Department of Jewish Studies Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

The MA in Jewish Studies at Rutgers

The MA in Jewish Studies at Rutgers University is designed for those seeking to advance their knowledge at the graduate level to prepare for doctoral-level work in Jewish Studies or to further their careers in fields such as education, communal service, library science, and public affairs.

The program affords both recent college graduates and non-traditional students, including those individuals shifting from other disciplines, opportunities to strengthen their candidacies for admission to top-ranked PhD programs in Jewish Studies. Students, particularly educators and professionals working in Jewish communal fields, may pursue their MA degrees part-time.

The Rutgers program draws on the strength of its faculty in areas such as Jewish History; Bible, Jewish Literature, and Cultural Studies; Religious Studies; Yiddish; and Israel Studies.

The program will provide students with the necessary tools to understand the development of Jewish society from the era of the Bible until the present, to examine Jewish cultural production in its social, political, and historical contexts, and to read and analyze Jewish texts throughout the ages. Students will be exposed to a variety of methodologies used in the field of Jewish Studies, including historical, literary, philosophical, philological, anthropological, and sociological methods of analysis.

Requirements and Other Information

Students are required to complete 30 credits of graduate course work and to demonstrate proficiency in Hebrew or another Jewish language. Master's degree students will write a thesis and take a comprehensive examination, in consultation with the Graduate Director.

Competitive merit-based awards are available to assist qualifying students.

Applications are filed online at: http://gradstudy.rutgers.edu

Deadline for fall admission is June 30; for spring admission, December 1.

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Master of Arts (MA)
  Certificate

• Degrees Awarded
• Master's Degrees Not reported
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• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? Yes
• Evening/weekend programs available? Not reported
• Distance learning programs available? No
• Terminal master's degree available? Not reported

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degrees Not reported
• Doctoral Degrees Not reported
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

• Tuition & Fees
• In-state tuition *$7,200
• Out-of-state tuition *$11,124
• International student tuitionNot Reported
• * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
• Fees
• Per-academic year feesNot Reported
• Per-term feesNot Reported
• One-time feeNot Reported
• * Fees for full-time graduate students
• Financial Support
• Financial award applicants must submitNot Reported
• Application deadlines for financial awardsNot Reported
• Types of financial support availableScholarship and/or loans