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American College Offering MAs in Holocaust and Genocide Studies?! You’re Kidding, Right?
This college in America is offering an MA program in Holocaust Studies. Muslims and Christians: It is time to protest and boycott. This is the most outrageous thing I have heard of yet. Are people still going to keep their blinders on, and act as though the Jewish people are not controlling, manipulating, and directing life in America? It does not take much more than this to serve as compelling proof of this matter. Jews control America.
Bulletin Information
Introduction
The Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies is a central component of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey's commitment to study the history of the Holocaust and other forms and instances of genocide, and to teach the lessons which can be derived from such study. The Holocaust or Shoah, the near destruction of European Jewry, is the most significant event in the death and life of the Jewish people since the destruction of the Second Temple. The Holocaust is taught with reference to the primary sources available from survivors, from perpetrators, from liberators and from rescuers. The Holocaust is studied in its setting, with reference to the Jewish civilization that was destroyed, and with regard to its impact on subsequent Jewish life and culture.
The Master of Arts program also considers the Holocaust as a watershed event in the history of Western civilization, an event that exposed at every level and every context the pathological forces at work beneath the surface in European Christianity. Many of the leading scholarly interpreters are present: on Stockton's teaching staff; as visiting specialists; through cooperative arrangements with Yad Vashem, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and other major centers of research and publication; and through extensive book and video collections.
The study of the Holocaust provides important clues to understanding other cases of contemporary genocide. In turn, the Holocaust must be related to the legal and intellectual dimensions in the history of genocide. Specifically, the uniqueness of the Shoah does not blur its relevance to similar tragedies of other peoples. Also, the study of the Holocaust is leading to greater awareness of threatened genocides, and it has among other things resulted in an Early Warning System on potentially genocidal movements. After the Shoah, the concept of genocide as a crime in international law has made the targeting and mass murder of minorities by governments a focus of moral and civil concern. As genocidal assaults on minorities continue, citizens are coming to realize that genocide must be inhibited at an early stage.
Teachers play a major role in preparing youth for responsible citizenship. New Jersey and several other states have mandated study units on the Holocaust and other related issues as part of school curricula; many other states have recommended that such preparation be built into course work in the schools. The Master of Arts program will provide teachers with the requisite training and background to teach effectively about the Holocaust and genocide.
For other professionals, the prime reason for enrollment may be the acquisition of raised post-Holocaust standards of ethics and professional conduct. For yet others, the program may serve an interest in individual growth, as the first step toward doctoral work, or as a vehicle to upgrade post-graduate qualifications. Qualified students will be admitted to the program irrespective of individual goals as long as these goals do not diffuse the central thrust of the program. Admission to the Program
Students who wish to apply must hold a B.S. or B.A. degree from a regionally accredited institution and must submit transcripts from all institutions of higher learning previously attended. Other factors that will be considered include the professional experience of the candidate, the candidate's overall undergraduate record, an essay stating his or her reason(s) for wanting to enroll in the program and two letters of recommendation. A personal interview may be required.
The College may accept up to 9 transfer credits that sufficiently match corresponding Stockton courses, provided that the grade earned is a B or better. Transfer credit requests should be submitted at the time of application. Any other transfer requests should be submitted to the students advisor for prior approval, but in all cases no later than the first semester following admission to the program.
A student who desires graduate education but does not intend to earn an M.A. Degree may be admitted to the program as a non-degree (non-matriculated) student provided he or she meets the admission requirements. Non-matriculated students will be limited to a maximum of 15 credits of graduate credit. (A maximum of 9 credits taken in non-matriculated status can be applied to the M.A. degree.) Registration in classes will be on a space-available basis once all matriculated students have registered. Graduation Requirements
A student must complete a total of 36 hours of graduate credit. This includes ten 3-credit courses of which four must be the Core Courses listed below.
A student may choose to complete a Master's Thesis for the equivalent of 6 credit hours that he or she will defend as part of the degree requirements. The alternative track is to take 30 hours of graduate course work plus an additional 6 credits of course work within the graduate program or as fieldwork, or as a directed study program or internship.
A student must complete a total of 36 hours of graduate credit. This includes ten 3-credit courses of which four must be the Core Courses listed below.
A student may choose to complete a Master's Thesis for the equivalent of 6 credit hours that he or she will defend as part of the degree requirements. The alternative track is to take 30 hours of graduate course work plus an additional 6 credits of course work within the graduate program or as fieldwork, or as a directed study program or internship.
Students choosing to complete a Master's Thesis will engage in a Research Tutorial directed by the faculty member serving as the thesis advisor.
CORE COURSES
MAHG 5000 The Holocaust MAHG 5001 Genocide MAHG 5003 Holocaust and Genocide Education MAHG 5006 Jewish History and Culture Before the Holocaust
Notes:
Holocaust and Genocide Education, MAHG 5003, is offered with three different foci: Social Studies; Language Arts; and Art, Music, Film and Science. Any one of the three may be taken to satisfy the core requirement. The other two may be taken as electives.
