Also listed under 73 other titles DS: GENOCIDE THEORY & METHODS DS: GENDER, VIOLENCE, CONFLICT DS: GENOCIDE RESEARCH METHODS DS: HISTORY OF JEWISH WOMEN DS: COMPARATIVE FASCISM DS: CIVIL WARS DS: IMPERIAL FACISMS DS: CROATIA IN WWII DS: GENOCIDE IN THE MENA DS: THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE DS: HISTORY OF RWANDA DS: POSTCOLONIAL LIT & THEORY DS: VIOLENCE, MEMORIALIZATION DS: VICTIM-PERPETRATORS DS: INTRO SWAHILI LANG & CUL DS: POP CULTURE & VIOLENCE DS: MICRODYNAMICS VIOLENCE DS: WOMEN & JIM CROW DS: PRIMARY SOURCES DS: HISTORY OF MODERN TURKEY DS: LATE OTTOMAN HISTORY DS: VIOLENCE BOSNIA DS: MEMORIALS & HUMAN RIGHTS DS: NEIGHBORHOOD VIOLENCE DS: FEMALE PERPETRATORS DS: COMPARATIVE RACE & ETHN DS: MASS KILLING & COMMUNISM DS: TOPICS IN GENOCIDE DS: POLISH-JEWISH RELATIONS DS: AMERICAN JEWISH STUDIES DS: COMPARATIVE GENOCIDE DS: JEWISH IDENTITY DS: IDENTITY DS: KINYARWANDA LANGUAGE DS: WOMEN IN JEWISH HISTORY DS: JEWISH DP LIFE DS: DYNAMICS OF MASS VIOLENCE DS: ADV MODERN JEWISH HISTORY DS: HOLOCAUST GEOGRAPHIES DS: BOLSHEVISM GENOCIDE DS: ON THE MOVE DS: BOLSHEVIKS & KEMALISTS DS: ANTHROPOLOGY OF VIOLENCE DS: ECONOMICS OF GENOCIDE DS: STALINIST REPRESSION DS: KRIKOR GUERGUERIAN ARCHIV DS: GENOCIDAIRES DS: MEMORY POLITICS DS: ABDUL HAMID PERIOD DS: MILITIA AND CIVIL WARS DS: THEMES GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE DS: THE HISTORIAN'S CRAFT DS:MASS VIOLENCE IN SOUTH ASIA DS: ABDULHAMIT II PERIOD DS: 1971 GENOCIDE IN BANGLADE DS: ABDUL HAMID II PERIOD DS: KINDERTRANSPORT HOLLAND DS: HOLOCAUST & SEXUALITY DS:SOCIOLOGY: ISSUES-SEXUALITY DS: ARMENIAN WOMAN, GENOCIDE DS: SEXUALITY IN THE JEWISH T DS: KINYARWANDA DS: SS EINSATZGRUPPEN DS: NATIVE AMERICAN GENOCIDE DS: KRIKOR GUERGUERIAN ARCHIVE DS: HITLER'S SOLDIERS DS: MEMORY & MEMORIALIZATION DS: RUSSIA AND OTTOMAN EMPIRE DS: GERMAN FILM DS:POLISH SCHLRSHP/ HOLOCAUST GRADUATE DIRECTED READINGS GRAD DIR RD:HOLO IN HIST PERS DIR READING IN FILM
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Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 Description PhD. students construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit.
Offering history & forecast 2016–2026 Sections Section Count Demand Enrollment Demand
Sections offered by academic year and season, with estimated offering chances for future years above the divider Year Fall Spring Summer Intersession 2030 50% 2030 Fall: 50% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2018. Department course count falling about 18% per year. Department faculty is about 17% below its recent average. 62% 2030 Spring: 62% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2018. 7% 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. 8% 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. 2029 64% 2029 Fall: 64% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2017. Section count rising about 29% per year over 2 terms. Department course count falling about 13% per year. Department faculty is about 17% below its recent average. 73% 2029 Spring: 73% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2017. Section count rising about 1% per year over 2 terms. Department course count rising about 4% per year. 6% 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. 7% 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2028 68% 2028 Fall: 68% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2016. Section count rising about 3% per year over 3 terms. Department course count falling about 6% per year. Department faculty is about 15% below its recent average. 77% 2028 Spring: 77% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2016. Section count rising about 1% per year over 3 terms. Department course count rising about 6% per year. 5% 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. 7% 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2027 64% 2027 Fall: 64% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2015. Section count rising about 1% per year over 4 terms. Department course count falling about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 13% below its recent average. 80% 2027 Spring: 80% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2015. Section count rising about 1% per year over 4 terms. Department course count rising about 6% per year. 5% 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. 6% 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2026 3 3 sections 2 2 sections Not offered n/a No data for this term 2025 2 2 sections 3 3 sections Not offered Not offered 2024 3 3 sections 4 4 sections Not offered Not offered 2023 4 4 sections 2 2 sections Not offered Not offered 2022 2 2 sections 6 6 sections Not offered Not offered 2021 3 3 sections 5 5 sections Not offered Not offered 2020 4 4 sections 2 2 sections Not offered Not offered 2019 3 3 sections 9 9 sections Not offered n/a No data for this term 2018 3 3 sections 5 5 sections Not offered n/a No data for this term 2017 2 2 sections 4 4 sections Not offered Not offered 2016 6 6 sections 11 11 sections Not offered n/a No data for this term
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3 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2026–27 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2026 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 20470 Fall 2026 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 24992 Fall 2026 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 24998
4 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2025–26 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2026 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 30478 Spring 2026 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 35097 Fall 2025 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 20470 Fall 2025 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 24079
6 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2024–25 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2025 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 30478 Spring 2025 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 0 / 5 0 of 5 enrolled 34057 Spring 2025 Ora Szekely Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 34173 Fall 2024 Zoe T. Samudzi Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 23319 Fall 2024 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 23486 Fall 2024 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 20470
8 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2023–24 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2024 Ora Szekely Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 33386 Spring 2024 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 33388 Spring 2024 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 33522 Spring 2024 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 30478 Fall 2023 Stephen M. Levin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 22657 Fall 2023 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 22701 Fall 2023 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 22710 Fall 2023 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 20470
4 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2022–23 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2023 Kefiana Wairimu wa W. Kabati Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 32786 Spring 2023 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 30478 Fall 2022 Kristen P. Williams Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 5Enrollment not recorded; capacity 5 22017 Fall 2022 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 20470
9 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2021–22 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2022 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 31969 Spring 2022 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 32032 Spring 2022 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 32033 Spring 2022 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 32036 Spring 2022 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 32042 Spring 2022 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 30478 Fall 2021 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 28509 Fall 2021 Sultan Doughan Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 28804 Fall 2021 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585
