The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies' Master's program is a collaborative program, during which students complete the requirements of their home department's program alongside the ATCJS requirements and graduate with a Master's degree in their home department and a certificate in Jewish Studies. The collaborative program is designed to be complementary to the student's main program by emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of Jewish Studies and encouraging cross-discipline collaboration, analysis, and research. Students are given the opportunity to take courses and work with faculty members across our wide-range of collaborating units (to which they would not otherwise have access) to enhance their overall research projects. If you are a Master's student in one of the ATCJS' collaborating units and you are interested in participating in the ATCJS collaborative program, please contact our Graduate Administrator, Galina Vaisman, at jewish.studies@utoronto.ca.
MA Program Requirements
- CJS1000H1Y: Completion of the core methods seminar in Jewish Studies. This seminar will introduce students to the different disciplines, methods, and approaches within Jewish Studies.
- One half-course in Jewish Studies taken within the student’s home department or in another department (may count towards the course requirements of the student’s home department).
- A comprehensive exam in Jewish Studies, supervised by the Graduate Director and the Program Coordinator, in which the student will be asked to show knowledge of areas of Jewish Studies relevant to his or her disciplinary focus.
- If the student’s home program requires a major research paper or thesis, the focus of the paper must pertain to Jewish Studies and the topic must be approved by the Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies.
MMSt Program Requirements
- CJS1000H1Y: Completion of the core methods seminar in Jewish Studies. This seminar will introduce students to the different disciplines, methods, and approaches within Jewish Studies.
- Students must complete one of the following: a course listed in the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies Graduate Handbook; an independent reading course on a topic in Jewish Studies; or a supervised internship at a museum related Jewish cultural heritage or historical experience.
- A comprehensive exam in Jewish Studies, supervised by the Graduate Director and the Program Coordinator, in which the student will be asked to show knowledge of areas of Jewish Studies relevant to his or her disciplinary focus.
- Those students who opt for the MMSt Exhibition Course should carry out an exhibition project which focuses on some aspect of Jewish culture. Those who opt to do a thesis should research a topic that relates to museums and Jewish Studies.