religious Studies course (except 10, 98, or 99). Historical and descriptive analysis of selected key figures in mystical traditions and readings of representative mystical texts. Analytic term paper. Offered every 3-4 years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—(III.)

120. Religion, Magic and Science (4)

Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Religion, magic, and science from the meddle ages to the present. Contrast between modern scientific methodology and religious and magical thinking. Offered every 2 years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div., Wrt.—(I.) Coudert

122. Studies in Biblical Texts (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 21. Study of a book from the Prophets or writings from critical, historical, and religious perspectives. May be repeated once for credit in different subject area.—III. (III.) Janowitz

124. Topics in Judaism (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 23. Examination of selected aspects of Jewish life, religion, or literature. Potential topics include: Jewish Perspectives on Jesus; The Golem: History and Legend; Sexuality and Gender in Late Antique Judaism and Early Christianity. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—II.

125. Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 21 or 40 or consent of instructor. Survey of the Dead Sea Scrolls, apocryphal and pseudepigraphical writings of Judaism and Christianity and their historical, social, and religious importance. GE credit: Wrt.—II. Janowitz

130. Topics in Religious Studies (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: one from course 1, 2, 3A, 3B, or 3C or consent of instructor. Thematic study of a phenomenon in more than one religious tradition or of the relationship between religion and another cultural phenomenon. Topics may include archeology and the Bible, women and religion, religion and violence. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—II, III.

135. The Bible and Film (4)

Lecture—2 hours; term paper; film-viewing—3 hours. Prerequisite: Humanities 10 recommended. Examination of the uses of the Judeo-Christian scriptures in film. Topics include dramatic depictions of biblical stories, the tension between science and religion, allegorical treatments of biblical themes, and the problems of religious conviction.—III. Hurst

140. Christian Theology (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 40; course 102 recommended. Historical and systematic introduction to Christian doctrine, with attention to divergent traditions and the problem of orthodoxy and heresy.—I. (I.) Hurst

141A. New Testament Literature: Synoptic Gospels (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 40. Life and thought of the early Church as reflected by the Synoptic Tradition—Matthew, Mark, Luke and Acts. Offered every third year to alternate with 141B, 141C. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—Hurst

141B. New Testament Literature: John (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 40. Life and thought of the early Church as reflected by the Johannine Tradition—the Gospel and letters of John. Offered every third year to alternate with 141A, 141C. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—III. Hurst

141C. New Testament Literature: Paul (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 40. Life and thought of the early Church as reflected by the Pauline tradition—the letters of Paul. Offered every third year to alternate with 141A, 141B. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(II.) Hurst

145. Contemporary American Religion (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 40 and History 17B recommended. Examination of several major movements and phenomena in twentieth-century American religion. Offered in alternate years.—II.

150. Religious Ethics (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 4. Study of the religious bases to ethics through concentration on the ethical tracts of one major tradition, or through a comparison of the attitudes of two or more traditions to a common ethical issue. Offered every three years.—(II.) Lai

160. Introduction to Islamic Thought (4)

Lecture —3 hours; extensive writing. The development of Islamic thought from the first centuries of Islam to the eighteenth century. Theology, philosophy, ethics, Sufism, historiography, political theory, fundamentalism, al-Farabi, al-Ghazzali, Ibn Rushd, Tusi, Ibn al-Arabi, Rumi, Molla Sadra, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Abd al-Wahhab. GE credit: Art/Hum, Div, Wrt. Offered every two years.—(II.) Tezcan

161. Modern Islam

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 60 or consent of instructor. The response of Islam to modernity: secularism, reformism, fundamentalism. Islam and imperialism, women, media and immigration. Islamic modernism, political Islam, Islam in Europe and America. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)

162. Introduction to Islamic Law (4)

Lecture —3 hours; extensive writing. The development of Islamic law in the formative centuries of Islam, ca. 600-1000, as well as its adaptation to changing economic, social, and political conditions in subsequent periods. Legal schools, legal theory, the Shari'a, reformist movements, human rights. GE credit: Art/Hum, Div, Wrt.. Offered every two years.—(II.) Tezcan

163. The Social Life of Islam (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Introduction to culture and social life in Muslim societies. Focus on the plurality of traditions in Muslim faith, reason, and everyday practice. Special attention to Muslim rituals, ethical values, verbal genres, family life, sexuality and veiling, and youth culture. Offered in alternate years.—II. Miller

165. Islam in Asia (4)

Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Islam as a lived religion in the Indian sub-continent, Central Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. Emphasis is on primary sources studied comparatively and historically. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—III.

167. Iraq (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Origins, causes and ethical challenges of conditions in Iraq; larger historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of mass violence, war, liberation, neocolonialism, terrorism and resistance.—III. (III.) Watenpaugh

170. Buddhism (4)

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Study of Buddhism in its pan-Asian manifestations, from its beginning in India to its development in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China and Japan; teachings and practices, socio-political and cultural impact. Offered in alternate years.—(III.) Lai

172. Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Doctrines and methods of the Patriarchs and great masters, both ancient and modern. Review of ritual techniques, including meditation. Doctrinal basis of meditational techniques.—II. (II.) Lai

189. Senior Colloquium (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Primarily for seniors in Religious Studies. Discussion in depth of a problem in religion which requires the methods of several disciplines and is important in the encounter between religions.—II. (II.)

190. Seminar (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Allows majors to integrate their disciplined study of the field. Emphasis on current scholarly debate about the methods foranalyzing and comparing diverse religious traditions.—(I.)

194HA-194HB. Special Study for Honors Students (1-5)

Independent study. Open only to majors of senior standing who qualify for honors program. Guided research, under the direction of a faculty member approved by the Program Director, leading to a senior honors thesis on a religious studies topic. (P/NP grading only.)

198. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Course

210. Religion and Postcoloniality, or Savages, Civilization, and Spirituality (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. This course examines relations between religion and colonialisms. Using specific historical situations it explores some of our thorniest theoretical problems. Students acquire a solid understanding of postcolonial theory and the historical tools to critically engage religion in the present.— III.(III.) Elmore