Operated in conjunction with the UConn Human Rights Institute and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights enables LL.M. students to develop expertise in the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of international human rights. To be eligible for this certificate, students must make formal application to, and be accepted in, the program. Courses may be taken at the School of Law and on the Storrs campus.
Eligibility
Students enrolled in the Human Rights and Social Justice LL.M. are not eligible for this certificate.
How to Apply
LL.M. students may apply at any time but are encouraged to apply in their first semester to facilitate course planning and communication about Human Rights programming and professional opportunities.
Forms and instructions for applying to the H.R. certificate program are available here:
Application Instructions (pdf)
Plan of Study (pdf)
Course Substitution Form (pdf)
More information is available on the UConn Human Rights Certificate website.
Requirements
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| Human Rights and Social Justice in Education | |
| Contemporary Debates in Human Rights | |
| International Human Rights (International Human Rights) | |
| Human Rights Post Conflict Justice (Human Rights Post Conflict Justice) | |
| Human Rights and Social Work | |
| 9 |
| Total Credits | 12 |
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| ANTH 5313 | Decolonial Alternatives: Sense Making, Political Practices and Collective Experiences | 3 |
| ANTH 5315 | Gender and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH/HRTS 5327 | Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech | 3 |
| ANTH 5377/PUBH 5497 | Global Health and Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 5395 | Special Topics 1 | 1-6 |
| BLAW 5254 | Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business | 3 |
| CLCS 5317 | Studies in Comparative Culture 1 | 3 |
| CLCS/GERM/ALDS 5324 | Teaching for Intercultural Citizenship and Human Rights I | 3 |
| CLCS/GERM/ALDS 5325 | Teaching for Intercultural Citizenship and Human Rights II | 3 |
| ECON 5128/HRTS 5390 | Economic Rights | 3 |
| ECON 6473 | Economic Development: Microeconomic Issues | 3 |
| ENGL 6540 | Seminar in Literature and Human Rights | 3 |
| GERM 5314/CLCS 5317 | German Studies 1 | 3 |
| GERM 5345/CLCS 5317 | Studies in German Literature III 1 | 3 |
| GERM 5350 | Theater and Human Rights | 3 |
| GERM/CLCS/HEJS 5355 | German Jewish Literature and Human Rights | 3 |
| GERM 6460/HEJS 5397/CLCS 5317 | Seminar in Twentieth-Century Literature 1 | 3 |
| GERM 6480 | Investigation of Special Topics 1 | 1-6 |
| HIST 5195 | Special Topics in History 1 | 3 |
| HIST/HRTS 5270 | History of Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST 5525 | Society and Culture in the Civil War Era, 1830-1880 | 3 |
| HIST 5622 | The Historical Literature of Latin America | 3 |
| PHIL 5315 | Seminar in Moral Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 5397 | Seminar 1 | 3 |
| POLS 5010 | Investigation of Special Topics in Political Science 1 | 1-3 |
| POLS 5115 | Theories of Human Rights | 3 |
| SOCI 5515 | Sociology of Immigration | 3 |
| SOCI 5614 | Sexual Citizenship | 3 |
| SOCI 5801 | Political Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 5895 | Investigation of Special Topics 1 | 1-3 |
| SPAN 6402 | Studies in Spanish-American Literature 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 6405 | Special Topics in Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Literature and Cultural Production 1 | 3 |
| WGSS 5395 | Special Topics Seminar in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 1 | 3 |
| WGSS 5398 | Variable Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 1 | 3 |
| SSW 5413 | Gender, Family, and Social Policy | 3 |
| SSW 5414 | Core Concepts of Child and Adolescent Trauma | 3 |
| SSW 5415 | International Development: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| SSW 5416 | International Social Work Global Issues | 3 |
| SSW 5417 | Comparative Social Welfare Policy between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union | 3 |
| SSW 5418 | Economic Justice: Labor and Social Work | 3 |
| SSW 5451 | Studies in the Holocaust: Implications for Social Work | 3 |
| LAW 7299 | Corporations and Human Rights | 3 |
| LAW 7319 | Bias, Racism, and Cross Cultural Competency | 3 |
| LAW 7357 | Insurance and Discrimination (Insurance and Discrimination) | 2 |
| LAW 7360 | Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession) | 3 |
| LAW 7609 | Clinic: Asylum and Human Rights (Clinic: Asylum and Human Rights. Only open to law students; only four credit classroom component counts towards certificate) | 4 |
| LAW 7653 | European Human Rights (European Human Rights) | 3 |
| LAW 7655 | Employment Discrimination Law (Employment Discrimination Law) | 3 |
| LAW 7672 | Immigration Law (Immigration Law) | 3 |
| LAW 7679 | International Law (International Law) | 3 |
| LAW 7759 | The Nuremberg Trials ( The Nuremberg Trials) | 2 |
| LAW 7777 | Race and the American Legal System | 2-3 |
| LAW 7814 | Refugee Law (Refugee Law) | 3 |
| LAW 7872 | Comparative Law and Rights (Comparative Law and Rights) | 3 |
| LAW 7914 | American Slavery and American Law: The Legal Origins of Racism in America | 3 |
| LAW 7592/PUBH 5460 | Health and Human Rights (Health and Human Rights) | 3 |
| PUBH 5497/ANTH 5377 | Graduate Seminar in Public Health 1 | 1-6 |
Students may also petition for other courses with a significant human rights component to be counted toward the certificate on an individual basis by submitting a request for course substitution form.
