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Founded in 1895, Gratz College is the oldest independent and pluralistic college for Jewish studies in North America. Today, Gratz enrolls a diverse population of students from around the world in fully online graduate programs that reflect its historic focus on education and Jewish studies.
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Founded in 1895, Gratz College is the oldest independent and pluralistic college for Jewish studies in North America. Today, Gratz enrolls a diverse population of students from around the world in fully online graduate programs that reflect its historic focus on education and Jewish studies.
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Gratz College is internationally recognized as a leader in developing effective educators, well prepared institutional leaders and dedicated scholars. Gratz offers students an array of online graduate, undergraduate, certificate and continuing education programs.
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We prepare our students with the instruction, resources, and support to face today's challenges and do their part to repair the world in new and powerful ways.

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HGS 527/747 - Native American Genocides

Jeff Benvenuto, Ph.D.

HGS 560/760 - America’s Response to the Holocaust

The Center Faculty

HGS 708 - Balkan Genocides in the Twentieth Century

HGS Faculty

HGS 896 - Seminar B: Concept Paper Seminar

Faculty

HRI 520 - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Center Faculty

ASM 506/706 - Antisemitism Education in K-12 Learning Environments

Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath

ASM 605/805 - FA26A - Antisemitism and Literary Joy

Saenger, Michael

ASM 605/805 - FA26B - Zionism and Its Critics

Hirschhorn, Sara

ASM 605/805 - SP26B - Antisemitism and the Perils of Holocaust Memorialization in Postcommunist Europe

Joanna Michlic, Ph.D.

ASM 605/805 - SU25A - Advocacy: Strategies and Implementations

The Center Faculty

ASM 605/805 - SU25B - The "Science" of Countering Antisemitism: Scholarly Approaches to Contemporary Prejudice

The Center Faculty

ASM 605/805 - SU26A - Sports, Jewish Culture, and Antisemitism

Matt Sienkiewicz, PhD

ASM 605/805 - SU26A2 - Messaging and Antisemitism

Matthew Williams, PhD

ASM 605/805 - SU26B - The Legislative Landscape of Antisemitism

Mattie Harris, PhD

ASM 724 - Publishing in Antisemitism

Sharon Shahaf, PhD

HGS 503/703 - Women in the Holocaust

Jennifer Marlow, PhD

HGS 504/714 - Holocaust Art

Rachel E. Perry, Ph.D.

HGS 507/707 - Their Brother’s Keepers: Rescuers and Righteous Gentiles

Jennifer Marlow, Ph.D.

HGS 510 - The Holocaust and European Mass Murder

Barbara Krasner Ph.D., M.B.A., M.A., M.F.A.

HGS 511/711 - History of Antisemitism

Tami Peterson, Ph.D.

HGS 512/715 - Teaching the Holocaust

The Center Faculty

HGS 513/713 - Representing the Holocaust in Different Art Forms

Rachel Perry, PhD

HGS 516/716 - Stories, Not Statistics: Qualitative Research Focused on Personal Narratives

Nancy Isserman, Ph.D.

HGS 517/717 - Resistance in the Holocaust

Tami Peterson, Ph.D.

HGS 518/718 - State and Society in Nazi Germany

Roland Spickermann, Ph.D.

HGS 519/719 - Genocide Education

Jeff Benvenuto, Ph.D.

HGS 520 - Genocide in Literature and Art

HGS Faculty

HGS 522/742 - Children of the Nazi Era

Jennifer Marlow, Ph.D.

HGS 523/743 - The Holocaust and Genocide in Film

HGS Faculty

HGS 524/744 - Transcending Trauma: The Psychosocial Impact of the Holocaust on Survivor Families

Nancy Isserman, Ph.D.

HGS 525/727 - Post-Holocaust Theologies

Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D.

HGS 526/746 - Nazi Germany and Corporate Collaboration

Patty Chappine, Ph.D.

