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Yeshiva College is located inNew York City’sWashington Heights neighborhood inUpper Manhattan. It isYeshiva University’s undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences for men. (Stern College for Women is Yeshiva College’s counterpart for women.) The architecture reflects a search for a distinctly Jewish style appropriate to American academia.[1]
Roughly 1,100 students from some two dozen countries, including students registered atSyms School of Business, attend Yeshiva College.
On July 27, 2009, it was announced that Barry L. Eichler would succeed David J. Srolovitz as dean of Yeshiva College.[2]
Students at Yeshiva College pursue a dual educational program that combines liberal arts and sciences and pre-professional studies with the study ofTorah and Jewish heritage, reflecting Yeshiva’s educational philosophy ofTorah Umadda, which translates loosely as "Torah and secular knowledge" (the interaction between Judaism and general culture).[3]
Majors offered include:
Combined and joint programs in business administration, dentistry, engineering, Jewish education, Jewish studies, law, occupational therapy, optometry, podiatric medicine, and social work are also available.
Minors offered include:
The Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies unifies and centralizes all academic Jewish studies offerings at Yeshiva College: Bible, Hebrew, Jewish history, Jewish philosophy, and Judaic studies.
In addition to courses leading to the B.A. degree, all students undertake Jewish studies requiring intensive analysis of classic texts in Hebrew andAramaic. Students are enrolled in a full course of study in one of the following options:
Yeshiva College's Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors program stresses writing, critical analysis, cultural enrichment, and individual mentoring.[citation needed]
TheS. Daniel Abraham Israel Program allows students who wish to spend a year in Israel to take courses at one of 51 different Israeli institutions.
Athletics include Maccabees basketball, tennis, fencing, cross-country, golf, soccer, volleyball, wrestling, and baseball. Other student activities include the newspaper The Commentator and the radio station WYUR.
The student government includes the Yeshiva College Student Association (YCSA), the Yeshiva Student Union (YSU), the Student Organization of Yeshiva and Judaic Studies Programs (SOY/JSC), and the Syms School Of Business Student Association.
Approximately 90% of the undergraduate student population(s) lives on campus.
The Wilf Campus includes three main dormitory buildings: Morgenstern, Muss, and Rubin Residence Halls. Many upperclassmen live in the surrounding independent housing that is run by the university or in other nearby buildings.
The campus is centered on the area of Amsterdam Ave and West 185th Street (Yeshiva University's main office is 500 185th St).[4] The buildings in the campus are:
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