ILC 356 Holocaust: Psych & History

An Integrative Learning course where students receive CORE credit in both Arts & Letters-History and Social Science.

Understanding the Holocaust through Psychology and History.

The destruction of European Jewry is among the most heinous crimes of Nazi Germany. The Holocaust seems almost inconceivable; yet, close study shows it as a set of comprehensible human interactions. This course integrates psychological perspectives into the study of the historical event. Misconstrued psychological concepts (e.g., personality and racial differences) informed German policies under Hitler. Psychological scholars immigrated to the United States as the Nazi party gained power, and fields of psychological inquiry developed after World War II to better understand what had occurred (e.g., obedience to authority, racism). This ILC will explore the motivations and actions of those involved while familiarizing the students with the origins and operation of this genocide. Disciplines: History and Psychology. An Integrative Learning course where students receive CORE credit in two distributions. Distribution #1 Arts & Letters-History. Distribution #2 Social Science.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Junior standing. Take CORE-110 or HNR-150. Take 1 OC, oral communications course. Take TH-101 previously or concurrently. Take 1 PR, philosophical reasoning course previously or concurrently.

Course Types

ILC,HIS,SS

Distribution

ILC,HIS,SS

Offered

At the Discretion of the Dept Fall Semester