FRAMEWORK COURSES

These courses provide students with a basic understanding of the international norms of human rights and humanitarianism, the history and purpose of the primary intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the philosophical/historical/intellectual background of the field. Framework courses focus on a limited set of practices as a way of providing a basic, common language for students.

• Anthropology 246, Refugees and Humanitarian Response
• International Studies 245, Introduction to Human Rights
• Philosophy topics course, Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights
• Political Science 221, Global Governance
• Political Science topics course, Humanitarianism in World Politics

SPECIALIZED COURSES

These courses offer students a chance to acquire more detailed mastery of specific topics, themes, or regions in studies of human rights and humanitarianism. Specialized courses offer exposure to the broader array of histories and movements dedicated to the promotion of human dignity and the protection of human rights.

• Anthropology 358, Anthropology of Violence
• Anthropology 362, Culture and Globalization
• English 150 (Philosophy topics course), Introduction to Creative Writing: Rivers and Humans, Introduction to Environmental Justice
• History/Asian Studies 278, War Crimes and Memory in Contemporary East Asia
• History/American Studies 248, Jim Crow
• History 305/American Studies 310, Comparative Freedom Movements: The U.S. and South Africa
• English/Environmental Studies 265, Justice
• History 221, American Labor Radicalism
• History 256, The Transatlantic Slave Trade
• International Studies 345, Advanced Themes in Human Rights
• Philosophy topics course, Health and Human Rights
• Political Science 207, US Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• Political Science/Latin American Studies 245, Latin American Politics
• Sociology/International Studies 280, Indigenous Peoples Movements in Global Context
• Theater and Dance 264/Latin American Studies 264 Rights and Resistance: Theater and Film in Latin America