HUM 1013 — The Holocaust
A humanities course designed to help students make meaning of one of the defining events of the Twentieth Century. Through film, text and discussion, the class examines what happened and why by exploring the complex roles of the perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, and victims. The study places the Holocaust within a historical context allowing students to see the relationship of political, social, and economic factors that impacted this watershed event. First-person accounts will enable students to see that behind the statistics are real people. The universal dimensions and significance of the Holocaust as it relates to other genocides will also be examined. This course serves as an elective for students completing the Associate of Arts degree. It is also a college transfer course.