Requirements for a degree with honors in Judaic studies include:

• Satisfaction of the requirements of the major.
• A cumulative grade point average of 3.50 in courses taken to satisfy the major requirements.
• Satisfactory completion of an honors thesis. The candidate for honors must register for four credits of research (JDST 401) winter term of the senior year, in order to prepare for writing the thesis, and for 4 credits of Thesis (JDST 403) spring term, when writing the thesis. A faculty committee of two supervises the thesis project. A first draft of the thesis must be submitted six weeks before the end of the term in which the student expects to graduate and the final draft two weeks before the end of the term.