Human Rights Minor
This minor provides interdisciplinary instruction in theoretical, comparative, and historical perspectives on human rights through classroom courses, and valuable practical experience in the human rights field through a supervised internship.
Requirements
Fifteen credits at the 2000 level or above are required; at least three credits from Group A (Institutions and Laws or History, Philosophy, and Theory) and three credits from Group B (Applications and Methods); no more than six credits from Group C (Electives); and three credits from Group D (Internship). A maximum of six credits can overlap between the minor and a major.
Group A
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions and Laws | ||
| ANTH/HRTS 3028/ANTH 3028W/HRTS 3028W | Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia | 3 |
| ANTH/HRTS 3230 | Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech | 3 |
| BLAW/HRTS 3252 | Business and Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST/HRTS 3202 | International Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS/JOUR 2110 | Global Press Freedom: Journalism, Human Rights, and Democracy | 3 |
| HRTS/SOCI 2800/HRTS 2800W/SOCI 2800W | Human Rights in the United States | 3 |
| HRTS/SOCI 2845 | Sociology of Global Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS 3050 | Approaches to Human Rights Advocacy | 3 |
| HRTS 3055 | Theory and Practice of International Criminal Justice | 3 |
| HRTS 3200W | International Human Rights Law | 3 |
| HRTS/POLS 3212 | Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS 3428 | The Politics of Torture | 3 |
| History Philosophy and Theory | ||
| ANTH/HRTS 3326 | Global Health and Human Rights | 3 |
| ANTH/HRTS/LLAS 3327 | Power and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| DMD/HRTS 3828 | Social Documentary in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| DRAM/HEJS/HRTS 2203 | The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film | 3 |
| ENGL/HRTS 3631W | Literature, Culture, and Humanitarianism | 3 |
| ENGR/HRTS 2300E | Engineering for Human Rights | 3 |
| HEJS/HRTS 3205 | Introduction to Holocaust Studies | 3 |
| HIST/HRTS 3201 | The History of Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST/HRTS 3207 | Genocide after the Second World War | 3 |
| HIST/HRTS 3232 | History of Refugees, Migration, and Statelessness | 3 |
| HRTS/LLAS 2450 | Human Rights in Latin America | 3 |
| HRTS/POLS 3042 | Theories of Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS 2100/2100W | Human Rights and Social Change | 3 |
| HRTS 2200 | Introduction to Genocide Studies | 3 |
| HRTS 3149/3149W | Human Rights Through Film | 3 |
| HRTS/PHIL 3220W | Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS 3460 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | 3 |
Group B. Applications and Methods
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BLAW/HRTS 3254 | Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business | 3 |
| DMD/HRTS 3640 | Human Rights Archives I: Documenting and Curating Community Memory | 3 |
| DMD/HRTS 3641 | Human Rights Archives II: Visual Storytelling Practices | 3 |
| DRAM/HRTS 3139 | Theatre and Human Rights | 3 |
| ENGR/HRTS 3257 | Assessment for Human Rights and Sustainability | 3 |
| HRTS 3250/3250W | Human Rights and New Technologies | 3 |
| HRTS/POLS 3256/HRTS 3256W/POLS 3256W | Politics and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains | 3 |
| HRTS/LLAS/SPAN 3294 | Topics in Human Rights in Central America | 3 |
| HRTS 3401 | Applied Research in Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS 3475 | Economic Development and Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS/LLAS 3602 | Human Rights on the U.S./Mexican Border: Narratives of the Immigrant Experience | 3 |
| HRTS 3540 | Topics in Human Rights Practice | 3 |
| POLS/HRTS 3430 | Evaluating Human Rights Practices of Countries | 3 |
Group C. Electives
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Any HRTS course numbered 2000 or above | ||
| AAAS/HRTS/SOCI 2220 | Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the United States | 3 |
| ANTH 3150/3150W | Migration | 3 |
| ANTH/HRTS 3309 | Violence and Human Rights | 3 |
| ANTH 3342 | Political and Legal Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH/WGSS 3350 | Anthropological Perspectives on Women | 3 |
| ARTH/HRTS 2210 | Art and Activism | 3 |
| ARTH/HRTS 3575 | Human Rights, Digital Media, Visual Culture | 3 |
| ARTH/HRTS 3580W | Image as Witness: Testimony, Witness, Confession | 3 |
| DRAM/HEJS/HRTS 2203 | The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film | 3 |
| ECON 2445/HRTS 3445/WGSS 3445 | Economic Foundations of Gender Inequality | 3 |
| ECON 2120 | Honors Core: Rights and Harms | 3 |
| ECON 3473/3473W | Economic Development | 3 |
| EDCI 2100 | Power, Privilege, and Public Education | 3 |
| EDCI 3100W | Multicultural Education, Equity and Social Justice | 3 |
| ENGL/HRTS 3619 | Topics in Literature and Human Rights | 3 |
| ENGL 3629 | Holocaust Memoir | 3 |
| GEOG 2400E | Introduction to Sustainable Cities | 3 |
| GEOG 3240 | Health Geography: Connecting People, Place, and Health | 3 |
| HDFS 3251 | Biotechnology, Disability and the Family | 3 |
| HIST 2103W | Biography as History: Individuals in their Times | 3 |
| HIST 2570 | American Indian History | 3 |
| HIST/AAAS 3531 | Japanese Americans and World War II | 3 |
| HIST/WGSS 3562 | History of Women and Gender in the United States, 1850-Present | 3 |
| HIST/HRTS/AFRA 3563 | African American History to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3418 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| LLAS/HRTS 3221/HIST 3575 | Latinos/as and Human Rights | 3 |
| NRE 2600E | Global Sustainable Natural Resources | 3 |
| NURS 3225 | Ethical Ways of Knowing | 3 |
| PHIL/HRTS 2170W | Bioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| PHIL/HRTS 3219W | Topics in Philosophy and Human Rights | 3 |
| PHIL 2215/2215W | Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 3218 | Feminist Theory | 3 |
| POLS/HRTS 3418/POLS 3418W | International Organizations and Law | 3 |
| POLS/HRTS 3807 | Constitutional Rights and Liberties | 3 |
| POLS/WGSS 3249 | Gender Politics and Islam | 3 |
| POLS 3672/WGSS 3052 | Women and Politics | 3 |
| POLS/ENGR/HRTS 3209E | Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century | 3 |
| SOCI/HRTS 2830 | Class, Power, and Inequality | 3 |
| SOCI/HRTS 2898 | Topics in Sociology and Human Rights | 3 |
| SOCI 2503 | Prejudice and Discrimination | 3 |
| SOCI/HRTS/AFRA 2530 | African Americans and Social Protest | 3 |
| SOCI/AFRA/HRTS 2520 | White Racism | 3 |
| WGSS/HRTS 2263 | Women, Gender, and Violence | 3 |
| WGSS 2255W | LGBTQ Sexualities, Activism, and Globalization | 3 |
| WGSS 3105W | The Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| WGSS 3257W | Feminist Disability Studies | 3 |
| WGSS 3269W | Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements | 3 |
Group D. Internships
- HRTS 4291 Service Learning Seminar/Internship
The minor is offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.