Human Rights Specialization

This specialization explores the many human rights challenges that exist in the U.S. and around the world. These include migration and immigration trends and policies, poverty, child labor, women’s rights, environmental change, economic inequality, and access to health care, housing, and other basic resources necessary for sustainability or growth. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights forms the foundation through which all human rights topics are examined.

Select 6 courses from the list below

SOC 141Ethnic Studies and Critical Theory

3

SOC 163Women's and Children's Human Rights

3

SOC 164Advocacy and Human Rights

3

SOC 161Dynamics of Majority-Minority Relations

3

SOC 175Urban Sociology

3

SOC 179Human Trafficking

3

SOC 180Social Stratification and Social Justice

3

SOC 185Global Studies

3

SOC 186Immigration and Human Rights

3

SOC 187Environmental Studies

3

FLM 124Gender and Media

3

FLM 131AFilm, Media and Social Justice

3

FLM 163Cinema and Civil Rights

3

FLM 177Science Fiction & Human Rights

3