International Human Rights

Minor
18 Credit Hours

This program is offered by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences/Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies. It is available at the St. Louis main campus.

For information on the general requirements for a minor, see Minor under the Academic Policies and Information section of this catalog.

Required Courses

Core Courses

• HRTS 1100 Introduction to Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 2500 Current Problems in Human Rights (3 hours)

Elective Courses

Students may choose 12 credit hours from the following, including at least 6 credit hours with an HRTS prefix:

• HRTS 2086 Topics in Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 3051 Religion and Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 3080 Advanced Topics in Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 3160 Human Rights in Film: Documentaries (3 hours)
• HRTS 3170 Human Rights in Film: Narrative Films (3 hours)
• HRTS 3200 Human Rights Area Studies (1-3 hours)
• HRTS 3210 Prejudice and Discrimination (3 hours)
• HRTS 3340 Global Ethics (3 hours) 
• HRTS 3400 Human Rights and the Environment (3 hours)
• HRTS 3500 International Human Rights Law (3 hours)
• HRTS 3590 Theories of Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 3600 Topics in Mass Violence (3 hours)
• HRTS 3700 Human Rights and Business (3 hours)
• HRTS 4500 Human Rights Field Experience (3 hours)
• ANSO 1050 Global Social Problems (3 hours)
• ANSO 2300 Social Movements (3 hours)
• ANSO 3130 Race and Ethnicity (3 hours)
• ANSO 3340 NGOs in a Global Arena (3 hours)
• ANSO 4175 Globalization (3 hours)
• ANSO 4250 Class, Status and Power (3 hours)
• ENGL 1060 Protest Literature (3 hours)
• ETHC 1000 Issues and Problems in Ethics (3 hours)
• INTL 1500 The World System since 1500 (3 hours)
• INTL 2030 International Law (3 hours)
• ISTL 1000 Introduction to Global Studies (3 hours)
• MDST 2800 Media, Diversity and Society (3 hours)
• PHIL 2320 Contemporary Moral Problems (3 hours)
• PHIL 2340 Bioethics (3 hours)
• PHIL 2360 Environmental Ethics (3 hours)
• PHIL 2400 Human Rights and Animal Rights (3 hours)
• PHIL 3360 Global Information Ethics (3 hours)
• PHIL 3370 Feminist Philosophy (3 hours)
• POLT 1080 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 hours)
• POLT 2550 The Politics of Development (3 hours)
• PSYC 3225 Holocaust (3 hours)
• PSYC 3275 Genocide (3 hours)
• RELG 3051 Religion and Human Rights (3 hours)
• WGST 2610 Women, Gender and Sexuality in Social Justice Organizations (3 hours)
• WGST 2620 Women and the Law (3 hours)
• WGST 4220 Gender, Justice and Human Rights (3 hours)