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Young Family School for the Human Experience
Young Family School for the Human Experience
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People, Society, and Spirit

As Social Sciences students, you are constantly exposed to human structures, organizations, and behaviors. The Human Spirit Pathway will deepen these foundations by connecting them to the big questions of history, ethics, identity, and culture. This is the space where sociological, political, and psychological theories meet philosophical thought and human creativity.

Track Overview

Training
Program Scope
A broad and flexible selection of 24 credits, from which you will choose and study only 12 credits (comprising the foundational course and at least 4 credits from each conceptual axis).
Building
Foundational Course (2 credits)
"And I Will Put a Spirit Within You" – Examining the points of intersection and friction between the humanities, social sciences, and the technologies that shape society.
Graduate 2
Core Requirements
The foundational course (2 credits) and at least 4 credits from each of the two cluster axes ("Humanity and Its Time" and "Humanity and Its Spirit").

A Taste of Elective Courses in the Pathway

  • Humanity and Its Time Axis (Society and History)

    • Introduction to the Modern Middle East

    • The Palestinians: History, Society, Culture, and Nationalism

    • Racism: Past, Present, Future

    • Introduction to Islam

  • Humanity and Its Spirit Axis (Thought and Culture)

      • Introduction to Moral Philosophy

      • From the Ma'abara to Prime Time: Mizrahi Identity in Israel*

      • Introduction to Feminist Theory

      • The History of Kabbalah from its Beginnings to the Present Day

* You can take one of the courses in English to fulfill the English language requirement in the Social Sciences.

** The course "Racism: Past, Present, Future" is limited to 20 participants per semester.

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The International Option

 You can integrate selected courses taught in English (such as the History of Islam or Archaeology of Globalization) into your pathway, thereby simultaneously fulfilling the university's English language exemption requirements.