HGS 528/728 - The Role of Muslims and the Holocaust

The Center Faculty

HGS 529/729 Nazi Medicine and the Holocaust

Phillips, Carson

HGS 531/731 - Genocide and the United States

Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Ph.D.

HGS 532/732 - Germany before the Holocaust

Jennifer Marlow, Ph.D.

HGS 533/753 - Before Hitler: East European Jewish Civilization

The Center Faculty

HGS 535/765 - Holocaust Literature: Literary Responses to the Catastrophe Across Genres and Geographies

Marat Grinberg Ph.D.

HGS 536/736 - The Holocaust and Jewish Law: Balancing Survival and Jewish Observance

Ruth N. Sandberg, Ph.D.

HGS 539/739 - Publishing the Holocaust

Barbara Krasner, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.A., M.F.A.

HGS 540/740 - Holocaust Film: Representing the Catastrophe on Screen

Marat Grinberg, Ph.D.

HGS 541 - From Armenia to Auschwitz: An Examination of the First Modern Genocides

Michael Dickerman, M.A.

HGS 547/748 - Measuring Political Violence: From Hate to Genocide

HGS Faculty

HGS 549/749 - Digital Archives and Holocaust Testimonies: Preserving Memory and History

The Center Faculty

HGS 552/722 - Gender and Genocide II

Carson Phillips, Ph.D.,

HGS 554/754 - The Warsaw Ghetto

Michlic, Joanna

HGS 555/755 - The Holocaust and Memory

HGS Faculty

HGS 556/756 - Genocide Prevention

The Center Faculty

HGS 557 - Comparative Genocide

Jennifer Marlow, Ph.D.

HGS 558/758 - Gender and Genocide in the 20th Century

The Center Faculty

HGS 559/759 - The Holodomor: Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932-33

Victoria Khiterer, Ph.D.

HGS 561/761 - Holocaust Denial and Abuse

Patty Chappine, Ph.D.

HGS 562/762 - The Church and the Holocaust

Ruth N. Sandberg, Ph.D.

HGS 563/763 - The Holocaust and Ethical Reasoning

Rabbi William Plevan, Ph.D.

HGS 564/764 - The Holocaust and Transitional Justice

Ayal Feinberg, Ph.D.

HGS 566/726 - The Psychology and Sociology of Altruism and Rescue

Nancy Isserman, MSW, Ph.D.

HGS 567/767 - Teaching the Holocaust through Museums and Memorials

Faculty

HGS 597 - Master's Thesis/Project Seminar

HGS Faculty

HGS 598 - Master’s Thesis (6 credits)

HGS Faculty

HGS 599 - Master’s Final Project

HGS Faculty

HGS 605 - FA25B: Social Sciences of the Holocaust

Holocaust Faculty

HGS 605/805 - FA24A - Special Topics - Oral Testimony Research Course

Jennifer Marlow, Ph.D.

HGS 605/805 - FA25A: Religion and Genocide

Christopher Probst

HGS 605/805 - FA26A - Polish-Jewish Literature After the Holocaust

Lizy Mostowski

HGS 605/805 - SP26A Through the Eyes of Children and Families

Joanna Michlic, Ph.D.

HGS 605/805 - SU24A - Special Topics - The Holocaust & Contemporary Antisemitism Discourse

The Center Faculty

HGS 605/805 - SU24B2 - Special Topics – Antisemitism Online: Understanding and Combating an Ancient Hatred in Modern Times

The Center Faculty

HGS 605/805 - SU25B - The Legal Legacy of the Holocaust in Germany: Trials, Reparations, and Memory Laws

The Center Faculty

HGS 605/805 - SU26A - Modern Technology and Genocide

Debra Kay, PhD

HGS 605/805 - SU26A2 - Nature in the Context of the Holocaust

Ayal Feinberg, Ph.D.

