New course proposal

The following new course proposal has been submitted to the Faculty Senate Office for review and approval and is listed here for faculty review and comment. Comments on any new course proposal should be submitted to Ernest May, secretary of the Faculty Senate, at senate@senate.umass.edu.

JUDAIC 318, “Family and Sexuality in Jewish History and Culture,” 4 credits; Instructor: Jay R. Berkovitz; An historical examination of role that family and sexuality played in Jewish society, from antiquity to the present. Topics to include sexual desire in Bible and Talmud; in comparative Christian and Islamic sources; sexuality in contemporary Israel and U.S. Prerequisites: None