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The request to revise Minor in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies

Memo Date: 
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
To: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: 
Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: September 18, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Spring 2016

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Minor in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies

The interdisciplinary Minor in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies consists of at least 18 hours, including a 3-hour introductory course and 15 hours divided among Subjects in Holocaust Studies; and Subjects in Genocide, Violence, and Slavery and Human Rights Studies. ; and Subjects in Civil and Human Rights.  A student must have at least one course two courses from each subject area. Alternate arrangements may be made by an advisor for the minor.

Program Requirements

Introductory Course (3 hours)

  • HGHR 2100  Introduction to Holocaust, Genocide, & Human Rights Studies: War Peace, Justice, & Human Survival (3)

Holocaust Studies (at least 3 6 hours)

 

Students may choose from the following courses to satisfy the requirement of subjects in this area.  An advisor for the minor in HGHR may give permission for other courses to count as fulfilling this requirement.

 

  • GERM 3050  Studies in German Literature (3)
  • HIST 3147  The Third Reich (3)
  • HIST 3148  The Holocaust (3)
  • GERM 3150  The Holocaust Through Literature and Film (3)
  • HGHR 3050  Topics in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (Appropriate Sections) (3)

Genocide, Violence, and Slavery and Human Rights Studies (at least 3 6 hours)

Students may choose courses from the following to satisfy requirements of subjects in this area. An advisor for the minor in HGHR may give permission for other courses to count as fulfilling this requirement.

 

  • INTL 3137 International Human Rights (3) or POLS 3137 (3)
  • INTL 3171 Comparative Genocide (3) or HIST 3171 (3)
  • INTL 3172 Repression and Rebellion in the Contemporary World (3) or HIST 3172 (3)
  • INTL 3120  Women’s Studies International (3) or WGST 4120 (3)
  • HGHR 3050  Topics in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (Appropriate Sections) (3)
  • INTL 3000  Topics in International Studies (Appropriate Sections) (3)
  • AFRS 3218 Racial Violence, Colonial Times to Present (3) or HIST 3218 (3)
  • AFRS 3220  The Caribbean from Slavery to Independence (3) or LTAM 3220 (3) or HIST 3180 (3)
  • AFRS 3230  Poverty and Discrimination in African Diaspora in the Modern Era (3)
  • AFRS 3260  Slavery, Racism, and Colonialism in the African Diaspora (3)
  • AFRS 3278  Race in the History of Brazil (3) or LTAM 3278 (3) or HIST 3178 (3)
  • ANTH 4616  Culture and Conflict in the Amazon (3)
  • CJUS 4161  Violence & the Violent Offender (3)
  • HIST 2105  American Slavery and Emancipation (3)
  • HIST 2216  The Modern Middle East (3)
  • HIST 3174  Resistance and Adaptation: Indian Peoples Under Spanish Rule (3)
  • HIST 3175  Reform, Riots, and Rebellions in Colonial Spanish America, 1692-1825 (3)
  • HIST 3218  Racial Violence, Colonial Times to Present (3)
  • POLS 3133  Middle East Politics (3)
  • POLS 3162  International Law (3)
  • RELS 3150  The Black Church/Civil Rights Movement African-American Church and Civil Rights(3) or AFRS 3150 (3)
  • RELS 3230  Race, Religion and Murder (3)
  • SOCY 3175  Crowds, Riots, & Disasters (3)
  • WGST 3140  Domestic Violence (3)

Civil and Human Rights (at least 3 hours)

Students may choose courses from the following to satisfy requirements of subjects in this area. An advisor for the minor in HGHR may give permission for other courses to count as fulfilling this requirement.

 

  • AFRS 3230  Poverty and Discrimination in African Diaspora in the Modern Era (3)
  • GEOG 3250  World Food Problems (3)
  • HIST 3179  Authoritarianism in Latin America (3)
  • LTAM 4600  Seminar in Latin American Studies (3)
  • PHIL 3910  Philosophy of War & Peace (3)
  • WGST 3212  Women and Peacebuilding (3)

Additional courses may be approved by a departmental advisor.