The Melton Center for Jewish Studies now offers a Certficate in Jewish Oral History to non-degree students.
Register for courses through Ohio State’s Office of Extended Education, or through Program 60 for those age 60 or older. Non-degree students who have successfully completed the required four courses will receive a Certificate in Jewish Oral History from Melton Center for Jewish Studies.
Current list of courses
*Certificate in Jewish oral history required courses:
English 4577.01 Folklore I: Groups and Communities (3)
English 4577.03 Folklore III: Issues and Methods (3)
English 4559 Introduction to Narrative and Narrative Theory (3)
English 5189-S Ohio Field School (3)
*Certificate in Jewish Oral history electives (choose one):
Hebrew/JEWSHST 3205 Art and Judaism
Hebrew/JEWSHST/Religious Studies 3210 Kabbalah and the Jewish Mystical Tradition
Hebrew/JEWSHST 3245 Israeli Film and Society
Hebrew/JEWSHST 3703 Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew/JEWSHST 3704 Women in the Bible and Beyond
Hebrew 3705 Israeli Society and the Holocaust
Hebrew/JEWSHST 3708 Wisdom Literature in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew 5802 The Problem of Evil in Biblical and Post-Biblical Literatures
History 3218 Paul and His Influence on Early Christianity
History 3219 Historical Jesus
History 3465 American Jewish History
History 3470 Messiahs and Messianism in Jewish History
NELC 4601 Israeli and Palestinian Literature
Philosophy 3111 Intro to Jewish Philosophy
Political Science 4327 Politics in the Middle East
*Not all classes are offered every semester. Check classes.osu.edu for current courses offered.
Courses in Jewish Oral History combine a background in modern Jewish history, which is needed to understand the significance of oral histories, and the proper techniques and legal issues involved in recording oral histories through various media. A collaboration of faculty from History, German, English, and other parts of the campus created the Jewish Oral History program. Jewish Oral History builds from proposed semester courses.