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.

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