Certificate in Holocaust Studies
The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies

The Certificate in Holocaust Studies is offered to MA, MAT, and PhD students in the School of Arts and Humanities (A & H) from The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at UT Dallas. Students who wish to pursue the Certificate must do so in coordination with A & H’s requirements for graduation from their specified program. Graduates of this 15 credit hours certificate will have a critical understanding of the Holocaust as well as modern Jewish culture, the history of anti-Semitism, and the major contemporary philosophical, aesthetic, and analytical responses to this major event.

In order to begin work toward the Certificate, each student must complete a registration form, and is required to be advised each semester by Professor Zsuzsanna Ozsvath or Professor Nils Roemer. In addition, each semester, Certification students must also meet with their academic counselor provided to them by A & H. Certificates can only be awarded to those students who have their advising forms completed from both the School of Arts and Humanities and the UT Dallas Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies. The Certificate will be awarded in addition to the diploma earned in the student’s chosen field after graduation.

Requirements:

Each student seeking a Certificate in Holocaust Studies must complete 15 Graduate credit hours (hours) chosen from “The Courses” section below. Students must take 12 of the 15 required hours in organized classes. The remaining 3 hours of coursework may be completed either in an organized class, or by independent study with the permission of the student’s Center Advisor. Independent study courses must focus on topics relating to: German history, philosophy, and literature; Interwar Germany; Jewish Studies; or other Holocaust-related topics. Students may not take “Foundation Courses” by independent study.

NOTE: Students enrolled in the professional option of the MA degree may not take an independent study course.

Special Requirements for MAT Students Enrolled in HUAS Degree Plans

MAT students with a concentration in HUAS must take an additional 6 to 9 hours beyond their required 36 hours for the Holocaust Certification unless they receive prior special permission from the Graduate Studies Associate Dean in the Arts and Humanities Office.

Courses

I. Foundation Courses:

HUHI 7345 - The Holocaust
AND
(2) HUSL 6378 - Holocaust Literature
(6 hours)
(As new courses are developed, students may substitute a required course with the permission of the Center’s Director.)

II. German history, philosophy, and literature:

(1) HUSL-6370 - Prophecy and Fulfillment: German Literature and Ideas 1870-1960.
(3 hours)
OR
Interwar Germany -
(1) HUSL 6370 - Between Tradition and Modernity: The History and Literature of
Weimar Germany. (3 hours)
(As new courses are developed, students may substitute a required course with the permission of the Center’s Director.)

III. Jewish Studies:

(1) HUHI 7368 - Modern Jewish Literature Across Cultures
AND
(2) HUHI 7368 - Modernity, Culture, and the Jews
(6 hours)
(As new courses are developed, students may substitute a required course with the permission of the Center’s Director.)

Students with Existing Course Credit:

Students who have completed a minimum of 9 credit hours, as of the date of application for the Holocaust Certificate, may apply their hours toward the above requirements as long as those classes have been taken within the last 24 hours or 12 months of prior coursework. The student, however, must be current in their requirements for graduation, and should be prepared to furnish the Center advisor a completed, up-to-date advising form from their A & H Academic Advisor.

Certificate Registration:

Certificate registration forms are available on the table in front of the Arts and Humanities Office as well as online at www.utdalllas.edu/holocaust. Please contact the Center office at 972-883-2100, or by email: holocauststudies@utdallas.edu if you have any questions. Please submit Certification enrollment forms to the Arts and Humanities Office located at JO 4.510.