Graduate Diploma in Advanced Hebrew and Jewish Studies

The program of study allows students enrolled in a graduate program at York University to specialize formally in Jewish Studies and to be awarded a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Hebrew & Jewish Studies by the Faculty of Graduate Studies upon completion of all degree and diploma requirements.

The graduate diploma is intended to give recognition to those students who have undertaken a concentrated research and study program in the area of Jewish Studies. It is designed to provide students with interdisciplinary Jewish Studies methodologies. The Diploma is of special interest to students engaged in research in Jewish education, culture, and history, and on Israel and international relations.

The graduate diploma will be earned concurrently with the master’s or doctoral degree program for which a student is registered. For those students who successfully complete both the degree program and the graduate diploma, the diploma is noted on the student’s transcript and awarded at the convocation at which the degree is awarded. According to Faculty of Graduate Studies policy, this graduate diploma cannot be earned independently of a degree.

Applicants must hold, at a minimum, an Honours undergraduate degree or equivalent (typically a four-year full-time program) from a recognized post-secondary institution with at least a B (second class) standing in the final two years of full-time equivalent study. As approved by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Senate, individual graduate programs may have a minimum academic standing requirement greater than B (second class).

Language Test Scores

• a minimum TOEFL score of 600 (paper based)or 100 (internet based);
• a minimum IELTS score of 7.5 (Academic Module);
• a minimum PTE Academic score of 76;
• YUELI Academic Program Level 9 with Distinction;
• YUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP) graduate with Distinction;
• a CAEL overall score of 70 with no component score less than 60;
• a minimum CPE score of B, or;
• a minimum CAE score of C2.