{"id":2409,"date":"2018-08-19T12:33:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T09:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aac.ac.il\/?page_id=2409\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:50:25","slug":"b-land-israel-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aac.ac.il\/en\/b-land-israel-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Department of Land of Israel Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2409\" class=\"elementor elementor-2409\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-obewvsx elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"obewvsx\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe92806\" data-id=\"fe92806\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-whkixke elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"whkixke\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ridhpqy\" data-id=\"ridhpqy\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gfqukqc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"gfqukqc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">B.A. IN LAND OF ISRAEL STUDIES<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cwntphe elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cwntphe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jxkrqdp elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"jxkrqdp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Curriculum Objectives<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-octytwg elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"octytwg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Land of Israel Studies is a practical discipline which qualifies graduates to guide, explain and teach the culture, history, and geography of the Land of Israel to the Israeli public, to school students, and to millions of tourists. BA graduates can integrate into institutions and organizations involved in tour guiding in Israel (trips, tourism activities, local authorities, government organizations, antiquities authorities, parks and nature reserves).<br \/>The curriculum is designed for anyone wishing to experience and familiarize him or herself with Israel and its heritage, as well as those interested in employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in various tourism and educational ventures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-u2g2k3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"u2g2k3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Syllabus<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jnlh3a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"jnlh3a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The syllabus is based on the historical-geographical approach, which provides students with rich knowledge on tourism locations, religions, civilizations, minorities and ethnicities, national and archeological sites, holy sites, topographical maps, ecology and environment, and more.<\/p><p>Studies allow combining courses from an additional discipline: politics and governance, sociology and anthropology, criminology, and tourism, the latter qualifying graduates for work in tourism management, entrepreneurship and planning.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ugtvuil elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ugtvuil\" 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