HGS 605/805-FA24B - Antisemitism and Hate Speech Laws in Europe

The Center Faculty

HGS 605/805-SP23B - Nazis Next Door: Holocaust Perpetrators as Immigrants to the US

HGS Faculty

HGS 607/757 Rwanda’s Genocide

The Center Faculty

HGS 610/730 - The Cambodian Genocide

Douglas Irvin-Erickson, PhD

HGS 612/712 - Art in Extremis: Creative Resistance During the Holocaust

The Center Faculty

HGS 624/724 - Holocaust, Genocide, and International Law

Kristen Nelson, M.A., J.D.

HGS 625/725 - A Geographical Approach to the Study of the Holocaust

Carson Phillips, Ph.D.

HGS 632 - Jews and Germany: Rise, Fall and Rebirth

HGS Faculty

HGS 633/733 - Loss and Renewal: The Aftermath of the Holocaust

The Center Faculty

HGS 634/734 - Hitler’s Other Victims

The Center Faculty

HGS 635/735 - Holocaust Testimony

Gary Weissman, Ph.D.

HGS 700 - Unveiling the Underpinnings of Genocide

Jeff Benvenuto, Ph.D.

HGS 702 - HGS Dissertation Proposal Workshop

Faculty

HGS 704 - Doctoral Writing Seminar - Non-Credit

Jeff Benvenuto, Ph.D.

HGS 705 - Doctoral Research Methods Seminar

Ayal Feinberg, Ph.D.

HGS 723 - Genocide in the Modern World

Jeff Benvenuto, Ph.D.

HGS 737 - Holocaust Historiography

Carson Phillips, Ph.D.

HGS 795 - Seminar A: Current Topics 1

Paul Finkelman, Ph.D.

HGS 891 - Comprehensive Exam I: The Holocaust

Faculty

HGS 892 - Comprehensive Exam II: Other Genocides

Jeff Benvenuto, Ph.D.

HGS 893 - Comprehensive Exam III: Historiography

Faculty

HGS 897 - Concept Paper and Proposal Seminar

HGS Faculty

HGS 898 - Proposal

HGS Faculty

HGS 899 - Dissertation Report

HGS Faculty

HRI 535/735 - First Amendment Values

Nancy Isserman, MSW, Ph.D.

HRI 536 - Human Rights, the State and Group Conflict

Human Rights Faculty

HRI 537/737 - Human Rights & Genocide: US Foreign Policy during the Cold War

Lee Lukoff

HRI 600/700 - Antisemitism & Racism in America Today

Ayal Feinberg, Ph.D.

IFL 621 - Interfaith Lifecycle and Holidays (formerly REL 621)

Ruth N. Sandberg, Ph.D.

JST 238/508/708 - Modern Eastern European Jewish History

Jewish Studies Faculty

JST 515 - The Problem of Evil: The Jewish Response

Joseph M. Davis, Ph.D.

JST 531 - Sociology of Israel

Harriet Hartman, Ph.D.

JST 537/737 - The History of Modern Israel

Lee Lukoff, PhD

JST 615/815 - Judaism and Christianity

Jewish Studies Faculty

Summer A

Start Date: 05/06/2026
Drop Deadline: 05/12/2026
End Date: 06/30/2026
Registration Opens: 03/15/2026

Traditional (15 weeks)

Start Date: 05/06/2026
Drop Deadline: 05/19/2026
End Date: 08/18/2026
Registration Opens: 03/16/2026

Summer B

Start Date: 07/01/2026
Drop Deadline: 07/07/2026
End Date: 08/25/2026
Registration Opens: 03/16/2026

Spring A

Start Date: 01/07/2026
Drop Deadline: 01/13/2026
End Date: 03/03/2026
Registration Opens: 11/10/2025

Traditional (15 weeks)

Start Date: 01/07/2026
Drop Deadline: 01/20/2026
End Date: 04/21/2026
Registration Opens: 11/10/2025

Spring B

Start Date: 03/04/2026
Drop Deadline: 03/10/2026
End Date: 04/28/2026
Registration Opens: 11/10/2025

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