Educating the Next Generation
The Sandra R. Berman Center for Humanity, Tolerance and Holocaust Education aims to collaborate with Maryland educators to advance Holocaust education and empower future generations.
Education about the Holocaust, both as an historical event and its ongoing ramifications for contemporary society, is a national priority requiring nuanced training for educators around the country.
This 13-credit graduate certificate program provides you with the knowledge and tools to teach and understand the importance of the Holocaust to modern society. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the Holocaust, its history, and current relevance to society. It prepares students to teach and discuss the Holocaust with peers, teachers, community organizers, colleagues, and professionals of all levels and settings.
The program will especially benefit professionals who need to enhance their knowledge and skills related to educating, advocating and teaching in private and public schools, youth programs, communal and health organizations and faith-based communities. Courses integrate classical and contemporary Jewish studies with Holocaust pedagogies and methodologies of teaching about the Holocaust. All courses are selected in consultation with the program director.
Faculty members include prominent scholars and educators with credentials in key areas of Liberal Arts including Jewish studies and Jewish education. Faculty research and publications cover Jewish thought, rabbinic thought and literature, American, modern, and ancient Jewish history, European Jewish history, Holocaust education, experiential learning and formal and informal Jewish education.
View admission requirements and deadlines to apply to the program. View degree requirements and course descriptions in the Graduate Catalog.
The program’s flexibility makes it ideal to accommodate the demands of a working professional’s schedule. The certificate may be earned as a stand-alone if you do not wish to pursue a master's degree.
The curriculum design is also intended to work with existing master’s degree programs. Many graduate programs that offer up to nine units of electives can integrate this graduate certificate.