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Curriculum
The concentration is designed to allow flexibility for students to choose a specialty within Human Rights (Illustrative Examples: Human Rights and Development; Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility; Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; Human Rights and Climate Change; Gender Rights; Refugee Rights, etc.) Students may also choose to focus more generally on the field of Human Rights without specialty.
The Human Rights (HR) Concentration requires 15 points, consisting of 2 core required courses (6 points); and 9 additional points.
The courses below reflect the courses offered in 2012-2013. For other courses that satisfy the concentration requirements, please refer to the Audit Form.
Note: For students matriculating prior to Fall 2012, please refer to the Audit Form for curriculum and course requirements.
Human Rights Track Core Requirements - 2 courses (6 points)
Course Number |
Course Title |
INAF U6751 |
International Human Rights Law |
One course from the following list - courses not used for core concentration requirement are recommended as electives.
Course Number |
Course Title |
INAF U8180 |
Human Rights Skills and Advocacy Corporate Social Responsibility Gender and Human Rights |
Human Rights Electives - 3 courses, a total of 9 credits
The elective courses below are suggestions only. Students may choose from elective courses not listed below that are related to their area of specialty within human rights, as long as approved by the Concentration Director.
Course Number |
Course Title |
EMPA U6036 |
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility |
| INAF U4090 | Humanitarian Affairs Practicum (1 pt.) |
| INAF U4420 | Oil, Rights & Development (1 pt.) |
| INAF U4759 | Human Rights Practicum (1 pt.) |
| INAF U6190 | Complex Emergencies: From Root Causes to Rebuilding |
| INAF U6405 | Human Rights and Development Policy |
| INAF U6406 | International Response to Landmine Challenge |
| INAF U6490 | International Humanitarian Law (1 pt.) |
| INAF U6495 | Politics and Practice of Humanitarian Affairs |
| INAF U6497 | Humanitarian Crisis – East Congo (1 pt.) |
| INAF U6760 | Managing Risk in Natural and Other Disasters |
| INAF U6802 | International Law |
| INAF U8172 | Theory, History, and Practice of Human Rights |
| INAF U8178 | Re-thinking Human Rights |
| INAF U8559 | Building Peace After Conflict |
| INAF U8690 | Managing Humanitarian Emergencies |
| INAF U8818 | International Ethics |
| INAF U8882 | Practicum on Education in Emergencies |
| LAW L6040 | International Environmental Law |
| LAW L6214 | Civil Rights |
| LAW L6269 | International Law |
| LAW L6276 | Human Rights |
| LAW L6250 | Immigration Law |
| LAW L6459 | The Law of Genocide (2 pts.) |
| LAW L8006 | Domestic Violence and the Law |
| LAW L8044 | Human Rights in the U.S. |
| LAW L8144 | The Legal and Political Economy of Hunger (2 pts.) |
| LAW L8152 | Reproductive Health and Human Rights (2 pts.) |
| LAW L8349 | African Human Rights Systems in Comparative Perspective |
| LAW L8814 | Cuba: Law, Policy, and Transition |
| LAW L8816 | Transnational Business and Human Rights (2 pts.) |
| LAW L8829 | International Human Rights Advocacy |
| LAW L8997 | Civil Liberties and the Response to Terrorism (2 pts.) |
| LAW L8887 | September 11 and the Rights of Non-Citizens (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9060 | Immigration Law and Policy (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9164 | Labor Rights in a Global Economy |
| LAW L9165 | Transitional Justice |
| LAW L9183 | Nuremberg Trials and War Crimes Law (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9192 | Welfare Law: Legal Issues and Policy Choices (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9220 | Race and Poverty Law (2 pts) |
| LAW L9252 | Human Rights, Law, and Development Workshop (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9383 | International Humanitarian Law (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9563 | Mental Health Law (2 pts.) |
| LAW L9832 | Human Rights Reparations Under Domestic and International Law (2 pts.) |
| LAW L8829 | International Human Rights Advocacy (2 pts.) |
| POPF P8640 | Methods in Program Evaluation |
| POPF P8651 | Water and Sanitation in Complex Emergencies (1.5 pts.) |
| POPF P8671 | Globalization of Motherhood |
| POPF P8676 | Epidemoiological Methods for Measuring Human Rights Abuses (1.5 pts.) |
| POPF P8692 | Law, Policy, and Human Rights |
| POPF P8709 | Seminar in Sexuality, Gender, health, and Human Rights |
| AFAS G4510 | Critical Approaches to Africa-American Studies |
| AMST W3930 | Topics in American Studies: Freedom and Citizenship |
| CLEN W4550 | Narrative and Human Rights |
| CSER W3490 | Post 9/11 Immigration Policy |
| CSER W3924 | Latino/a and Latin American Social Movements |
| CSER W3928 | Colonization/Decolonization |
| ECON W4480 | Gender and Applied Economics |
| HIST G8914 | International Development in History |
| HRTS W3950 | Human Rights and Human Wrongs |
| HRTS G4020 | Introduction to Human Rights |
| HRTS G4300 | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Policy and Practice |
| HRTS G4820 | Human Rights and International Organizations |
| POLS W3125 | Citizenship and Exclusion |
| POLS W3285 | Freedom of Speech and Press |
| POLS W3911 | Religion, Democracy and Human Rights |
| POLS W3921 | American Politics Seminar: Equality and the Law |
| POLS W3921 | American Politics Seminar: Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
| POLS W3922 | American Politics Seminar: Issues that Divide America |
| POLS W3930 | Constitutional Law |
| POLS W3961 | International Politics Seminar: Law and Ethics of International Intervention |
| POLS G8833 | Law of War |
| RELI W4612 | Religion and Humanitarianism |
| RELI W4825 | Religion, Gender and Violence |
| SOCI G4370 | Processes of Stratification and Inequality |
| WMST W3915 | Gender and Power in Global Perspective |
| WMST W3916 | Historical Approaches to Feminist Questions |
| WMST W4320 | Thinking Sexuality: Queer Theory |
| WMST G6001 | Theoretical Paradigm Feminist Scholar: Gender, Culture |
| ICHR G4020 | Intro to Human Rights |
| HRTS G4810 | Religion and Human Rights |
| HRTS G4800 | International Human Rights Law |
| REGN U6149 | Energy, Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights |
| REGN U6545 | Human Rights in the Western Balkans |
| SOSC P8709 | Seminar: Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights |
| SOSC P9719 | Critical Perspectives on Research in Gender, Sexuality and Health |
| POPF P8679 | Investigative Methods in Complex Emergencies |
| POPF P8683 | Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues in Forced Migration (1.5 pts.) |
| POPF P9630 | Applying Ethical and Human Rights Practice in Public Health (1-2 pts.) |
For other courses of potential interest which are to be confirmed or which require director approval, please visit: http://sipa.columbia.edu/academics/courses/searchlist.html and choose "Human Rights" in the category drop-down menu.