Spring Quarter 2026

Spring Quarter 2026

Undergraduate Course Descriptions

  • HMR 001 Human Wrongs/Human Rights 

    Wendy Terry

  • Introduction to Human Rights and the problems they seek to address. Using key episodes of inhumanity like slavery, genocide, and racism. Examines how international movements for social justice led to the emergence of the international Human Rights system.
  • HMR 134 Human Rights 

    Lucia Luna Victoria Indacochea

  • Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the origins, evolution, denial and protection of Human Rights.
  • HMR 138 Human Rights, Gender, & Sexuality 

    Lucia Luna Victoria Indacochea

  • Gender and sexuality in the context of human rights. Topics include women's participation in the public sphere, the right to change gender, the right for family privacy, and the right to marriage.

Courses Outside of the Department

  • Elective Options for Human Rights Minors
  • 1 elective course outside of the department can be used toward the Human Rights minor. Students may also seek the approval of the program advisor for an unlisted course that treats a human rights related topic.

    Human Rights Courses Outside of the Department, listing course titles for Spring 2026.