Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies, Minor

124 Mack Social Science

An 18unit minor program in Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies (HGPS) is offered through the Gender, Race and Identity program housed within the College of Liberal Arts.

The minor program in HGPS is designed to connect ideas and experiences by focusing on social, historical, philosophical, political, cultural and ethical issues in a wide variety of disciplines. Students are challenged to think critically and to examine the assumptions concerning issues of Holocaust, genocide and peace. All courses will have a strong writing and communications component. Specifically, courses in this minor will increase students’ understanding of the following:

• How prejudice, hatred, and dehumanization policies originate and manifest themselves.
• How such patterns become rationalized within individuals and in society.
• How major social confrontations, conflicts, mass destructions, and genocides develop.
• How to explore ways to resolve conflict.
• How to nurture peaceful social and political relationships and encourage ethical decision-making.

Refer to the Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies Minor Program description in the College of Liberal Arts  sections of this catalog for more information.