RS 114Jews and Jewishness
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- Spring 2021
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2021. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2021; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.
This course examines the central elements that make up contemporary Jewish identity/identities, traditional and otherwise, with particular focus on the North American Jewish experience and the nature of Jewish modernity. It explores historical, literary, religious, and social issues that have contributed to the formation of these identities.
In today’s calendar
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention RS 114, April 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2019
RS 114 1 point, 0 comments
[deleted]: “Did anyone take this course? is it easy bird to get 90”
Spring 2018
Bird Course Thread (Fall 2018) 28 points, 43 comments
“Post any electives you think are the easiest or most useful. Give them a rating (1-10). Ex: MUSIC 140 - Easy(10) - Useful(6) GEOG 101 - Easy(8) - Useful(8) MUSIC 246 - Easy(10) - Useful(7) INTST 101 …”
u/callofpotato: “… RS 114 (online) - easy (10) useful (1) Studied about 2 hours before the final, finished with a 90. ENVS 200 - easy (8) useful (3) A very easy "intensive" science elective. …”
Winter 2017
What bird course can I forget about until the exam/ what is the birdiest of bird courses? 10 points, 40 comments
“no trolls pls”
u/papare33: “RS 121 online”
u/callofpotato: “RS 114 online is the same story.”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2020–21Its last calendar entry, on uwloo
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them