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The minimal understanding of the ideal of Torah Umadda is the pursuit of the study of Torah along with secular disciplines, but the highest form of this ideal is a level of integration in which each pursuit enriches the other. Such enrichment can take place with respect to virtually all fields, but there is no area where the interaction is as intimate and potentially rewarding as in the use of the tools of the academy to enhance one's understanding of the Jewish heritage itself. This explains the substantial Jewish Studies requirement in the college curriculum, and it also means that the Jewish Studies major or minor should evoke serious interest on the part of any student whose decision to attend Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ is rooted in the desire to attain a broad and sophisticated appreciation of Judaism and the Jewish people. Courses in Bible, Jewish History, and Jewish Philosophy and Thought are taught by members of the Department of Bible, Hebrew, and Near Eastern Studies and the Robert M. Beren Department of History. A student majoring in Jewish Studies may choose a concentration in any of these disciplines. 

Courses in Jewish Studies serve two main sets of stakeholders: the general Yeshiva College student population and majors in Jewish Studies. Its mission to all Yeshiva College students is to educate them regarding Jewish civilization from biblical times through the present and to develop their appreciation for the contexts in which Judaism arose and developed.  For majors, its mission is to develop their facility with primary and secondary sources and their independent research skills, and thus prepare them to pursue graduate-level degrees in Jewish Studies.

Undergraduates who have completed their core course in a particular discipline (JHI, JTP, BIB) are eligible to request permission to take a course in that discipline at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. The Revel course can be counted as elective credit towards the completion of the undergraduate Jewish Studies requirement. Students must obtain the requisite form from the Office of the Deans and have it signed by the instructor of the Revel course to which they wish to gain admission, the chair of the Yeshiva College Jewish studies department and the associate dean of Yeshiva College. Students must then submit the form to the dean of Revel for final approval. Undergraduates who wish to register for a Revel course must be either a Junior with a 3.4 GPA or a Senior with a 3.0 GPA (and a 3.2 in Jewish Studies) and must complete the Request to Take Graduate Course for Undergraduate Credit form.