The following courses, offered in Spring 2023, count toward the Minor and Certificate in Human Rights.
Human Rights Program: Core Courses
The following are required courses for the Minor and the Certificate in Human Rights.
| Code | Course name | Instructor (s) |
| HR 200.00 | Introduction to Human Rights (four sections) (required of all students pursuing the Minor and Certificate in Human Rights) – Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters | 4 Sections Catherine Tinker ct1892@hunter.cuny.edu Babatunde Olugboji bo66@hunter.cuny.edu |
| HR 250.00 | Human Rights Internship (practical internship with NGO, not classroom instruction, mandatory CR/NC, required of all students pursuing the Minor and Certificate in Human Rights) Offered Fall, Spring, Summer, and Winter Semesters | Jessica Neuwirth jessica.neuwirth@hunter.cuny.edu |
| HR 350.00 | Human Rights Capstone Seminar Offered Spring semester (required of all students pursuing the Certificate in Human Rights) | Mark Shulman markrshulman@gmail.com |
Special Topic Courses
| HR 220.33 | Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities: Issues and Institutions | Siddhi Vyas srv12@tc.columbia.edu |
| HR 220.33 | Human Rights and Corruption | Babatunde Olugboji bo66@hunter.cuny.edu |
| HR 220.41 | Journalism and Human Rights | Stephanie Fillion sf2802@columbia.edu |
| (Cross-listed) HR 220.40 / AFPRL 2901A | Human Rights and Mass Incarceration | Alhaji Conteh alhaji.conteh@hunter.cuny.edu |
Approved Permanent Cognate Courses From Other Academic Departments/Programs
Note: Courses scheduled for Spring 2023 are noted in red, but please check online in each respective department for the most current information. (Last update: 11/14/2022)
| Code | Course name | Instructor (s) | |
| AFPRL 390.40 | Institutional Racism | Mark Payne | |
| ANTHC 218.00 | The Anthropology of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. Course Description | Staff | |
| ANTHC 331.00 | Grassroots Movements and Social Change | Deborah Leter | |
| ANTHC 303.51 | Social Movements: Theory, Practice, and Ethnography | Sarah Molinari | |
| ANTHC 309.00 | Rural Societies | Marc Edelman | |
| ANTHC 310.01 | Politics of Memory | Yukiko Koga | |
| ANTHC 320.01/ WGSL 306.00 | Gender and Migration | Catherine Raissiguier | |
| ANTHC 320.30 | Refugees and Asylum | Staff | |
| ANTHC 320.75 | Law and Anthropology | Mark Drury | |
| ANTHC 321.59 | Human Rights of the Indigenous | Lilianna Quiroa-Crowell | |
| ANTHC 321.65 | Politics of Reproduction | Aminata Maraesa | |
| ANTHC 351.51 | Stories and Silences: Justice and Reconciliation After Imperial Violence | Yukiko Koga | |
| ANTHC 401.01 | Language and Nationalism | Robert Greenberg | |
| ANTHC 401.85 | Latin American Migration | Rocio Gil | |
| ANTHC 401.98 | International Human Rights | Marc Edelman | |
| ASIAN 230.01 | Globalization and Gender Course Description | Jackelyn Mariano | |
| ASIAN 320.01 | Nation, Self and Asian Identity | Spring 2023 | Maya Jeffereis |
| ASIAN 330.08/ ENGL 317.55 | Muslim Diasporas Course Description | Spring 2023 | Rebecca Qidwai |
| ASIAN 390.02/ POLSC 317.01 | Asian American Civil Rights and Law Course Description | Spring 2023 | Glenn Magpantay |
| ASIAN 490.00/ URBS 403.96 | Immigration Policy | Staff | |
| ECO 330.00 | Economic Development Course Description | Spring 2023 | Staff |
| ENGL 325.00/ COMPL 381.66 | Post-Colonial Literature in English Course Description | Spring 2023 | Cassandra Murray |
| ENGL 329.82 | World Literature and the Question of Human Rights | Nico Israel | |
