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Undergraduate Program : Hebrew


Overview

German Major & Minor Requirements

Slavic Major & Minor Requirements

Hebrew Courses

 

Placement Exams

Declaring the Major or Minor

Study Abroad

Department Awards & Senior Honors

FAQs

 

There is no formal major or minor in Hebrew. However, students may elect to use Hebrew as their language for majors that require two or three years of language study. Hebrew level 3 or higher also fulfills the General Education Requirement for a Foreign Language (Area B).

Hebrew 1: Elementary Hebrew
The beginning course in Hebrew. Starting with the study of the alphabet, the student is initiated into the rudiments of the language. Basic grammar, vocabulary, and conversation.

Hebrew 2: Elementary Hebrew
Prerequisite: Hebrew 1.
Continuation of Hebrew 1.

Hebrew 3: Elementary Hebrew
Prerequisite: Hebrew 2.
Continuation of Hebrew 2.

Hebrew 4: Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Prerequisite: Hebrew 3.
Continuation of Hebrew 3 with emphasis in writing, composition, and reading of Hebrew newspapers. Introduction to modern Hebrew literature: prose and poetry.

Hebrew 5: Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Prerequisite: Hebrew 4.
Continuation of Hebrew 4.

Hebrew 6: Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Prerequisite: Hebrew 5.
Continuation of Hebrew 5.

Hebrew 114 A-B-C:Readings in Modern Hebrew Prose and Poetry
Prerequisite: Hebrew 6.
Improve language ability and acquire knowledge in Hebrew literature. Reading/analyzing literary texts of modern and contemporary major Hebrew writers. Relationships between land, people and history, social, political, spiritual, and gender issues; impact of war.

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