Human Rights

15-credit Minor in Human Rights, five 3-credit courses:

The minor consists of the following courses:

2 Core Required Courses

• Introduction to Human Rights (HR 20000 )
• Internship in Human Rights (HR 25000 )

3 Elective Cognate Courses from an approved list

The approved list of cognates comprises courses drawn from 16 academic departments and programs, giving students a wide range of traditional disciplinary perspectives to examine claims about the universal nature of human rights, their historical origins, social and cultural contexts that affect the understanding and status of human rights, and the relation of human rights to political conflicts and the presence or absence of economic well-being. Students should work with the Human Rights Program adviser to put together an intellectually meaningful set of cognate courses. Complementing these elective courses offered by regular Hunter departments, the Human Rights Program itself offers special elective courses taught at Roosevelt House each semester by distinguished human rights practitioners. To be accepted into the Minor program, a student must have completed HR 20000  with a B and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0.

24-credit Certificate in Human Rights

• HR 20000 Introduction to Human Rights: History, Discourse, Practice (W)  
• HR 25000 Human Rights Internship  
• HR 26000 Human Rights Internship Seminar (W)  
• HR 35000 Human Rights Capstone Seminar (W)  

4 Elective Cognate Courses from an approved list

The approved list of cognates comprises courses drawn from 18 academic departments and programs, giving students a wide range of traditional disciplinary perspectives to examine claims about the universal nature of human rights, their historical origins, social and cultural contexts that affect the understanding and status of human rights, and the relation of human rights to political conflicts and the presence or absence of economic well-beingStudents should work with the Human Rights Program adviser to put together an intellectually meaningful set of cognate courses. Complementing these elective courses offered by regular Hunter departments, the Human Rights Program itself offers special elective courses taught at Roosevelt House each semester by distinguished human rights practitioners. To be accepted into the Certificate program, a student must have at least completed HR 20000  with a B and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0.

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