Course List for Minor in Human Rights

Students are highly encouraged to take courses from the other two campuses as well as UWT to complete this minor. The expertise available on all three campuses has the potential to make the experience a richer one, providing more choices for internships and specialization of study within the minor. This information is provided for those students who want a summary of the UWT offerings.

25 Credits to Include:

List A: 10 credits - Courses in which human rights is a core concept

TCSIG 452 Political Theory of Human Rights

TIBCG 200 Introduction to the Philosophy of Human Rights

TIBCG 452 Antisemitism and the Holocaust

TSMIN 311 International Human Rights

TSMIN 420 Theories of Political Violence

TSMIN 421 Human Rights in Emerging Democracies: Eastern Europe and Latin America

TSMIN 422 International Humanitarian Law

List B: 5 credits - Courses concerned with human rights in a broader context (poverty, race/ethnicity, gender, labor, social change)

TCSIIN 435 Popular Movements in Latin America

TCSIIN 436 Rural Societies and Development

TCSIUS 221/342 African American History: 1865-1945

TCSIUS 222 African-American History 1945-Present(Formerly TIBCUS 465)

TCSIUS 335 Social Class and Inequality

TCSIUS 340 History of U.S.-American Indian Relations

TCSIUS 441 Black Freedom Movement

TCSIUS 452 Minorities and the Law

TCSIUS 456 Community and Labor Organizing: A Multicultural Perspective

TCXUS 384 African American Women's Literature

TCXUS 385 African American Literature from Slavery to the Present

TCXUS 478 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

TIBCIN 352 Cultural Geography

TIBCUS 459 African-American Culture and Consciousness

TSMG 313 Theories of Economic Development and Social Change

TSMIN 312 Nineteenth Century Revolutions and Revolutionaries

TSMIN 330 Globalization in Latin America

TSMIN 425 Contemporary Issues in International Political Economy

TSMIN 433 Exploring Nazism

TSMUS 413 Civil Rights, Civil Liberties

TSMUS 415 Labor Research Practicum

TURB 314 Gender and the Urban Landscape

TURB 316 Cities and Citizenship: Researching Inequalities in Urban Settings

Internship

TIAS 496 Internship (in consultation with human rights faculty adviser)

Ten additional credits from List A or B, with at least three (3) credits in a human rights related internship, practicum, study abroad or equivalent.

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