Human Rights
Minor in Human Rights
Graduation Requirements:
A Minor in Human Rights is available to students pursuing a program of study in a different discipline. Students will need to achieve a minimum 60% average in the 18 credits presented for the Minor in Human Rights. In addition to the requirements listed below, please refer to the Minor Requirements section.
Program Requirements:
Students must complete 18 credits at follows:
All of:
| GEND 2187 | International Human Rights | 3 cr. |
| POLI 2107 | Great Political Questions II | 3 cr. |
| SWLF 3006 | Social and Economic Justice | 3 cr. |
Nine Credits of:
| ANTH 3027 | Indigenous Peoples and the State | 3 cr. |
| ANTH 3006 | Anthropology of Development in the Canadian North | 3 cr. |
| CRJS 1206 | An Introduction to Canadian Law | 3 cr. |
| CRJS 3086 | Law and Society | 3 cr. |
| CRJS 3416 | Indigenous Legal Studies | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2036 | Environmental Justice | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2057 | Selected Topics in Human Rights and Social Justice | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2067 | HIV/AIDS: Health and Social Change | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2086 | Animal Rites | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2147 | Bodies, Borders, and Belonging | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2157 | Case Studies in Gender and the Law | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2516 | Violence, Race and Law | 3 cr. |
| GEND 2526 | Prisons, Race, & Gender | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3036 | Global Social Movements | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3057 | Selected Topics in Human Rights and Social Justice | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3066 | Invasion & Resistance | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3127 | Gender, Globalization and Human Rights | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3137 | Re-Imagining Globalization | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3207 | The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3216 | Testimony and Witness | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3227 | Justice after Atrocity | 3 cr. |
| GEND 3357 | The Opioid Crisis | 3 cr. |
| HIST 3286 | Taking Liberties: Human Rights in Canadian History | 3 cr. |
| INDG 1005 | Madjitang, in the Beginning... An Introduction to Native Studies | 6 cr. |
| POLI 3256 | Multiculturalism in Canada and the World | 3 cr. |
| SWLF 2007 | Poverty and Social Policy | 3 cr. |
| SWLF 3166 | Housing and Homelessness | 3 cr. |
| SWLF 3506 | Social Change for Social Justice | 3 cr. |
| SWLF 3706 | Crime, Wealth and Poverty | 3 cr. |
| SWLF 3807 | Social and Political Violence | 3 cr. |
| UNIV 3006 | Experiential Learning in Arts and Science | 3 cr. |
Note:
Special topics courses in any discipline approved by the Dean in consultation with faculty may also count toward the Human Rights Minor.