Course availability and content are subject to change.
Language Courses
All students at NYU in Tel Aviv will be required to take a course in either Hebrew or Arabic language. For native speakers or those who have already achieved an advanced level of proficiency, special arrangements will be made (e.g. direct enrollment in a pre-approved course at a local university, directed readings, or special tutorial sessions.)
Prof. TBA
Builds basic skills in modern standard Arabic, the language read and understood by educated Arabs from Baghdad to Casablanca.
Prof. TBA
Builds on the skills acquired in Elementary Arabic, with increased emphasis on writing and reading from modern sources in addition to aural/oral proficiency.
Prof. TBA
Course description coming soon.
Prof. TBA
Active introduction to modern Hebrew as it is spoken and written in Israel today. Presents the essentials of Hebrew grammar, combining the oral-aural approach with formal grammatical concepts. Reinforces learning by reading of graded texts. Emphasizes the acquisition of idiomatic conversational vocabulary and language patterns.
Prof. TBA
Builds on skills acquired in Elementary Hebrew I and II and develops a deepening command of all linguistic skills. Modern literary and expository texts are read to expand vocabulary and grammatical knowledge, with conversation and composition exercises built around the texts. Introduces selections from Israeli media. Addresses the relationship between classical and modern Hebrew.
Prof. TBA
Course description coming soon.
Anthropology
Prof. Meirav Aharon-Gutman
Studying in Israel provides a unique opportunity to learn Qualitative Research Methods in a new site - Israel. As a visitor to Israel -- a stranger -- you will bring a unique perspective. The stranger can see things that the subjects can not. More important still, the stranger sees things in a critical way. This course will provide you with a toolbox that will help you collect, document and understand important aspects of Israeli reality. In class, we will read classics of social science theory and methods, and in the real world outside our windows we will explore and challenge those materials in engaged interaction with everyday Israel. As it is crucial to share not only knowledge but experience, some class meetings will take place "out there," and each student will conduct a small fieldwork.
Cinema Studies (Tisch School of the Arts)
Prof. Eytan Fox
Course Description coming soon.
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Prof. Ze'ev Emmerich
Cross-listed with V93.9970 (Sociology)
This course offers a unique opportunity to explore various aspects of the production of everydayness in Israel as it is manifested in different sites: the arts, the leisure industry and the spatio-temporal arrangements of daily routines and practices. The course will include: 14 lectures on aspects of Israeli politics and culture; visits to art exhibitions, music venues and the cinema; and observation of street life in Tel Aviv (day and night). Given its unique geo-political circumstances as well as its symbolic position, Israel has attracted much attention. This is equally true of media coverage as well as more scholarly treatment of the Israeli-Arab or Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More often than not, Israel is portrayed through the lens of high politics or treated as an exotic anomaly. Whether popular or academic in its orientation, the study of Israeli society has thus tended to neglect everyday life in Israel.
Journalism
Prof. Sylvana Foa
The goal of this course is to equip future journalists with the tools they will need to cover armed conflict safely, objectively and accurately. It will review the reporting of various conflicts beginning with the Crimean War and study how war reporting has evolved in the past century. For the non-journalist, the course will provide a foundation for critically judging the accuracy and objectivity of war coverage by both broadcast and print media. The course is designed as a seminar with active student participation in all discussions. Beyond the introductory sessions, the seminar will be issue- oriented and students will be expected to keep abreast of current events as a basic requirement of the course.
Politics
Prof. M. Klein
Course description coming soon.