| HIST 250.13 | History of Humanitarian Aid to sub-Saharan Africa | Jill Rosenthal | |
| HIST 341.20 | Women and Gender in Islam | Karen Kern | |
| HIST 341.33 | Indigenous Movements in Latin American History | Steven John | |
| HIST 341.62 | 20th Century Latin American Revolutions | Steven John | |
| HIST 382.04 | Gandhi: Power, Protest, and Justice in the 20th Century | Manu Bhagavan | |
| HIST 382.17 | Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century | Staff | |
| HIST 7741J (HIST 382.28) | Refugees and the Making of the Modern World | Jill Rosenthal | |
| HIST 384.61 | Hitler’s Germany | Benjamin Hett | |
| HIST 384.65 / HIST 492.09 | The Dreyfus Affair: French Anti-Semitism before the Holocaust | Laura Schor | |
| HIST 774.36 | Human Rights in the Non-Western World | Manu Bhagavan | |
| HONS 301.46 | Violence and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia | Rupal Oza | |
| HONS 301.67 | South Africa & Southern Africa After Apartheid | Spring 2023 | Larry Shore |
| HONS 3011W | Literature and the Question of Human Rights | Spring 2023 | Sonali Perera |
| LACS 330.55 | Human Rights Research | Staff | |
| PHILO 246.00/ POLSC 204.01 | Political Philosophy Course Description | Spring 2023 | Omar Dahbour |
| PHILO 248.00 | International Ethics | Staff | |
| PHILO 252.00/ POLSC 317.54 | Problems of Law and Morality | Steven Ross | |
| PHILO 255.00 | Environmental Philosophy Course Description | Omar Dahbour | |
| PHILO 346.00 | Contemporary Theories of Justice | Staff | |
| PHILO 348.00 | Philosophy of Human Rights | Carol Gould | |
| PHILO 394.75 | Democratic Theory | Carol Gould | |
| PHILO 394.86 | Immigration and Human Rights | Carol Gould | |
| POLSC 202.00 | Modern Political Thought (1600-1900) Course Description | Francisco Fortuno Bernier | |
| POLSC 204.01/ PHILO 246.00 | Political Philosophy Course Description | Spring 2023 | Staff |
| POLSC 209.00/ WGS 209.00 | Women & Gender in Western Political Thought Course Description | Spring 2023 | Emily Crandall |
| POLSC 217.46 | The Bill of Rights | Walter Volkomer | |
| POLSC 219.00/ WGS 219.00 | Women and the Law Course Description | Spring 2022 | Emily Crandall |
| POLSC 221.00 | Immigration Policy | Lina Newton | |
| POLSC 228.00 | Protest Movements In American Politics | Spring 2023 | Roger Karapin |
| POLSC 261.00 | Globalization and Opposition Movements | Roger Karapin | |
| POLSC 263.00 | Government and Politics in the Middle East | Jill Schwedler | |
| POLSC 270.00 | Int’l Relations: Conceptual Foundations & Current Issues | Michael Lee | |
| POLSC 271.00 | International Politics in the Americas | Kenneth Erickson | |
| POLSC 272.11 | The Politics of Development | Ian Jones | |
| POLSC 272.25 | Comparative LGBT Politics | Julie Hollar | |
| POLSC 272.26 | Government/Politics of Africa | Carolyn Somerville | |
| POLSC 273.22 | The Politics of International Human Rights Enforcement | Spring 2023 | Robert Jenkins
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| POLSC 275.00 | Politics of the Global Economy | Spring 2023 | Michael Lee |
| POLSC 276.00 | Global Issues | Carolyn Somerville | |
| POLSC 278.00 | International Organizations | Michael Lee | |
| POLSC 281.00 | Drugs, Politics, and Public Policy Course Description | Kenneth Erickson | |
| POLSC 282.00 | International Security | Spring 2023 | Cynthia Roberts |
| POLSC 283.00 | Terrorism | Spring 2023 | Chelsea Joliet |
| POLSC 294.01/ SOCSC 297.01 | International Relations: MODEL U.N. | Christopher McCallion | |
| POLSC 303.00 | Democracy and Emergency | Leonard Feldman | |
