The following courses, offered in Spring 2025, 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 | Sec 01: Daniela Ikawa Sec 02, 03, 04: Raza Ahmad Ra4172@hunter.cuny.edu Sec 05- Catherine Tinker |
| 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 260.00 | Human Rights Internship Seminar Offered Fall Semester (required of all students pursuing the Certificate in Human Rights) | Jessica Neuwirth jessica.neuwirth@hunter.cuny.edu |
| HR 350.00 | Human Rights Capstone Seminar (required of all students pursuing the Certificate in Human Rights) | Mark Shulman |
Special Topic Courses
| HR 220.48 | Domestic Violence and Human Rights | Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Room 204 | Dorchen Leidholdt |
| HR 220.52 | Accountability for Human Rights in Palestine & Israel | Mondays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Room 304 | Jamil Dakwar |
| HR 220.39 / ANTHC 401.98 | International Human Rights | Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. – 7:20 p.m., Room 204 | Marc Edelman |
Approved Permanent Cognate Courses From Other Academic Departments/Programs
Note: Courses scheduled for Fall 2023 are noted in red, but please check online in each respective department for the most current information. (Last update: 5/3/2023)
| 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. | David Hodges |
| ANTHC 331.00 | Grassroots Movements and Social Change | Marc Edelman |
| 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 | Gizem Iscan |
| 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 | Jackelyn Mariano |
| ASIAN 320.01 | Nation, Self and Asian Identity | Maya Jeffereis |
| ASIAN 330.08/ ENGL 317.55 | Muslim Diasporas | Rebecca Qidwai |
| ASIAN 390.02/ POLSC 317.01 | Asian American Civil Rights and Law | Glenn Magpantay |
| ASIAN 490.00/ URBS 403.96 | Immigration Policy | Lina Newton |
| ECO 330.00 | Economic Development | Staff |
| ENGL 325.00/ COMPL 381.66 | Post-Colonial Literature in English | Nijah Cunningham/Zachary Fruit |
| 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 | Staff |
| LACS 330.55 | Human Rights Research | Staff |
| MEDIA 386.00 | Media Ethics | Gregory Morris |
| PHILO 246.00/ POLSC 204.01 | Political Philosophy | Omar Dahbour |
| PHILO 248.00 | International Ethics | Carol Gould |
| PHILO 252.00/ POLSC 317.54 | Problems of Law and Morality | Steven Ross |
| PHILO 255.00 | Environmental Philosophy | Kyle Ferguson |
| PHILO 346.00 | Contemporary Theories of Justice | Omar Dahbour |
| 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 | Lygia Georgiou |
| POLSC 204.01/ PHILO 246.00 | Political Philosophy | Omar Dahbour |
| POLSC 209.00/ WGS 209.00 | Women & Gender In Western Political Thought | Emily Crandall |
| POLSC 217.46 | The Bill of Rights | Walter Volkomer |
| POLSC 219.00/ WGS 219.00 | Women and the Law | Emily Crandall |
| POLSC 221.00 | Immigration Policy | Lina Newton |
| POLSC 228.00 | Protest Movements In American Politics | Julie Hollar |
| POLSC 261.00 | Globalization and Movements | Jill Schwedler |
| 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 | Robert Jenkins (Sec 01 and Sec 02) |
| POLSC 275.00 | Politics of the Global Economy | Michael Lee |
| POLSC 276.00 | Global Issues | Carolyn Somerville |
| POLSC 278.00 | International Organizations | Sandra Davidovic |
| POLSC 281.00 | Drugs, Politics, and Public Policy | Kenneth Erickson |
| POLSC 282.00 | International Security | Cynthia Roberts |
| POLSC 283.00 | Politics of Terrorism | 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 | Robyn Marasco |
| POLSC 316.00 | Political Theory of Human Rights | John Wallach |
| POLSC 317.01/ ASIAN 390.02 | Asian American Civil Rights and Law | 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 | Jill Schwedler |
| POLSC 300.43 | 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 | Roseanne Flores |
| PH 714.00 | Public Health and Human Rights | Staff |
| REL 208.00 | Religion and Social Justice | Christopher Sweeney |
| REL 209.00 | Religion and Human Rights | Roberto Herrera |
| REL 315.00 | The Problem of Evil | David Cerequas |
| SOC 218.00 | Social Inequality | Jeffrey London |
| SOC 219.00 | American Society | Jack Hammond |
| SOC 307.00 | Migration | Heba Gowayed |
| SOC 315.00 | Work and Society | Staff |
| SOC 320.00 | Law, Society and Civil Rigths | Calvin John Smiley |
| SOC 325.1N | Environmental Sociology | Staff |
| SOC 325.38 | Hunger in America | Janet Poppendieck |
| SOC 325.66 | Seminar: Food and Society | Jacob Rosette |
| SOC 361.00 | Development and Modernization | 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 100.71 | AIDS and Society | Staff |
| WGS 100.83 | Gender, Islam and Rights in South Asia | Dina Siddiqi |
| WGS 209.00/ POLSC 209.00 | Women & Gender In Western Political Thought | Alison Park |
| WGS 219.00/ POLSC 219.00 | Women and the Law | James Bacher |
| WGS 244.00 | Transnational Feminisms | 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 100.04 | Gender and Human Rights | Nomvuyo Nolutshungu |
| WGSL 206.00 | Gender and Immigration | Catherine Raissiguier |
| WGSL 306.00/ ANTHC 320.01 | Gender and Migration | Gizem Iscan |
| WGSP 100.70 / 290.07 | Prison, Human Rights and Gender Spring 2020 | Susan Rosenberg |
| WGSS 300.02 | Reproductive Rights in the U.S. | Michael Fisher |
