Monash University - Faculty of Arts

Undergraduate Studies at the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation

The ACJC is a multidisciplinary Centre housed in the School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts. Students can choose to study a single unit or to undertake a Major/Minor in Jewish Studies in combination with other degrees.

Undergraduate units cover the following lines of interest, drawing on the diversity of its faculty across the university.

• Biblical Studies
• Jewish Literature
• Jewish Philosophy
• Jewish History (Ancient, Medieval, Contemporary)
• Modern Israel Studies
• Middle East
• Jewish Cultural Studies
• Holocaust and Genocide Studies
• Yiddish Language and Culture

Note: Hebrew will no longer be taught at Monash University but can be accredited to Monash as a complementary subject.

Jewish studies units are coded in different ways, reflecting their multidisciplinary and multi-school approach. Students wishing to accredit a Jewish studies unit to another Major/Minor should put in a request to the Head of the School.

JWC - Jewish Civilisation (Jewish studies)
HSY - Historical Studies (history units)
SHS - School of Historical Studies (interdisciplinary studies within History)

For details of scholarships and prizes available to undergraduate students enrolled in ACJC units see Scholarships and Prizes.