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Advanced Talmud 404 (REL496)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon succcessful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate self-sufficiency in handling Talmudic texts and a wide range of commentaries along with substantive knowledge of the selected passages; demonstrate an understanding of the subtleties of Talmudic argumentation including an ability to abstract concepts and principles at the core of the discussion and apply these principles to a variety of situations.

Instruction:

Major focus of this course is an in-depth analytical discussion of Talmudic texts and commentaries in the traditional Rabbinic methodology. Students prepare the texts along with Rishonim and Acharonim medieval and later under instructor's guidance. The lecture is devoted to study of the substance and essence of the text along with the variety of interpretive opinion represented in the commentaries, and to elucidation of major principles, their conceptual underpinnings and varied applications.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Talmud or Hebraic Studies (10/10) (8/15 revalidation).

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Advanced Talmud 405 (HEB321)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate self-sufficiency in handling Talmudic texts and a wide range of commentaries along with substantive knowledge of the selected passages; demonstrate an understanding of the subtleties of Talmudic argumentation including an ability to abstract concepts and principles at the core of the discussion and to apply these principles to a variety of situations.

Instruction:

Major focus of this course is in-depth analytical discussion of Talmudic texts and commentaries in the traditional Rabbinic methodology. Students prepare the texts along with Rishonim and Acharonim medieval and later under instructor's guidance. The lecture is devoted to study of the substance and essence of the text along with the variety of interpretive opinion represented in the commentaries, and to elucidation of major principles, their conceptual underpinnings and varied applications.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Talmud or Hebraic Studies (10/10) (8/15 revalidation).

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Advanced Talmud 406 (HEB322)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate self-sufficiency in handling Talmudic texts and a wide range of commentaries along with substantive knowledge of the selected passages; demonstrate an understanding of the subtleties of Talmudic argumentation, including an ability to abstract concepts and principles at the core of the discussion and apply these principles to a variety of situations.

Instruction:

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Talmud or Hebraic Studies (10/10) (8/15 revalidation).

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Advanced Talmud 407 (HEB323)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate self-sufficiency in handling Talmudic texts and a wide range of commentaries along with substantive knowledge of the selected passages;demonstrate an understanding of the subtleties of Talmudic argumentation, including an ability to abstract concepts and principles at the core of the discussion and apply these principles to a variety of situations.

Instruction:

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Talmud or Hebraic Studies (10/10) (8/15 revalidation).

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Advanced Talmud 408 (HEB324)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate self-sufficiency in handling Talmudic texts and a wide range of commentaries along with substantive knowledge of the selected passages; demonstrate an understanding of the subtleties of Talmudic argumentation, including an ability to abstract concepts and principles at the core of the discussion and apply these principles to a variety of situations.

Instruction:

The focus of this course is an in-depth analytical discussion of Talmudic texts and commentaries in the traditional Rabbinic methodology. Students prepare the texts along with Rishonim and Acharonim medieval and later under instructor's guidance. The lecture is devoted to study of the substance and essence of the text along with the variety of interpretive opinion represented in the commentaries, and to elucidation of major principles, their conceptual underpinnings and varied applications.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Talmud or Hebraic Studies (10/10) (8/15 revalidation).

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Advanced Topics in Jewish Philosophy (PHI320)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: develop a rigorous methodology for analyzing and locating issues and views within the matrix of Jewish philosophy and historiography, and articulate the response of historical Judaism to the challenge of modernity.

Instruction:

Major topics covered in the course are: the Oral Law and Rabbinical authority; analysis of critique of nontraditional trends in Judaism; immanental and eschatological aspects of Divinity and the relation of Torah to the physical world: contrasting views up until contemporary times; Jewish thought and commentary on modern anti-Semitism and the Holocaust; the issue of Da'as Torah in its historical and modern expressions; parameters of traditional Jewish faith in the contemporary world. Topics may vary. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, and textual preparation.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category 3 semester hours in Jewish Philosophy, Ethics, Hebraic/Judaic Studies, or Religious Studies (10/10) (8/15 revalidation).

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Assembly Language (COS231)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - August 2021.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: write an assembler source program using a standard editor; compile and correct errors; link the object code into an executable program; and execute the program directly or through the debug facility.

Instruction:

Major topics are: an introduction to number systems, a description of register sets, memory segmentation and addressing, the format of instructions, multiplication and division, conditional and unconditional jumps, array processing, subroutines, string processing, interrupt handling and file I/O. Emphasis is placed on understanding the effect of each instruction and process.

Credit recommendation:

In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category OR in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Computer Science (2/11) (4/16 revalidation).

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Coaching for Learning and Change I (PSY250)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - October 2015.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: recognize and describe the various aspects of the self (physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, etc.) and their interaction with each other; utilize techniques that encourage awareness of self (e.g., yoga, biofeedback, guided imagery, etc.); apply the concepts of will, choice, and morality; assess skills, strengths, and weaknesses, and formulate interventions based on these assessments: and facilitate client's integration of various aspects of the self into a holistic self.

Instruction:

Topics include: awareness, self-management, definition of self, access of self, somatic awareness, sensory awareness, imagination and its aspects, emotional awareness, practical and theoretical intelligence and application to coaching. Instructional methods include: lecture, discussion, in-class exercises and coaching role play.

Credit recommendation:

In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category OR in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 15 semester hours in Psychology or Counseling (10/10). NOTE: All five courses in the Life Coaching Program must be successfully completed in order to qualify for credit recommendations.

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Coaching for Learning and Change II (PSY299)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - October 2015.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate proficiency in facilitating clients' principle-based planning; clarify clients' personal values; facilitate clients' clarification of goals;utilize various strategies and structures as a means of attaining internal and external commitment and accountability; facilitate clients' movement through the four stages of action; and facilitate clients' ability to sustain and maintain success.

Instruction:

This course may be delivered in a classroom or online format. Major topics include: principle-based planning,value-based planning, goal setting, commitment and accountability, four steps of action, sustaining and building on success. Instructional methods include: lecture, discussion, in-class exercises and coaching role play.

Credit recommendation:

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Color Theory (ART221)

Length:

39 hours (13 weeks).

Dates:

September 2009 - April 2016.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: design with color, compose dynamically and use color strategically in proportion to hue, value, intensity, and temperature in a visual composition.

Instruction:

Major topics are putting color theory into practice; development of color throughout history; experimenting with color in period styles; light and shadow in portraiture; experimenting using gauche and acrylic; and the use of color in print media.

Credit recommendation:

In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in Art (2/11).

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