THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the meaning of human rights in international politics. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Examine the origins and development of human rights in international politics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explore international human rights movements. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss the international search for justice after mass crimes. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the meaning of human rights in international politics. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Examine the origins and development of human rights in international politics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explore international human rights movements. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss the international search for justice after mass crimes. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate