This certificate is for those who would like to expand their knowledge of the Holocaust and its contemporary significance as well as explore the broader phenomenon of genocide in modern times. It is designed for educators in public and private schools, community professionals, religious and lay leaders, those involved in interfaith dialogue, and adult learners taking classes for personal enrichment or credit.

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Requirements for the Graduate Certificate 

18 credits (6 courses), all of which may be taken online. Check On Campus and Online Rosters for course schedules.

Required courses

• The Holocaust and European Mass Murder
  
• Comparative Genocide

Electives include

• Teaching the Holocaust
• Contemporary Issues in Racism and Genocide
• Armenia to Auschwitz: An Examination of the First Modern Genocides
  
• Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• Sowing the Seeds of Character
  
• History of Antisemitism
• Popes, Jews and Blood from Medieval to Modern Times
• Children of the Nazi Era
• Jewish Life in Europe Before the Holocaust
• Europe Between Two World Wars
  
• Literature of the Holocaust
• The Holocaust and Genocide in Film
• Resistance in the Holocaust
• Holocaust and Memory
• Post-Holocaust Theology
• The Warsaw Ghetto
• The Problem of Evil

On-campus students may take an internship either in supervised teaching or supervised research in the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive.

For more information, contact Mindy Blechman at 215-635-7300 x154 or Dr. Michael Steinlauf