HRTS 1100 Introduction to Human Rights (3) Introduces students to the philosophic and political background of the concept of human rights. Discusses important documents as part of the history of the development of human rights theories. Examines important issues in current political and ethical debates about human rights. Reviews the work of the most important governmental and nongovernmental institutions currently involved in human rights protection and promotion. Examines at least one current problem area in human rights protection. HRTS 1500 Current Problems in Human Rights (3) At any given time, there are approximately 20 million refugees, 30 wars of various sizes, and scores of governments violating citizens' rights with varying degrees of brutality. This course will review current areas of concern to human rights advocates paying special attention to obtaining current information, evaluating sources, and understanding the actions of violators in terms of current human rights standards. HRTS 3160 Human Rights in Film: Documentaries (3) The point of this course is to look at and talk about documentary films and videos that explore serious human rights concerns. In doing so, along with reading and writing about the films and the situations or problems depicted in them, we should learn a fair bit about the films we watch, the situations depicted, human rights, documentary film as a genre, and the human condition. Each film will be discussed in terms of the human rights issues raised; relevant international human rights standards; appropriate historical, philosophical, and political background; and the methods used by the filmmakers to get their messages across. HRTS 3170 Human Rights in Film: Narrative Film (3) The point of this course is to look at and talk about narrative films and videos that explore serious human rights concerns. In doing so, along with reading and writing about the films and the situations or problems depicted in them, we should learn a fair bit about the films we watch, the situations depicted, human rights, narrative film as a genre, and the human condition. Each film will be discussed in terms of the human rights issues raised; relevant international human rights standards; appropriate historical, philosophical, and political background; and the methods used by the filmmakers to get their messages across. HRTS 3200 Human Rights in Latin America (3) Examines the conditions in selected Latin American countries in the 1960s and 1970s that led to the human rights abuses of the 1970s and 1980s. Investigates the impact of those abuses on the politics and society in those countries. The approach may vary from semester to semester, ranging from the historical to the literary. Prerequisites: PSYC 1030 and 6 credit hours of psychology or permission of the instructor. HRTS 3210 Prejudice and Discrimination (3) Focus of the course will be on the essential features of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Examines inter-group relations as they pertain to such socially defined boundaries as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, ethnicity, ability, appearance, and socioeconomic status. We will look at how standards regarding international human rights discrimination and violations are handled by the international community. Addresses impact on life in the U.S. and elsewhere, and what measures, if any, can be taken to reduce stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Cross-listed with ANSO 3000 and PSYC 3000. HRTS 3400 Human Rights and the Environment (3) A clean environment, safe from human-created hazards, has increasingly been argued to be a human right. This course examines the arguments and the status of environmental rights under the present international framework. HRTS 3500 International Human Rights Law (3) Briefly introduces the idea of international law and examines the development of international human rights law from its origins through successive generations of thinking and institutionalization to the present. Examines conventions, monitoring, conformity and violation, attempts at enforcement, and current controversies. HRTS 3590 Therories of Human Rights (3) (Formerly HRTS 4500) Examines the historical development of theories of human rights and their relation to civil liberties, international law, social organization, and different conceptions of community, individualism, and the state. Also examines the most significant human rights documents in their historical context. May focus on specific cases and questions of current concern. Prerequisite: POLT 1070, PHIL 2300, or GNST 1600. Cross-listed with PHIL 3590 and POLT 3590. HRTS 3600 Genocide and the Holocaust (3) Examines the nature of evil and its impact on victims and perpetrators; differences between genocide, democide, ethnocide, and other forms of mass violence; the interaction of psychological, sociological, cultural, and/or political roots of evil, human cruelty, mass violence, and genocide; Staub's theory of evil and the application of this theory to the perpetration of genocide and mass violence in Nazi Germany, Turkey, Cambodia, and Argentina; the nature of bystander behavior and the impact of bystander behavior on the perpetration of genocide; the interrelationship between genocide and war; and the question of what can be done to prevent human cruelty, mass violence, and genocide. Cross-listed with ANSO 3500 and PSYC 3500 when appropriate. HRTS 3700 Human Rights and Business (3) Human rights standards are often incorporated into the civil law of nations, but not always—and often incompletely. Business practice is generally required to conform to national law, but businesses operating internationally are also under pressure to conform to international human rights standards. The course examines conformity of national and international business with relevant human rights standards and the pressures leading toward greater conformity or increased violation. HRTS 4500 Human Rights Field Experience. (1-6 hours) For students desiring to expand their knowledge of human rights beyond the classroom. May involve a formal internship with an organization, foreign or domestic, engaged in human rights protection, advocacy or research, or may involve supervised travel and study. Always involves a written description and evaluation of the experience. Prerequisite: HRTS 1100. Permission of instructor required.