Study Abroad Course Offerings and Schedules
Spring Semester 2020 - Study Abroad Courses
Please note that all courses, syllabi, dates and times below are subject to change. Classroom locations will be posted closer to course start dates. For a schedule of Spring 2020 important dates, including courses start and end dates, please visit our Study Abroad Calendar.
All students are responsible for carefully reading the Spring 2020 TAU International Academic Handbook prior to registering for courses. In this handbook, students will find detailed and essential academic information which they are responsible for understanding regarding courses, TAU academic policies, course registration, important academic deadlines and dates, and more.
TAU International Study Abroad students must enroll in a minimum of 4 courses listed below during each semester (if your home school requires you to enroll in more than 4, you are required to adhere to your home school requirements). Please note that all courses below are worth 3 semester credits unless otherwise noted (as is the case with Hebrew courses and Service Learning courses).
TAU does not permit, under any circumstances, taking any in-class (including mid or final) exams or final presentations early. When selecting courses, it is thus very important to note below if there is an in-class final (or presentation) as the date and type of exam cannot be changed. Early departures from the program are not approved, nor are early or exception exams or presentations.
Classroom Location Key – N = Naftali, L = Law Building, DD = Dan David, P=Porter
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Jewish Studies |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location (see key above) |
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The Jewish World in the Modern Era - Prof. R. Rockaway |
2120.5300.03 |
MON/WED |
10:15-11:45 |
Final Paper |
MON – N210
WED – N210 except Feb 26 and March 4 –N110 |
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Jewish Gangsters - Prof. R. Rockaway |
2120.5301.03 |
MON/WED |
14:15-15:45 |
Final Paper |
LAW 102 except Feb 24, 26, and March 4 – DD001 |
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Contemporary Antisemitism - Dr. K. Beller |
2120.0540.03
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MON/WED |
10:15-11:45 |
Final Paper |
MON -DD111
WED – DD110 except Feb 26 DD207 |
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Contemporary Jewish Issues - Dr. M. Gresser |
2120.0132.02 |
TUES/THURS |
10:15-11:45 |
Final Paper |
TUES – L204
THURS – DD111 except Feb 27 and March 5 L203 |
|
Art After Auschwitz: Representing the Holocaust - Dr. R. Perry |
2120.0125.03 |
MON/WED |
10:15-11:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
MON – DD110
WED – L204 |
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Israel Studies |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Israeli Politics - Dr. E. Klauber |
2120.0112.03 |
TUES/THURS |
12:15-13:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
TUES – N110
THURS – N101 except Feb 27 N210 and March 5 N201 |
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One Hundred Years: History and Memory in Tel Aviv-Jaffa - Dr. M Wein |
2120.0533.03 |
TUES |
16:15-19:30 |
Final Paper |
L203 except Feb 25 and March 3 L204 |
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The Ultraorthodox in Israeli Society: Differentiation vs. Integration + Service Learning – Dr. Sima Zalchberg Block (6 credits) |
2120.1112.03 |
WED |
10:00-14:00 |
Final Paper |
DD106 |
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Middle East Studies |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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The Israeli Collective Memory of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict - Dr. Rafi Nets |
2120.1012.02 |
MON/WED |
16:15-17:45 |
Final Paper |
MON-L204
WED – L203 |
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History of the Middle East in the Modern Period - Dr. B. Friedman |
2120.0120.01 |
TUES/THURS |
14:15-15:45 |
Final Paper |
TUES – DD106
THURS – DD106 except Feb 27 DD209 |
|
Arab-Israeli Relations - Dr. Daniel Zisenwine |
2120.0122.03 |
TUES/THURS |
10:15-11:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
TUES – L101
THURS – N001 except Feb 27 and March 5 N201 and March 26 N101 |
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Iran and Regional Politics – Dr. Elisheva Machlis |
2120.1900.03 |
TUES/THURS |
16:15-17:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
TUES – DD 106
THURS – DD106 except Feb 27 DD209 |
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Islamic Politics and Terror in the Middle East – Prof. Meir Litvak |
2120.0240.03 |
MON/WED |
12:15-13:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
MON – N110
WED – N001 except Feb 26 and March 4 N110 |
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Psychology |
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Psychological Thinking in 21st Century Sexuality and Relationships: Global and Israeli Perspectives- Dr. Ilan Tabak Aviram |
2120.0537.03 |
TUES/THURS |
14:15-15:45 |
Final Paper |
TUES – L206 except Feb 25 and March 3 in L204
THURS – L206 except Feb 27 and March 5 L203 |
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Creative Arts and Film Studies |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Writing the Experience of Tel Aviv - Dr. D. Barnat |
2120.0128.04 |
MON |
16:00-20:00 |
Final Paper |
DD110 |
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Israeli Cinema and the Culture of Modern Israel - Dr. S. Duvdevani |
2120.0468.03 |
TUES/THURS * First class Feb 27th |
14:15-15:45 |
Final In-class Exam |
DD110 |
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Fiction Writing: Observing Israel From Within – Dalia Rosenfeld |
2120.0129.03 |
TUES/THURS |
12:15-13:45 |
Final Paper |
TUES – DD 110
THURS – DD110 except Feb 27 D209 |
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Environmental and Life Sciences |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Israel And The Environment - Dr. S. Fleischer |
2120.0139.03 |
TUES |
16:30-20:00 |
Final In-class Exam |
P101 |
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Business, Economics |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Business Ethics - Dr. S. Smila-Sened |
2120.0100.03 |
TUES/THURS |
10:15-11:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
