The WWII continuing education track provides a rich sequence of online courses that will allow WWII experts and educators to learn at their own pace, while gaining premier knowledge that can be used in their professional careers. Learners of all backgrounds will be able to increase their knowledge of the war, as well as their critical thinking skills, while achieving quality personal growth and intellectual development through the vanguard coursework.
The Student Experience
The continuing education program aims at the student who is less concerned with grading and accumulation of academic credit hours, and more interested in the satisfaction and intellectual stimulation of lifelong learning. Continuing education courses will be briefer and more concise, while still drawing upon the combined resources and personnel of The National WWII Museum and Arizona State University.
Continuing education courses will also take participants “behind the lines” at the Museum, allowing them to see artifacts and documents that are not displayed as part of the regular exhibits. Without assignments, papers, or exams, the continuing education experience amounts to education for the purest reason of all: the challenge of learning.
Meet Our Instructors
Taught by the scholars of The National WWII Museum’s Institute for the Study of War and Democracy; Museum historians, curators, and educators; as well as leading faculty from Arizona State University, the WWII continuing education program provides lifelong learners in-depth insights into the war and its legacies. Get to know some of the course instructors:
Holocaust: War and Genocide: Part I
The Holocaust was an event that went through an evolutionary process with numerous stop-gap measures and false starts, with institutions and individuals working to fulfill orders that were often left up to interpretation. On-the-ground decisions became just as important as those initiated by more well-known personalities, and the idea of the Untermensch (subhuman) allowed Adolf Hitler and his ideologues to superimpose stereotypes, clichés, and generalizations onto those deemed inferior, whether they were the mentally and physically disabled, Roma, or Jews. Throughout this course, students will learn how World War II became the key catalyst for the evolution of the Holocaust as war and genocide reinforced and built on each other. From the T4 euthanasia program, to the invasion of Poland and the initial creation of ghettos, to the eventual invasion of the Soviet Union and unleashing of the Holocaust by bullets, students will learn about the evolutionary stages of the Holocaust and their larger significance.
Registration: September 23 – October 28
Course Run: October 21 – December 23
If you are enrolled in and require assistance in accessing a course, please contact ASU's learner support team at cc-support@asu.edu
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