ELECTIVES
MAHG 5002 Theology, Philosophy and Ethics of the Holocaust MAHG 5004 The Holocaust and the American Experience MAGH 5005 The Holocaust and Contemporary Genocides MAHG 5007 Selected Topics with the Ida E. King Distinguished Scholar of Holocaust Studies MAHG 5008 Jewish/Christian Relations in the Shadow of Auschwitz MAHG 5009 Christian Antisemitism and the Holocaust MAHG 5011 The Psychology of Genocide MAHG 5012 Resisters During the Holocaust: Great Christian Teachers and the Holocaust MAHG 5016 Europe in the Twentieth Century MAHG 5017 Women During Holocaust MAHG 5018 Other Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Genocide MAHG 5019 The Holocaust in Literature and Film MAHG 5020 The Literature of the Holocaust MAHG 5021 Modern German History and the Holocaust MAHG 5022 Study Seminar to the Sites MAHG 5023 Summer or Winter Session at Yad Vashem MAHG 5024 Literature of the Holocaust and Eastern Europe MAHG 5025 Sociology of the Holocaust MAHG 5026 Holocaust, Terrorism and Genocide MAHG 5800 Independent Study MAHG 5900 Internships
CORE COURSES
MAHG 5000 The Holocaust MAHG 5001 Genocide MAHG 5003 Holocaust and Genocide Education MAHG 5006 Jewish History and Culture Before the Holocaust
Notes:
Holocaust and Genocide Education, MAHG 5003, is offered with three different foci: Social Studies; Language Arts; and Art, Music, Film and Science. Any one of the three may be taken to satisfy the core requirement. The other two may be taken as electives.
ELECTIVES
MAHG 5002 Theology, Philosophy and Ethics of the Holocaust MAHG 5004 The Holocaust and the American Experience MAGH 5005 The Holocaust and Contemporary Genocides MAHG 5007 Selected Topics with the Ida E. King Distinguished Scholar of Holocaust Studies MAHG 5008 Jewish/Christian Relations in the Shadow of Auschwitz MAHG 5009 Christian Antisemitism and the Holocaust MAHG 5011 The Psychology of Genocide MAHG 5012 Resisters During the Holocaust: Great Christian Teachers and the Holocaust MAHG 5016 Europe in the Twentieth Century MAHG 5017 Women During Holocaust MAHG 5018 Other Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Genocide MAHG 5019 The Holocaust in Literature and Film MAHG 5020 The Literature of the Holocaust MAHG 5021 Modern German History and the Holocaust MAHG 5022 Study Seminar to the Sites MAHG 5023 Summer or Winter Session at Yad Vashem MAHG 5024 Literature of the Holocaust and Eastern Europe MAHG 5025 Sociology of the Holocaust MAHG 5026 Holocaust, Terrorism and Genocide MAHG 5800 Independent Study MAHG 5900 Internships
Information about the Program
Marcia S. Littell, Director, M.A. Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey PO Box 195 Pomona, NJ 08240-0195 Phone: (609) 652-4418 Email: MAHG@stockton.edu Dean of Enrollment Management The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey PO Box 195 Pomona, NJ 08240-0195 Phone: (609) 652-4261
© Copyright 2006 The Richard Stockton College of NJ, PO Box 195, Pomona, NJ 08240, 609-652-1776
The AHRS letter of condemnation for this Jewish intolerance and hatred against Germans, European Culture, Western culture, and Christianity, follows; What ever happened to tolerance and understanding? Jews do not practice tolerance, but they excel at hatred and supremacism.
Our Letter
This program, and many of these classes, may lead to a European, Christian, or German genocide, persecution of Europeans, Arabs, Christians, or Germans living in Germany or abroad, or possible Jewish persecution at the hands of those non-Jews outraged enough to take action against the Jewish people. The “Holocaust” is not a watershed event in European history; the Enlightenment and Protestant Revolutions are, however.
The American people are not going to tolerate this level of intolerance when it comes to Jewish discrimination wielded against others. We are a multiethnic, and multi-religious nation, and no one ethnic or religious group should ever take precedence over another in the college arena.
I ask that you reconsider your decision to launch this program. As for myself, I will protest it in every way I possibly can, because it has the potential to bring harm to non-Jews; especially Europeans. Furthermore, I find it to be outrageous that any one group feels entitled to claim a special status of 'persecution above and beyond that of all others', throughout the world, throughout all of history.
Students ought to be learning math, science, engineering, history, etc.; they ought not to be learning to venerate particular ethnic or religious groups, which may render those groups beyond scrutiny or reprimand. They should not learn how to intensify their hatred of certain ethnic or religious groups, either (i.e., Germans, Nazis, Muslims, Christians, etc.) in college.
This program is dangerous, and threatening, to the very fabric of what America stands for—freedom, as it [the program] clearly has a political agenda and threatening motive, as evidenced by the course titles. This program is clearly utilizing the “Holocaust” as an ideological weapon against non-Jews, in order to make them feel guilty and eternally indebted to Jewry, so that anything Jewry does will move forward without scrutiny; I find it very offensive that a college would endorse such a course.
The repercussions of such a college program may be detrimental to U.S. policy at home and abroad.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
AHRS
The following rubric passage should suffice, as to the underlying danger and hostility of this program:
“The Master of Arts program also considers the Holocaust as a watershed event in the history of Western civilization, an event that exposed at every level and every context the pathological forces at work beneath the surface in European Christianity.”
This is the single most troubling and frightening thing I have read in many, many years. I think that it is really important right now to demand that Christians and Muslims set aside their differences, and unite as a socio-cultural and political bulwark; to check Jewish power throughout the world. Otherwise, the U.N. will pass extradition laws; and freedom of speech, religion, and thought will come to an end in America.
Moreover, clearly, if Jewish power remains unchecked, the Jews will destroy all of the peoples of the Middle East. Their total war in Lebanon—against Hezbollah (Party of God)—and their relentless poisoning and bombing of Arabs in Palestine, are clear indications of things to come. We simply cannot afford to hate each other, especially right now. I myself will not allow a few isolated cases of suicide attacks to thwart my support for the Muslims right now. They are clearly in the right and fighting for their survival.
I used to believe otherwise, but I have learned who the real terrorists are, upon the outbreak of war in Iraq and now in Lebanon; it is Jewry. Donald Day said the same thing during WWII; that it was ultimately a battle between Christians and Jews.
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