Application for JUD 110j - Yiddish (January 2011)
Admission to JUD 110j Elementary Yiddish is by permission of instructor only.
Students will not be able to register for the class via Bannerweb without prior permission
and a signed admission form.All students interested in joining the class must submit the
following application to Professor Justin Cammy via email to jcammy@smith.edu.
Applications are due November 15. Late applications will be considered on a space
available basis only. The course is limited to 9 Smith students on a competitive basis.
JUD 110j is an intensive language and culture course. Students meet daily throughout
interterm from roughly 10am to 4 pm. The course begins on Monday January 3 and ends
on Friday January 24. There will be no class on Martin Luther King day.
Mornings are dedicated to intensive language study. Afternoons are divided between an
academic colloquium and a service internship at the Book Center.
The class is held at the National Yiddish Book Center on the campus of Hampshire
College. Students from Smith may take PVPA buses back and forth to Hampshire. If your
schedule does not permit you to attend class daily from 10am-4pm please do not apply
for admission. We are only able to accept students who are prepared to attend the full
program.
There are no prerequisites for the course. No prior knowledge of Yiddish, Hebrew, and/or
Jewish Studies is necessary.
The course is worth 4 credits. It does NOT count towards the language requirement of
Latin Honors. Latin Honors requires two semesters of language study, and JUD 110j is
only worth a single semester of language study. Students seeking Yiddish language credit
to qualify for Latin Honors distribution will need to complete an additional semester of
Yiddish language through special studies or summer study abroad.
In a separate email, please provide the following information:
Name
Class Year
Major (if applicable)
Minor (if applicable)
Do you know any languages other than English? If yes, which one(s) and what level have
you achieved in the language(s)?
Why are you interested in admission to JUD 110j?
How would admission to JUD 110j complement your scholarly progress to date? List any
relevant courses, if applicable.