| POLSC 304.77 | Violence, Justice and Reconciliation | Alex Zamalin | |
| POLSC 304.81 | Democracy and Political Ethics | John Wallach | |
| POLSC 305.00 | Democratic Theory/Problems of Democracy | John Wallach | |
| POLSC 309.00/ WGS 309.00 | Feminist Political Theory Course Description | Robyn Marasco | |
| POLSC 316.00 | Political Theory of Human Rights | John Wallach | |
| POLSC 317.01/ ASIAN 390.02 | Asian American Civil Rights and Law Course Description | Spring 2023 | Glenn Magpantay |
| POLSC 317.15 | LGBT Rights – Law & Policy | Michael Fisher | |
| POLSC 317.54/ PHILO 252.00 | Law and Morality | Steven Ross | |
| POLSC 317.74 | Politics of Criminalization | Sanford Schram | |
| POLSC 341.00 | Constitutional Law: Civil Rights | James Bacher | |
| POLSC 342.00 | Constitutional Law: First Amendment | Rosa Squillacote | |
| POLSC 353.00 | Social Movements, Civil Society, and the State in Latin America | Kenneth Erickson | |
| POLSC 372.18 | Protest and Dissent | Spring 2023 | Jill Schwedler |
| POLSC 372.43 | Post Conflict Peace-Building and State Building | Robert Jenkins | |
| POLSC 373.15 | Refugees and Global Politics | Erika Iverson | |
| POLSC 374.00 | International Human Rights | Carolyn Somerville | |
| POLSC 375.00 | International Law | Zachary Shirkey | |
| PSYCH 384.02 | Developmental Psychology and Human Rights | Roseanne Flores | |
| PSYCH 385.01 | Social Psychology and Human Rights | Staff | |
| PH 714.00 | Public Health and Human Rights | Staff | |
| REL 208.00 | Religion and Social Justice Course Description | Gail Tirana | |
| REL 209.00 | Religion and Human Rights Course Description | Spring 2023 | Harold Bruinius |
| REL 315.00 | The Problem of Evil | David Cerequas | |
| SOC 218.00 | Social Inequality Course Description | Spring 2023 | Howard Elterman |
| SOC 219.00 | American Society | Jack Hammond | |
| SOC 307.00 | Migration | Spring 2023 | Kate Binh Pok-Carabalona |
| SOC 315.00 | Work and Society | Staff | |
| SOC 320.00 | Law, Society and Civil Rights Course Description | Spring 2023 | Calvin John Smiley |
| SOC 325.1N | Environmental Sociology | Staff | |
| SOC 325.38 | Hunger in America | Janet Poppendieck | |
| SOC 325.66 | Seminar: Food and Society | Staff | |
| SOC 361.00 | Development and Modernization Course Description | Spring 2023 | John Hammond |
| SOC 364.00 | Globalism and Nationalism | Staff | |
| SPAN 371.08 | Memory of the Dictatorships of Argentina & Chile | Maria Fischer | |
| URBP 787.27 | Environmental Justice | Samara Swanston | |
| WGS 200.71 | AIDS and Society | Staff | |
| WGS 200.83 | Gender, Islam and Rights in South Asia | Dina Siddiqi | |
| WGS 209.00/ POLSC 209.00 | Women & Gender in Western Political Thought Course Description | Spring 2023 | Emily Crandall |
| WGS 219.00/ POLSC 219.00 | Women and the Law Course Description | Spring 2023 | Benjamin Mejia |
| WGS 244.00 | Transnational Feminisms Course Description | Spring 2023 | Rupal Oza |
| WGS 300.27 | Transgender Theory and Politics | Benjamin Persky | |
| WGS 300.40 | Gender, Politics and Power | Staff | |
| WGS 309.00/ POLSC 309 | Feminist Political Theory | Robyn Marasco | |
| WGSL 200.04 | Gender and Human Rights | Nomvuyo Nolutshungu | |
| WGSL 206.00 | Gender and Immigration | Catherine Raissiguier | |
| WGSL 290.00 | Family Migration and the Law | Amir Rasoulpour | |
| WGSL 306.00/ ANTHC 320.01 | Gender and Migration | Catherine Raissiguier | |
| WGS 200.70/ WGSP 290.07 | Prison, Human Rights and Gender | Susan Rosenberg | |
| WGSS 300.02 | Reproductive Rights in the U.S. | Spring 2023 | Emily Crandall |
