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Graduate Courses

Courses Offered Fall 2009

Pre-approved Elective Courses for the Graduate Minor in Human Rights

  • AFEE 5361 World Development Problems (Amenumey), 3 credits
  • EPSY 5135 Human Rights Workshop (Johnson), 4 credits
  • GWSS 5103 Feminist Pedagogies (Poutenin), 3 Credits
  • HRIR 8023 International Human Resource Management (Leslie), 2 credits
  • LAW 6030 Contemporary Problems in Freedom of Speech and Press, 3 credits
  • PA 5401  Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy (Hanratty), 2 credits
  • PA 5451 / PUBH 6281 Immigrant Health Issues (Councilman), 3 - 4 credits, internet-delivered
  • PA 5690 Topics in Women and Public Policy: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (Schuster), 3 credits
  • POL 8403 International Norms and Institutions (Sikkink), 3 credits
  • PUBH 6066 Community Organizing for Public Health Workers (Axtell) 2 credits
  • PUBH 6131 Working in Global Health, (Greaves), 2 credits
  • PUBH 6281 / PA 5451 Immigrant Health Issues (Councilman), 3 - 4 credits, internet-delivered
  • PUBH 6807 Health and Human Rights (Allison), 2 credits

Graduate Human Rights Courses

Core Courses for the Graduate Minor in Human Rights

  • GLOS 5403 / LAW 6058 International Human Rights Advocacy (Frey), 3 credits (open Fall 2009)
  • HIST 8245: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity (Weitz), 3 credits (open Spring 2010)
  • LAW 6886 International Human Rights Law (Weissbrodt, Frey, Fraser, Krohnke), 3 credits (will be offered Spring 2010)
  • POL 5485 Human Rights and Democracy in the World (Sikkink), 3 credits
  • POL 8660 Topics in International Relations: Theoretical Approaches to Human Rights (Sikkink), 3 credits

Pre-approved Elective Courses for the Graduate Minor in Human Rights

  • AFEE 5361 World Development Problems, 3 credits
  • AFRO 8202 Seminar: Intellectual History of Race (Brewer), 3 credits
  • AFRO 8554 Gender, Race, Nation, and Policy - Perspectives from Within the African Diaspora (Brewer), 3 credits
  • AMIN 5890 Problems in American Indian History (O’Brien), 3 credits
  • ANTH 8120 Problems in Culture Change and Applied Anthropology, 3 credits
  • ANTH 8207 Political and Social Anthropology (Lipset), 3 credits
  • CHIC 5310 Chicanas/os and the Law (DeLeon), 3 credits
  • CHIC 5374 Migrant Farmworkers in the U.S.: Families, Work, and Advocacy (Sass Zaragoza), 3 credits
  • CSPH 5321 Introduction to International Health (Robinson), 2 credits
  • EDPA 5080 Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
  • ESPM 5001 Treaty Rights and Natural Resources (Spangler), 3 credits
  • EPSY 5152 Psychology of Conflict Resolution (Johnson), 3 credits
  • EPSY 5135 Human Relations Workshop (Johnson) 4 credits
  • GEOG 5385 Globalization and Development: Political Economy (Samatar), 4 credits
  • GEOG 8310 Seminar: Social and Cultural Geography (Leitner), 3 credits
  • GWSS 5103 Feminist Pedagogies (Torres), 3 credits
  • HIST 5285 / JWST 5111 Problems in Historiography and Representation of the Holocaust, 3 credits
  • HIST 8720 Research Seminar in Central European History: War and Peace in the German Cultural Realm (Weitz), 3 credit
  • HRIR 5025 Comparative and International Human Resources and Industrial Relations (Scoville), 2 credits
  • HRIR 8023 International Human Resource Management (Leslie), 2 credits
  • JWST 5111 / HIST 5285 Problems in Historiography and Representation of the Holocaust, 3 credits
  • JWST 5900 Topics in Jewish Studies: Workshop on the Holocaust and Contemporary Genocide, 2 credits
  • KIN 5371 Sport and Society (LaVoi), 3 credits
  • LAW 6030 Contemporary Problems in Freedom of Speech and Press (Kirtley)
  • LAW 6602 International Law (Ní Aoláin), 3 credits
  • LAW 6635 European Union Law (Ní Aoláin), 2 credits
  • LAW 6636 Inter-American Human Rights System Seminar, (Stohl/Beebe) 2 credits
  • LAW 6815 Inter-American Human Rights System (Marrero-Fente), 2 credits
  • LAW 6827 Women’s International Human Rights (Weissbrodt), 2 credits
  • PA 5401 Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy (Hanratty), 2 credits
  • PA 5451 / PUBH 6281 Immigrant Health Issues (Councilman), 3 - 4 credits, internet-delivered
  • PA 5452 Immigration and Public Policy (Fennelly), 3 credits
  • PA 5493 Women, Legal Systems & Policymaking: Comparative Approaches to Equality Issues (Freeman), 3 credits
  • PA 5690 Topics in Women and Public Policy: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (Schuster), 3 credits
  • PA 5890 Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs: Crisis Management (Andreason), 3 credits
  • PA 5890 Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs: Globalization and the World Food Economy (Johnson), 3 credits
  • PA 5890 Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs: Humanitariansism (Barnett), 3 credits
  • PA 8686: Seminar on Women and Public Policy: Feminist Organizations and Feminism as a Social Movement (Kenney), 3 credits
  • PHIL 8320 Ethics of Research on Human Subjects (Kahn), 3 credits
  • POL 8260 Topics in Political Theory: Gender and Citizenship – Comparative and Political Theory Perspectives (Disch), 3 credits
  • POL 8403 International Norms and Institutions (Sikkink), 3 credits
  • PUBH 6055 Social Inequalities in Health (Jones-Webb), 2 credits
  • PUBH 6066 Community Organizing for Public Health Workers (Axtell) 2 credits
  • PUBH 6131 Working in Global Health, (Greaves), 2 credits
  • PUBH 6281 / PA 5451 Immigrant Health Issues (Councilman), 3 - 4 credits, internet-delivered
  • PUBH 6800 Global Health, Relief, Development and Religious & Non-Religious NGOs (Allison), 2 Cr,
  • PUBH 6801 Health and Human Rights (Allison), 2 credits
  • SOC 8101 Sociology of Law (Boyle), 3 credits
  • SPAN 5529 The Impact of Globalization in Latin American Discourses (Ramos-Garcia), 3 credits
  • SPAN 5532 Literature and National Disintegration, 3 credits
  • SW 8525 Global Perspectives on Social Welfare, Peace, and Justice (Menanteau), 3 credits