Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2018-2019
FSEM 182 - AMERICAN JEWS & THE CIVIL WAR
Long Title: TRIAL BY FIRE: AMERICAN JEWS AND THE CIVIL WAR
Department: Humanities Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This course will offer new perspectives on the Civil War by examining the conflict from the viewpoint of the American Jewish community. Sermons, diaries, memoirs, and other primary sources will be used to examine Jews and the slave trade, Jewish traditions during wartime, Jewish women's experience and leadership roles during the war and other topics.