Program Requirements: Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The Holocaust and Genocide Studies concentration may be pursued in conjunction with any major. Students are required to take seven courses that include:

• Two of the following three courses: SOC130 Genocide, GOVT214 Mass Murder and Genocide Under Communism, HIST175 Holocaust: Agency and Action
• Two courses from section A
• One course from section B
• One course from section C
• A capstone seminar

The seven courses must be taken from at least three different departments. At least two of the total seven courses must be at the 200 level. The program faculty members will serve as advisors to students, providing guidance in selecting courses and developing a capstone experience.

Section A
Two out of this list are required.
CLAS2 62 Jews and Christians in the Ancient World
GOVT 136 Sub-Saharan Africa
HIST 115 Authority and Democracy: The History of Modern Central Europe
HIST 142 Central Europe in the Long 19th Century
HIST 143 War and Peace: Central Europe, 1914-2003
HIST 153 Europe in the Age of Extremes
HIST 162 History ofModern Middle East
HIST 234 Racial Thought and Body Politics in Modern Europe
HIST 253 20th-Century Europe
HIST 255 Jews in Modern Europe: From Expulsion to Emancipation
HIST 259 Modern Germany
HIST 283 Eastern European Jewish Diaspora
HIST 292 Yiddish Literature and the History of Jewish Secular Culture
JS 130 Suffering and Evil in Jewish Tradition
JS 174 The Jewish Experience
JS 276 Modern Jewish History and Thought

Section B
One out of this list is required.
HIST 175 Holocaust: Agency and Action *
HIST 165 Nazi Germany
HIST 236 Gender, War and Holocaust Germany
HIST 237 Holocaust Perpetrators
HIST 260 Rescue and Resistance
HIST 261 Jewish Children in Nazi Europe
HIST 265 Life and Death in the City: Occupied Europe, 1939-1945
HIST 266 Refugees
HIST 268 Special Topics: Holocaust Issues and Controversies
HIST 268 Special Topics: Holocaust Memory in Post-War Europe
HIST 268 Special Topics: Advanced Topics in the Study of Genocide
HIST 273 Life Under Occupation


* Can fulfill Section B requirements only if not taken as one of the three core courses.

Section C
One out of this list is required.
GEOG 090/197 Native Americans and Natural Resources
GOVT 093 International Human Rights
GOVT 146 United Nations and International Politics
GOVT 179 Human Rights in the International Arena
GOVT 214 Mass Murder and Genocide Under Communism **
GOVT 240 Human Rights and International Politics
GOVT 278 Holocaust and Genocide in Comparative Perspective
GOVT 289 Advanced Topics in International Politics: International Law and Human Rights
GOVT 289 Advanced Topics in International Politics: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and
International Security
HIST 106 Modern Europe 19th and 20th Centuries, Ethnicity, War, and Genocide
HIST 135 History of Armenia
HIST 230 History of the Armenian Genocide
HIST 247 The Western Powers and the Armenian Genocide
HIST 262 Problem of Genocide
ID 285 States of Violence: Culture, Trauma, and Identity in Asia
SOC 130 Genocide **
PSYC 264 Cultural and Social Psychology of Genocides

** Can fulfill Section C requirements only if not taken as one of the three core courses.

Capstone Courses
The capstone requirement may be fulfilled through a directed-research project or seminar. Students must receive permission from the instructor to count a seminar as the capstone experience. Examples of seminars that fulfill the capstone requirement are:

GOVT 278 Holocaust and Genocide in Comparative Perspective
GOVT 289 Advanced Topics in International Relations: International Law and Human Rights
GOVT 289 Advanced Topics in International Relations: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and
International Security
HIST 230 History of the Armenian Genocide
HIST 234 Racial Thought and Body Politics in Modern Europe
HIST 236 Gender, War and Holocaust
HIST 247 The Western Powers and the Armenian Genocide
HIST 260 Rescue and Resistance
HIST 261 Jewish Children in Nazi Europe
HIST 262 Problem of Genocide
HIST 265 Life and Death in the City: Occupied Europe, 1939-1945
HIST 266 Refugees
HIST 268 Holocaust Issues and Controversies
HIST 273 Life Under Occupation
PSYC 264 Cultural and Social Psychology of Genocides