TUES – DD110
THURS – DD110 except Feb 27 DD207 |
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The Israeli Economy - Dr. P. Rivlin |
2120.0117.03 |
MON/WED |
14:15-15:45 |
Final Paper |
DD110 |
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International Relations, Communication |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security in the 21st Century - Dr. Azriel Bermant |
2120.1017.03 |
MON/WED |
14:15-15:45 |
Final Paper |
MON – L206 except Feb 24 L203
WED – L206 except Feb 26 and March 4 L203 |
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Global Ethics – Dr. S. Smila-Sened |
2120.0101.03 |
MON/WED |
12:15-13:45 |
Final Paper |
MON – DD110
WED – DD110 except Feb 26 DD207 |
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Media, Conflict and Politics - Dr. Erga Atad |
2120.0536.03 |
THURS |
16:00-20:00 |
Final Paper |
DD110 |
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Public Diplomacy and the Media in a Changing World – Dr. Michal Hatuel Radoshitzky |
2120.0500.03 |
MON/WED |
12:15-13:45 |
Final Paper and In-class Presentation |
MON – L102 except Feb 24 L101
WED – L204 |
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Arabic |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
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Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (First Level) - Mr. M. Guggenheimer |
2120.0980.03 |
TUES/THURS |
12:15-13:45 |
Final Take-Home Exam |
DD106 |
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Hebrew |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
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Levels and courses offered will be determined after Ulpan; syllabi for each level found here. (All semester Hebrew courses are 4 credits.) |
Varies by level offered |
MON THROUGH THURS (meets 4x per week) |
8:30-10:00 |
Final In-class Exam |
Classroom locations and levels will be emailed to students on Feb. 23 (the day before classes begin) |
Business and Entrepreneurship Required Program Courses
The following courses are open only to students who are officially enrolled in the Spring Business and Entrepreneurship Program. In addition, it should be noted that students in this program must take all three of these required courses plus one elective from the list above (recommended as electives: Israeli Economy or Business Ethics).
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Business and Entrepreneurship Program |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Entrepreneurship from A-Z – Dr. Yonatan Feffer |
2120.8000.01 |
WED |
10:15-13:45 |
Final In-class Exam |
L206 except Feb 26 and March 4 L203 |
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Unleashing and Sustaining Innovation - Dr. Yonatan Feffer |
2120-8005-01 |
TUES |
16:15-19:45 |
Final In-class Presentations |
DD110 |
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International Finance – Prof. Larry Krohn |
2120.0535.03 |
MON/WED |
16:15-17:45 |
Take Home Exam |
First classes will be taught online (Feb 24 and Feb 26); no class on March 2 for election day. In person classes begin March 4 in the following locations:
MON – N201
WED – DD110 |
Internship Program Course
The following course is open only to students who are officially enrolled in the Spring Internship Program and is a mandatory course for these students. The course takes place during the summer session of the program (not during the regular spring semester).
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Internship Program |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Final |
Location |
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Career Development: Theory and Practice – Dr. Anat Geifman-Broder |
TBD |
WED
Note: this class takes Place During Summer Session (June 10-July 29) |
8:30-13:00 |
Presentation and Final Paper |
TBD
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Spring Semester 2020 - Courses in BA Liberal Arts Program that Run According to the Study Abroad Semester Dates
Study Abroad students may take the below 3 credit courses which are part of the BA Program in Liberal Arts (taught in English). It is possible to end these courses at the same date of the study abroad courses listed above (May 14, 2020) and so they can approximately follow our Study Abroad Calendar. More information on the class locations, exact dates, and syllabi for each BA course is provided on the BA Liberal Arts web site. Not that other than the below BA courses, it is not guaranteed for study abroad students to be able to enroll in BA courses.
Please also note that many times classes in Israel are written “to the nearest hour”, meaning you may see a course that meets from 10:15-11:45 written as 10:00-12:00. In this case, the course starts at 10:15, and ends at 11:45. Below we will write the course times as they actually are.
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Course Name |
Course Number |
Day |
Hour |
Location |
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A Political History of the Economy – Prof. Michael Zakim
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1662.1108.01 |
TUES (Note: this course begins March 8) |
16:15-19:45 |
Gilman 456 |
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Theories in Communication and New Media – Dr. Sharon Avital |
1662.1503.01 |
MON (Note: this course begins March 8) |
12:15-15:45 |
Rosenberg 002
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STEM Courses in English in the B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Program
It may be possible for study abroad students who meet all required course pre-requisites to enroll in one or more STEM courses which are part of the B.Sc. program taught in English. However, these courses do not run on the same calendar as the study abroad program. They run on the regular Israeli university calendar, which means students taking these courses would be required to stay for a longer period of time than the usual study abroad program and extra housing fees would apply. The B.Sc. calendar can be found here. In addition, international students should be advised as to the high degree of difficulty of these courses. In addition to meeting the course pre-requisites, students must be formally reviewed and accepted to the course by the B.Sc. program staff. If interested in exploring the option to take a STEM course, please contact us.
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