Judaic Studies Module

The subject Jewish Studies can also be taken as a Jewish Studies component (20 CP) as part of another humanities, cultural studies or social sciences (including theology) Master's degree program at Heidelberg University, provided that the respective examination regulations provide for a corresponding module.
Neither specialist knowledge of Jewish Studies nor special foreign language skills are required for this. The courses to be completed are listed in the appendix "Jewish Studies module in the Master's degree program".

The current range of courses including module assignments: Course catalog of the HfJS.

Registration for the courses takes place via heiCO.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Research Assistant
Assistant to the Dean of Studies
BMBF project “Educational game Joseph Süß Oppenheimer” at the Chair for the History of the Jewish People

Dr. Désirée Schostak

+49 6221 5419226

desiree.schostak(at)hfjs.eu

Website

Appendix "Module Judaic Subject Component"

Anlage "Modul Judaistischer Fachanteil" | pdf, 86 KB

Further Study Programs

Master

M.A. Jewish Studies

Winter and Summer Semester

Hebrew

German / English

4 Semester

15. January and 15. July

As a European competence center in this field, the university offers opportunities for in-depth study and penetration that are not available elsewhere.

Master

M.A. Jewish Civilizations

M. A. Jewish Civilizations

In Stockholm in August, Continued in Heidelberg in the following Winter Semester (from October onwards)

15.11. (start of studies in the following winter semester)

The M.A. Jewish Civilizations is a joint Master's programme of the HfJS Heidelberg and Padeia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden.

Master

M.A. Jewish Museology

4 Semester

15.7.

The Master's degree program in Jewish Museology is designed to qualify students for Jewish museum, exhibition and memorial site work.

Master

M.A. History of Jewish Cultures

German / English

4 Semester

15.6.

A humanities and cultural studies course that deals with the transformation of Jewish life in the past and present.

Master

M.A. Medieval Studies

German / English

4 Semester

15.6. and 15.11.

The M.A. covers the cultural traditions of the three major religions active in Europe - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - which continue to have a formative effect today.

Master

M.A. Middle Eastern Studies

German / English

4 Semester

15.6.

A unique combination of different disciplines that deal with the culturally and religiously multifaceted region of the Middle East.

Master

M.A. Classical and Modern Literary Studies

German

4 Semester

15.6. and 15.11.

The Master's degree program commemorates the legacy of the great Romance philologist and literary scholar Ernst Robert Curtius.

Master

M.A. Interreligious Studies

German / English

4 Semester

15.6.

The M.A. in Interreligious Studies responds to the increased social and academic demand for interreligious competence.

Master

Master of Education (Teaching Degree for Grammar Schools)

German / English

4 Semester

15.5. and 15.11.

The Master of Education, Teaching Qualification for Grammar Schools, requires a B.A. 50% Jewish Studies with Teaching Option (or equivalent degree).

Master

Master of Education (extension subject)

German / English

4 Semesters (extension subject with 120 CP) or 3 Semesters (extension subject with 90 CP)

15.5. (under certain conditions also 15.11.)

The extension subject with 120 credit points is aimed at the teaching profession in secondary level I & II, the one with 90 credit points enables the teaching profession in secondary level I.