Prof. Moshe Berent
Cross-listed with V93.9970 (Sociology) and V90.9613 (Religious Studies)
The purpose of this course is to examine the relation between religion and public life in both western and non western societies. Recently, the question of the relation between religion and public life has come to the fore again, for several reasons. First, the Third Wave of Democratization in certain Catholic, Orthodox and non-Christian societies has raised the question of the relation between religion and democratic political culture. Second, the immigration of non-Christians to certain western, ”Christian“ nations has tended to underline the Christian foundations of those national states. And third, the resurgence of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the world has sharpened the question of the relation between religion and public life in still other societies. All of these developments cast doubt on traditional theoretical formulations about both the privatization of religion and the secularization of the state. It seems that religion plays an important role in the formation of regimes and political patterns; that religious establishments and religious communities are occasionally involved in political struggles; and that religions introduce powerful symbols of identification that often mobilize the public for political purposes.
Prof. Michael Shalev
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the study of voter behavior in Israel. In particular, we will examine the role of the same social cleavages that are known to shape voting in other countries – particularly class and race/ethnicity. One key focus will be on the stark differences in both the party system and election outcomes between Jewish and Arab voters. Among Jews, the role of ethnic voting and its relationship to the class cleavage will be another key focus. The course will include limited hands-on data analysis by the participants, guided by the instructor.
Religious Studies
Prof. Moshe Berent
Cross-listed with V53.9994 (Politics) and V93.9970 (Sociology)
The purpose of this course is to examine the relation between religion and public life in both western and non western societies. Recently, the question of the relation between religion and public life has come to the fore again, for several reasons. First, the Third Wave of Democratization in certain Catholic, Orthodox and non-Christian societies has raised the question of the relation between religion and democratic political culture. Second, the immigration of non-Christians to certain western, ”Christian“ nations has tended to underline the Christian foundations of those national states. And third, the resurgence of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the world has sharpened the question of the relation between religion and public life in still other societies. All of these developments cast doubt on traditional theoretical formulations about both the privatization of religion and the secularization of the state. It seems that religion plays an important role in the formation of regimes and political patterns; that religious establishments and religious communities are occasionally involved in political struggles; and that religions introduce powerful symbols of identification that often mobilize the public for political purposes.
Sociology
Prof. Ze'ev Emmerich
Cross-listed with K20.9601 (Gallatin)
This course offers a unique opportunity to explore various aspects of the production of everydayness in Israel as it is manifested in different sites: the arts, the leisure industry and the spatio-temporal arrangements of daily routines and practices. The course will include: 14 lectures on aspects of Israeli politics and culture; visits to art exhibitions, music venues and the cinema; and observation of street life in Tel Aviv (day and night). Given its unique geo-political circumstances as well as its symbolic position, Israel has attracted much attention. This is equally true of media coverage as well as more scholarly treatment of the Israeli-Arab or Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More often than not, Israel is portrayed through the lens of high politics or treated as an exotic anomaly. Whether popular or academic in its orientation, the study of Israeli society has thus tended to neglect everyday life in Israel.
Prof. Moshe Berent
Cross-listed with V53.9994 (Politics) and V90.9613 (Religious Studies)
The purpose of this course is to examine the relation between religion and public life in both western and non western societies. Recently, the question of the relation between religion and public life has come to the fore again, for several reasons. First, the Third Wave of Democratization in certain Catholic, Orthodox and non-Christian societies has raised the question of the relation between religion and democratic political culture. Second, the immigration of non-Christians to certain western, ”Christian“ nations has tended to underline the Christian foundations of those national states. And third, the resurgence of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the world has sharpened the question of the relation between religion and public life in still other societies. All of these developments cast doubt on traditional theoretical formulations about both the privatization of religion and the secularization of the state. It seems that religion plays an important role in the formation of regimes and political patterns; that religious establishments and religious communities are occasionally involved in political struggles; and that religions introduce powerful symbols of identification that often mobilize the public for political purposes.
*Academic quality and student interest are the most important factors shaping
the NYU in Tel Aviv program. As the program continues to develop, more classes will be added. If you are interested in
studying at NYU in Tel Aviv, please let us know what subject areas are of
greatest interest to you. studyabroad.israel@nyu.edu Future courses are being discussed in the following subject areas: art, computer science, economics, history, literature, psychology, and natural sciences.
