Jewish Studies at Northwestern is an interdisciplinary enterprise examining Jewish life from ancient to modern times with a focus on the interaction between the Jewish people and the world. It explores Jewishness as a cultural, ethnic and/or religious identity and phenomenon. More specifically, Jewish Studies courses offer instruction in Jewish texts and languages, philosophy and literature, religion and history. Our faculty seek to develop students skills in critical reading, writing, and thinking, using comparative approaches, and building bridges between the universal and the particular.<br><br>By taking Jewish Studies courses, you can fulfill the following Foundational Disciplines: Social and Behavioral Sciences (FD-SBS), Historical Studies (FD-HS), Ethical and Evaluative Thinking (FD-EET) and Literature and Arts (FD-LA). Jewish Studies courses can be a way to explore your identity, a step toward bettering your critical thinking, or simply taken out of curiosity. The students who take Jewish Studies courses are a diverse group and many have no background in Judaism.