Seton Hill University - Genocide and Holocaust Studies - Program Fact Sheet

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Open to all students and scholars but of particular interest to current and future teachers, historians and political scientists, Seton Hill’s programs in genocide and Holocaust studies provide a fuller understanding of the political, social and religious issues that give rise to acts of genocide, and how the lessons of history inform possible responses to the genocides that exist in the world today.

Faculty

Seton Hill University’s Genocide and Holocaust Studies Program faculty are credentialed professionals from a variety of disciplines, including education, history and sociology.

Online Graduate Programs

Seton Hill’s postbaccalaureate courses are offered online in two formats: a 15-credit (5 course) Certificate and a 9-credit (3 course) Concentration. This enables students to choose the program that best meets their educational needs. Each program begins with a course entitled Genocide in Comparative Perspective. Participants then have a range of options for additional courses, including: Genocide and Human Rights, Critical Issues in Holocaust Studies, and Teaching Tolerance.

Seton Hill University is uniquely positioned to offer training to faculty and staff in these subject areas. For nearly a decade, Seton Hill has successfully supported middle school and secondary educators in developing both instructional units and courses on these topics. Seton Hill’s courses are interdisciplinary in nature and address not only the Holocaust and other acts of genocide, but contemporary human rights issues as well.

Ethel LeFrak Scholarships & Opportunities

In 2008, New York philanthropist Ethel LeFrak made a generous donation to Seton Hill University’s National

Catholic Center for Holocaust Education to endow The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference and create:

• The Ethel LeFrak Student Scholars of the Holocaust Fund. Students in the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Program at Seton Hill can apply for the scholarship through the LeFrak Student Scholars of the Holocaust Fund to offset the costs of tuition, research or travel associated with the program.

• The Ethel LeFrak Outstanding Student Scholar of the Holocaust Award, in the amount of $1,000, which is presented annually to the student who writes a reflection paper that best demonstrates a keen and advanced understanding of the lessons of the Holocaust or another specific act of genocide.

National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education

Genocide and Holocaust Studies students also benefit from the on-campus and online resources of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education. This one-of-a-kind Center, housed at Seton Hill, makes scholarship on the Holocaust and other acts of genocide accessible to educators at every level.

Undergraduate Minor

Students at Seton Hill University can take the Genocide and Holocaust Studies minor to increase their understanding of genocide and the Holocaust, and to learn teaching methodologies for presenting Holocaust history and information.

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