Courses in Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies

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Students interested in the sequence should consult with the Center’s director or associate director to choose the courses most appropriate for their interests and majors. The following courses may be appropriate for the sequence requirements:

Political Philosophy and/or Ethics

Students must complete one of the following courses:

Holocaust Studies

Students must complete one of the following courses:

History

HIST 137 CM - Researching the Holocaust
HIST 139E CM - Culture and Society in Weimar and Nazi Germany
HIST 146 CM - History of Germany, 1740 to the Present
HIST 187 CM - After the Holocaust, After the Gulag, 1945 to the Present

Elective Courses Focused on Human Rights Issues

Students must complete two courses, normally from two difference disciplines, and selected from:

Economics

ECON 140 CM - The World Economy
ECON 141 CM - International Economics
ECON 142 CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (seminar)
ECON 145 CM - International Money and Finance
ECON 167 CM - Law and Economics
ECON 175 CM - Labor Economics

Government

GOVT 091 CM - Introduction to Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
GOVT 105 CM - Organization of Health Care and Public Policy
GOVT 113 CM - Inequality, Politics, and Public Policy: Class, Race, and Gender
GOVT 128 CM - Ethics and American Democracy
GOVT 132E CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (seminar)
GOVT 135 CM - Comparative Politics of the Middle East
GOVT 151 CM - The United States, Israel, and the Arabs
GOVT 155 CM - Human Rights, Failed States, and Conflict Resolution
GOVT 165 CM - Political Philosophy and History
GOVT 173 CM - Politics of Eastern Europe and Russia

History

HIST 059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia
HIST 061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, and Indonesia in the Modern Era
HIST 073 CM - The Rise of Modern Europe, 1750 to the Present
HIST 121 CM - United States History Since 1945
HIST 132 CM - Genocide & Human Rights in 20th Century Europe
HIST 140 CM - Gender and Revolution in Europe, 1500-1900
HIST 143A CM - Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Britain, North America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment
HIST 149 CM - America in Depression and War
HIST 153 CM - American Religious History
HIST 163 CM - Modern Chinese History, 1750 to the Present
HIST 175 CM - Women and Politics in America (seminar)

Literature

LIT 061 CM - The Bible
LIT 123 CM - Fugitives From Utopia: The Writers of Post-War Poland
LIT 127 CM - The Novel Since World War II
LIT 138 CM - Film and Mass Culture

Psychology

PSYC 092 CM - Social Psychology
PSYC 118 CM - Seminar in Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
PSYC 140 CM - Leadership
PSYC 180 CM - Forensic Psychology
PSYC 188 CM - Psychology and Law

Religious Studies

RLST 021 CM - Jewish Civilization
RLST 022 CM - Introduction to Western Religious Traditions
RLST 037 CM - History of World Christianity
RLST 137 CM - Jewish-Christian Relations
RLST 138 CM - American Religious History
RLST 153 CM - Religion and American Politics (seminar)