Minor in Human Rights and History
The Human Rights & History minor (HUMR) is a program intended to help students contextualize human rights historically. The minor is open to students in any major. Human Rights minors are required to complete 21 units. All Human Rights & History minors may transfer up to 9 units toward the minor.
| Code | Title | Units |
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| Required Courses (9 Units) | ||
| HIST 200 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
| HIST 300 | INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL STUDY | 3 |
| HIST 495 | INTERNSHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS | 3-6 |
| Electives (12 Units) 1 | ||
| Lower-Level History Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
| HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM THE 17TH CENTURY | ||
| MODERN EAST ASIA SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY | ||
| MODERN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY | ||
| LATIN AMERICA: COLONIAL PERIOD | ||
| HISTORY OF AFRICA TO 1900 | ||
| HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CIVIL WAR | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1300 | ||
| ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES IN HISTORY 2 | ||
| Additional Lower-Level Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
| SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| LITERATURE OF GLOBAL EXPERIENCE | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| WOMEN IN WORLD RELIGIONS | ||
| Upper-Level History Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| JAPAN, 1930-PRESENT | ||
| HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
| ISRAEL/PALESTINE: CONFLICTING PAST, CONFLICTING PRESENT | ||
| THE CIVIL WAR | ||
| THE FDR ERA | ||
| UNITED STATES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER HISTORIES | ||
| THE AMERICAN WEST | ||
| IMMIGRANTS & IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1900 | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE MID-19TH CENTURY | ||
| Additional Upper-Level Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
| CHINESE CINEMA | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL PROTEST | ||
| AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | ||
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | ||
| ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| URBAN ECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMIC ISSUES OF GENDER | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | ||
| CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION: 1945 TO PRESENT | ||
| FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| CULTURES OF THE MAGHREB | ||
| CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| ITALIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| ITALIAN CINEMA | ||
| JAPANESE CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION THROUGH MANGA | ||
| AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES: THE FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATION | ||
| FAITH PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL ETHICS | ||
| JEWISH LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| ISLAM IN THE MODERN AGE | ||
| CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN | ||
| CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA | ||
| SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE | ||
| HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES | ||
| THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| Total Units | 21-24 | |
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Additional elective options are available. Courses relevant to human rights not listed may be accepted with the approval of the History Department chairperson. Please contact the History Department for more information.
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HIST 205 is recommended for History majors.