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Catalog Descriptions
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
- HMR 131 Genocide | Keith Watenpaugh
Comparative and critical study of the modern phenomenon of genocide from religious, ethical and historical perspectives.
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH) or Social Sciences (SS); Visual Literacy (VL); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).
- HMR 136 Human Rights in the Middle East | Keith Watenpaugh
Study of the experience of Human Rights in the modern Middle East, with special attention to the Human Rights issues raised by events of Arab Spring; Palestine-Israel conflict; history of genocide, mass killing and totalitarianism in the region.
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH) or Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).
- 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.
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).
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 Elective Course Options:
CHI 130 - United States-Mexican Border Relations
GSW 140 - Gender & Law
HIS 142A - History of the Holocaust
HIS 177B - History of Black People & American Race Relations: 1860-Present
HIS 184 - History of Sexuality in America
POL 124 - The Politics of Global Inequality
POL 166 - Women in Politics
POL 176 - Racial Politics
SOC 130 - Race Relations
SOC 172 - Intersections of Race, Gender & Class
WMS 182 - Globalization, Gender & Culture
Graduate Courses for the Designated Emphasis in Human Rights
- HMR 200B Memory, Culture, & Human Rights | Michael Lazzara
Explores the multiple convergences among memory, culture, and human rights. Discusses diverse approaches to how societal actors in different historical, cultural, and national settings, construct meanings of past political violence, inter-group conflicts, and human rights struggles.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.