Human Rights Minor

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Requirements for a Minor

The minor in human rights requires 18 hours. All students must complete PS 459 - Human Rights . Of the remaining 15 hours, no more than six can be taken from any one discipline. Students are strongly encouraged to complete a three-hour internship as part of this minor. The following courses are approved for credit toward the human rights minor:

ANT 313 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3 hrs.
ANT 317 - Culture and Power in Latin America 3 hrs.
ANT 321 - Immigration and Transnationalism 3 hrs.
ANT 416 - Ethnographic Field Methods 1-6 hrs.
CMS 455 - Freedom and Responsibility of Speech 3 hrs.
CMS 460 - Public Advocacy and Advanced Argumentation 3 hrs.
CJ 430 - Criminal Procedure 3 hrs.
CJ 482 - Criminal Justice Ethics 3 hrs.
ECO 327 - Economics of Africa 3 hrs.
ECO 336 - Survey of International Economics 3 hrs.
ECO 440 - Economic Development 3 hrs.
ENG 312 - Postcolonial Literature 3 hrs.
ENG 372 - African-American Literature 3 hrs.
ENG 473 - Studies in African-American Literature 3 hrs.
GHY 331 - Cultural Systems in the Environment 3 hrs.
GHY 341 - Geography and World Political Affairs 3 hrs.
GHY 402 - Geography of Middle America and the Caribbean 3 hrs.
GHY 403 - Geography of South America 3 hrs.
HIS 373 - African-American History Survey, 1619-1890 3 hrs.
HIS 374 - African-American History Survey, 1890- present 3 hrs.
HIS 402 - Imperialism, Nationalism and Decolonization 3 hrs.
HIS 408 - African-American History in Contemporary Film 3 hrs.
HIS 413 - The United States and Latin America 3 hrs.
HIS 423 - Gay and Lesbian History 3 hrs.
HIS 445 - Racial Thought in the Western World 3 hrs.
HIS 456 - Nazi Germany 3 hrs.
HIS 477 - Women in American Society 3 hrs.
HIS 478 - Topics in African-American History 3 hrs.
HIS 484 - Working-Class America 3 hrs.
MCJ 355 - Gender, Race and Media 3 hrs.
MCJ 462 - Media Criticism 3 hrs.
PHI 300 - Business Ethics 3 hrs.
PHI 451 - Political Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 457 - Environmental Ethics 3 hrs.
PHI 462 - Evil 3 hrs.
PS 303 - American Political Movements 3 hrs.
PS 405 - Women and Politics 3 hrs.
PS 453 - People Power: Politics and Protests 3 hrs.
PS 454 - African Politics and Culture 3 hrs.
PS 456 - Revolutions and Democracy in Latin America 3 hrs.
PS 488 - Women and the Law 3 hrs.
PS 489 - U. S. Supreme Court and Civil Liberties 3 hrs.
PS 492 - Special Problems 1-3 hrs. *
REL 350 - Religion and Violence 3 hrs.
REL 445 - Modern Islamic Thought 3 hrs.
REL 460 - Global Religious Ethics 3 hrs.
SOC 240 - Social Problems 3 hrs.
SOC 301 - Wealth, Status and Power 3 hrs.
SOC 350 - Race and Ethnicity 3 hrs.
SOC 355 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements 3 hrs.
SOC 360 - Globalization 3 hrs.
SOC 415 - Sociology of Gender 3 hrs.
SWK 300 - Social Service Systems 3 hrs.
SWK 315 - Human Diversity in a Changing World 3 hrs.
WS 301 - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 hrs.
WS 410 - Women in American Society 3 hrs. **
WS 420 - Women and Politics 3 hrs. **

Note:

*PS 492 can only be used for 3 hours toward the minor without approval of the College and students may apply for 492 credit from other departments, but these must be approved by the human rights minor advisor.

**WS 410 and WS 420 are cross listed courses in History and Political Science.