Graduate Certificate Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Arizona State University

The graduate certificate program in Holocaust and genocide studies recognizes the importance of studying the Holocaust and other acts of genocide in order to give you the necessary contextualization to educate others while offering ideas about representation, memorialization and commemoration. The certificate provides you with the theoretical and historiographical grounding for understanding the Holocaust as a defining event and using it as a lens through which to examine other genocides in world history.

Faculty: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch  |  Duration: 18 credit hours  |  Study mode: online  |  Intake: Fall, Spring, Summer  |  Location: Tempe, AZ, United States

What you will study

18 credit hours Required Core (3 credit hours) HST 570 Readings in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (3) Other Requirements (3 credit hours) HST 454 History of Genocide (3) or HST 571 Holocaust: Collaboration and Resistance (3) or HST 598 Topic: Holocaust, War and German Memory (3) Electives (12 credit hours) Additional Curriculum Information Other Requirements courses can be replaced with advisor approval.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared with the training needed for careers in education, research, teaching, government service, public history and a host of other positions in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. They serve as first-rate historians, researchers and consultants, foreign service officers, management professionals, community organizers and public servants.

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