9 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2020–21 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2021 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 38710 Spring 2021 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 38711 Spring 2021 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 38714 Spring 2021 Valerie Sperling Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 38716 Spring 2021 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Fall 2020 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2020 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 5 2 of 5 enrolled 28262 Fall 2020 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 5 2 of 5 enrolled 28265 Fall 2020 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 28347
5 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2019–20 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2020 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Spring 2020 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 38067 Fall 2019 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2019 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 27422 Fall 2019 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 3 / 5 3 of 5 enrolled 27455
12 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2018–19 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2019 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Spring 2019 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 0 / 5 0 of 5 enrolled 37315 Spring 2019 Oscar Bayingana Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 0 / 5 0 of 5 enrolled 37378 Spring 2019 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 5 2 of 5 enrolled 37389 Spring 2019 Deborah Dwork Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 37450 Spring 2019 Patty P. Chang Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 37493 Spring 2019 Avinoam J. Patt Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 4 / 5 4 of 5 enrolled 37657 Spring 2019 Anne K. Knowles Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 37658 Spring 2019 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 37686 Fall 2018 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2018 Deborah Dwork Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 5 2 of 5 enrolled 26970 Fall 2018 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 27045
7 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2017–18 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2018 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Spring 2018 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 5 2 of 5 enrolled 36757 Spring 2018 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 36759 Spring 2018 Valerie Sperling Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 4 / 5 4 of 5 enrolled 36791 Spring 2018 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 36843 Fall 2017 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2017 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 3 / 5 3 of 5 enrolled 26193
10 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2016–17 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2017 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Spring 2017 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 36047 Spring 2017 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 36055 Spring 2017 Ali Riaz Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 36275 Fall 2016 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2016 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25679 Fall 2016 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25715 Fall 2016 Alexandra Garbarini Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25820 Fall 2016 Dorothy B. D'Costa Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25846 Fall 2016 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 0 / 1 0 of 1 enrolled 25550
15 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2015–16 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2016 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Spring 2016 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35217 Spring 2016 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35233 Spring 2016 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35241 Spring 2016 Sarah M. Cushman Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 2 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35254 Spring 2016 Valerie Sperling Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 2 2 of 2 enrolled 35356 Spring 2016 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35405 Spring 2016 Leandra M. Smollin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35513 Spring 2016 Lerna Ekmekcioglu Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35554 Spring 2016 Lori H. Lefkovitz Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35555 Spring 2016 Oscar Bayingana Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35563 Fall 2015 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2015 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 24900 Fall 2015 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 24915 Fall 2015 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 24990
7 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2014–15 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2015 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 34035 Spring 2015 Thomas Kuehne Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 34459 Spring 2015 Ken MacLean Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 3 / 3 3 of 3 enrolled 34500 Fall 2014 Unlisted Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 0 / 0 0 of 0 enrolled 23585 Fall 2014 Taner Akcam Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 24007 Fall 2014 Robert Tobin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 24014 Fall 2014 Samuel P. Kassow Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 24428
4 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2001–02 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2002 Eric Gordy Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 5Enrollment not recorded; capacity 5 34843 Spring 2002 Deborah Dwork Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 10Enrollment not recorded; capacity 10 34870 Spring 2002 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 5Enrollment not recorded; capacity 5 34992 Fall 2001 Yehuda Bauer Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 15Enrollment not recorded; capacity 15 24986
4 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 2000–01 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2001 Eric Gordy Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 5Enrollment not recorded; capacity 5 34843 Spring 2001 Deborah Dwork Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 10Enrollment not recorded; capacity 10 34870 Spring 2001 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 5Enrollment not recorded; capacity 5 34992 Fall 2000 Yehuda Bauer Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 15Enrollment not recorded; capacity 15 24986
3 entries Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 1999–00 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2000 Eric Gordy Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 34843 Spring 2000 Deborah Dwork Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 3 / 10 3 of 10 enrolled 34870 Spring 2000 Shelly Tenenbaum Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 5 1 of 5 enrolled 34992
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of HGS399, 1998–99 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 1998 Rona Sheramy Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23642