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Getting started in Jewish Studies: 2023-2024 Entering Frosh

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Students are admitted to UCSC with a "proposed major" in most cases, and later petition to officially declare the major. Admission to UCSC does not guarantee acceptance into a particular major. Students must be declared in a major by the end of the second year (or equivalent), so learning about and preparing for a major is a primary goal for first-year students.

Importance of an early start:	This is a moderately course-intensive and/or sequential program, and students who intend to pursue Jewish studies should begin taking classes for the major in their first or second year at UCSC.
Qualification requirements and/or prerequisites for the major:	Jewish studies has no major qualification requirements. Students should submit a petition to declare before or by their declaration deadline quarter. While specific courses are not required in order to declare, students will have ideally completed some or all of the lower-division requirements. All students are eligible to pursue this major, even if they did not list Jewish studies on their UC Santa Cruz application.
Frosh who intend to pursue this major should do the following things prior to the beginning of fall term...	Review the major requirements in the General Catalog, and the information on the Jewish Studies website. Add a customizable Jewish Studies Major Planning Worksheet and sample quarter-by-quarter course plans to your UCSC Google Drive. Students with prior knowledge of Hebrew or Yiddish are advised to complete a language placement exam to determine if they have satisfied any of the elementary language course requirements.
...and should take these courses their first term:	HEBR 1: First-Year Hebrew and HIS 75, Film and the Holocaust
Special enrollment procedures:	Enroll in classes during your online enrollment appointment time. Prospective Jewish studies majors who have difficulty enrolling in Jewish studies courses should sign up on the class waiting list and contact the course instructor by email.
Sample Academic Plan:	Review Sample Academic Plan in the General Catalog.
Other Information:	Jewish studies majors are enthusiastically encouraged to incorporate educational opportunities, like study abroad and/or the The UC Washington Center (UCDC) and UC Center Sacramento (UCCS) internship programs, into their plan of study. The Jewish studies program is administered by the History Department. Questions about the Jewish studies program may be directed to Hailey Emery (historyundergrad@ucsc.edu), the Jewish Studies Undergraduate Program Coordinator.
Links to Review:	Program Description (Catalog) Program Website Jewish Studies Advising
Advisor Contact Information:	Hailey Emery (831) 459-2982 or historyundergrad@ucsc.edu Humanities 1, room 201 Make an advising appointment on Slug Success