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JUST 375. Genocide in the 20th Century

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 012192

This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the various definitions, causes, structure and consequences of genocide. We will study some of the major 20th century genocides (Indigenous peoples, Armenia, USSR, Jewish Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia/Kosovo, Rwanda, and Darfur) using the following conceptual schemes: social death, structural violence, oppression, and mass murder. Prerequisite: JUST 200  and one other 200 level JUST course, excluding JUST 225 .