TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL STUDY ABROAD SPRING SEMESTER 2018 MAIN OFFICE UNITED STATES CANADA The Carter Building , Room 108 Office of Academic Affairs Lawrence Plaza Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Israel 39 Broadway, Suite 1510 3130 Bathurst Street, Suite 214 Phone: +972-3-6408118 New York, NY 10006 Toronto, Ontario M6A 2A1 Fax: +972-3-6409582 Phone: +1-212-742-9030 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +1-212-742-9031 [email protected] 1 Table of Content TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL study ABROAD SPRING SEMESTER 2018 .................................................... 1 MAIN OFFICE .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 UNITED STATES ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 CANADA ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Calendar ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 Important Dates ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Academic Calendar ............................................................................................................................................ 5 ACADEMICS ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Accreditation ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Academic Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 7 Credit & Course Load..................................................................................................................................... 7 Instructions for registration to courses ......................................................................................................... 8 Hebrew .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Regular Courses at TAU ................................................................................................................................. 8 Withdrawal from courses .............................................................................................................................. 9 Pass / Fail grading option .............................................................................................................................. 9 Incomplete Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Grading System ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Code of Honor and Academic Integrity ....................................................................................................... 11 Right to Appeal ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Special Accommodations ............................................................................................................................ 12 Hebrew Studies Regulations ....................................................................................................................... 13 Grades ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Moodle ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 TAU Writing Center - Division of Foreign Languages .................................................................................. 15 Bibliographical Services in the tau Libraries ................................................................................................ 15 Transcript Request Instructions ...................................................................................................................... 17 COURSES .............................................................................................................................................................. 18 Study Abroad Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 19 IMPORTANT NOTES ..................................................................................................................................... 22 2 DESCRIPTIONS AND SYLLABI ............................................................................................................................... 23 Study Abroad Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 24 The Jewish World in the Modern Era - Professor Robert Rockaway .......................................................... 24 A History of Antisemitism - Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller ................................................................................ 28 Contemporary Jewish Issues - Dr. Moshe Gresser ...................................................................................... 34 “After Auschwitz”: Images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Culture - Dr. Rachel E. Perry ..................... 41 A History Of Modern Israel: Challenges And Realities - Paul Liptz .............................................................. 48 Israeli Politics - Dr. Evgeni Klauber .............................................................................................................. 58 One Hundred Years: History and Memory in Tel Aviv–Jaffa - Martin J. Wein, Ph.D. .................................. 75 An Introduction to the History of the Middle East in the Modern Period .................................................. 85 The Struggle for Palestine: The Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict .............................................................. 90 Writing the Experience of Tel Aviv - Dr. Dara Barnat .................................................................................. 97 Israeli Cinema and the Culture of Modern Israel - Dr. Shmulik Duvdevani .............................................. 105 Israel and the Environment - Dr. Stuart Fleischer ..................................................................................... 109 Business Ethics - Sarit Smila-Sened ........................................................................................................... 114 The Israeli Economy - Dr. Paul Rivlin ......................................................................................................... 119 Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security in the 21st Century - Dr. Azriel Bermant ................................... 123 Global Ethics - Dr. Sarit Smila-Sened ......................................................................................................... 128 Public Diplomacy and the Media in a Changing World - Dr. Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky ......................... 132 Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) - Michael Guggenheimer .............................................. 138 EXTERNAL REGISTRATION FORM ...................................................................................................................... 140 3 Calendar Group Flight Departure (USA/Canada) Jan. 16, 2018 Arrival at TAU Jan. 17, 2018 Orientation & Hebrew Placement Exam Jan. 18, 2018 Winter Ulpan Jan. 21 - Feb. 15, 2018 Semester Break Feb. 16 – March 4, 2018, inclusive First Day Of The Semester March 5, 2018 Last Day of the Semester May 31, 2018 Dorms Checkout May 31 – June 2, 2018 Last Day In the Dorms June 3, 2018 1. Ulpan is mandatory for study abroad students and is a requirement for our MASA participants. 2. BA in Liberal Arts semester begins on Sunday. 3. Tel Aviv University follows a slightly different calendar. If you wish to participate in courses in Hebrew, please check the following link: https://english.tau.ac.il/academic_calendar 4 Important Dates th st ■ The Spring Semester starts on Monday, March 5 2018 and ends on Thursday, May 31 2018 (inclusive). th ■ Academic Orientation: Sunday, February 4 2018. th ■ Course registration deadline: Sunday, February 11 2018. ■ Class changes and finalizing schedule (see hereunder): Sunday, March 11th 2018. rd ■ Last day in the dorms: Sunday, June 3 2018. Since the Spring Semester lasts 10-11 weeks, most courses will be given 4 hours per week, (two hours, twice a week), in most cases 3 credits each course. As a result, no early departures will be approved prior to Thursday, May 31st 2018 inclusive. Early departures may in some case be approved for students whose summer Semester in their school overlaps with the Tel Aviv University schedule. Written proof from the school is required. An explanatory formal letter from the student is required as well. All