Stern College for Women Syllabi -- Spring and Fall 2021-2022 courses: Recent submissions
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PHYS 1071: Solid Object Design
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course description: This is a course in solid object design and additive fabrication. The lectures deliver both skills and knowledge and the students will have access to 3D Printers to complete their projects. The lectures ... -
MATH 1412: Calculus I
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)PREREQUISITE(S) AND COREQUISITE(S): 1. Three years of high school mathematics 2. Pre-Calculus MATH 1160 OR 3. Passing of the Online Math Placement Test with a minimum score of 20/30. Students who have not achieved the ... -
MATH 1160: Pre-Calculus
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course Description: ❖ Pre-Calculus: Introduction to Functions including Polynomials, rational functions, exponential function, logarithmic function and trigonometric functions, sequence and series, basic concept of limit ... -
JUDS 4938: Topics: Weekly Mitzvot
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE OBJECTIVES: Welcome to a wonderful new semester in Stern College for Women! I am excited to learn and grow together with you through our study of Halacha from the weekly Parsha. Halacha is intricate, extensive and ... -
JUDS 4937: Holocaust Responsa
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course Description: This course will study issues of halakha and hashkafa that emerged both during and after the Holocaust. We will study responsa written during WWII such as Rabbi Ephraim Oshry’s Sh”T Mi’Ma'amakim. We ... -
JVCW 1003: Jewish Public Policy
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Class Description and Goals So, what is Jewish public policy? It is an amalgamation of two terms: Jewish & public policy. Let’s start with the latter. Academic definitions of public policy often tend to be so broad that ... -
JUDS 1845H: Advanced Talmud: Gittin
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course Title Gittin ¶Course Description This course will explore extensively two types of legal documents: The first, to terminate a marriage through a divorce and the second, to execute civil transactions. It will ... -
JUDS 1843: Intermediate Talmud
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course Description This course will explore extensively two types of legal documents: The first, to terminate a marriage through a divorce and the second, to execute civil transactions. It will analyze similarities and ... -
JUDS 1839: Intro to Talmud: Topics in Tefillah
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Objectives: 1. Learn how to navigate a page of the Talmud 2. Gain Talmud reading comprehension skills 3. Learn how the development of Halacha works 4. Apply all of these skills to learn about prayer 5. See how Chazal ... -
JUDS 1602: Modern Jewish Problems
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course Description: This course will deal with a number of different issues that are of current interest in the Jewish community: • The Status of Jerusalem in Christianity, Islam and Judaism • Must I Love Every Jew?: The ... -
JUDS 1581: Public Health & Jewish Law Syllabus
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course Overview In an ever increasingly global world what are the individual requirements and obligations of each Jew in regards to the preservation of Public Health? In this course we will look at how Halacha guides ... -
JUDS 1571: The Individual in Society: Capital Punishment, Torture, Testimony
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course Purposes: This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the varied approaches in the history and literature of Jewish Law to issues in Social and Political ethics, and their contemporary ... -
JUDS 1512: The Process of Psak Halacha (Modern Poskim)
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE TOPICS AND GOALS Focus on the lives and Teshuvot of Chazon Ish זצ"ל Rav Moshe Feinstein זצ"ל The Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik זצ"ל Rav Ovadiah Yosef זצ"ל Also: Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach זצ"ל Minchas ... -
JUDS 1503: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course objective: To explore and understand selected issues of Jewish ethics and their application in the modern world. We will study classical texts of Halacha – the Talmud and its commentaries – in order to gain an ... -
JUDS 1491: Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE TOPICS AND GOALS August 25 through Midterm includes: Business Business competition Pricing and overpricing Marketing and Advertising Fair vs. deceptive marketing and advertising Journalism and Social ... -
JUDS 1474: Sephardic Law and Liturgy
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Students in this course will explore the differences of laws and customs among various Jewish communities, especially those from the Middle East and Spanish Portuguese. We will trace the sources of these practices back ... -
JUDS 1467H: Topics in Festivals
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course objective: to explore and understand the laws of Chol Hamoed. We will study the classical texts of Halacha – the Talmud and its commentaries – in order to gain an understanding of the basic principles of Halacha, ... -
JUDS 1457: Shabbat Survey
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course will focus upon two broad subjects in Hilchos Shabbos: Kiddush & Havdala. While there will be a strong emphasis on Halacha li’maaseh, the practical application of the Halacha, we will also ... -
JUDS 1434: Kashrut
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE TOPICS AND GOALS Includes: Source for the Mitzva/ which materials require Tevila/ which kinds of Kelim require Tevila/ the status of disposable cookware/ the status of electric cookware/ the nature of the Mikva ... -
JUDS 1453: Shabbos
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE OBJECTIVES: Welcome to a wonderful new semester in Stern College for Women! I am excited to learn and grow together with you through our study of Hilchos Shabbos. Hilchos Shabbos is intricate, extensive and all ...