The Human Rights program seeks to encourage and enable greater understanding and awareness of international human rights standards and problems. Students may elect a minor in Human Rights. Requirements consist of 18 credit hours taken at Webster University as specified below. Nine credit hours must be at the 3000 level or above. All courses for the certificate must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Required courses

HRTS 1100 Introduction to Human Rights 3 hours
HRTS 1500 Current Problems in Human Rights 3 hours

Electives
At least two courses from the following list:

HRTS 3160 Human Rights in Film: Documentaries 3 hours
HRTS 3170 Human Rights in Film: Narrative Film 3 hours
HRTS 3200 Human Rights in Latin America 3 hours
HRTS 3210 Prejudice and Discrimination 3 hours
HRTS 3400 Human Rights and the Environment 3 hours
HRTS 3500 International Human Rights Law 3 hours
HRTS 3590 Theories of Human Rights 3 hours
HRTS 3600 Genocide and the Holocaust 3 hours
HRTS 3700 Human Rights and Business 3 hours
HRTS 4500 Human Rights Field Experience. (1-6 hours)

Not more than two courses from the following list:

ANSO 1070 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 hours
ANSO 2000 Issues in Contemporary Society: Socio-cultural Factors behind Migration and Refugee Movements 1–4 hours
ANSO 3400 Gender and Sex Roles 3 hours
ANSO 3930 Social Differentiation 3 hours
ANSO 3960 Ethnic and Minority Relations 3 hours
ENGL 1060 Protest Literature 3 hours
HIST 2450 Third World 3 hours
INTL 1500 The World System Since 1500 3 hours
INTL 2030 International Law 3 hours
INTL 3300 Governments and Politics of Eastern Europe 3 hours
MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media 3 hours
MULC 2010 American Cultural Pluralism 3 hours
PHIL 2320 Contemporary Moral Problems
PHIL 2300/POLT 1070 Introduction to Social and Politics
POLT 1080 Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 hours
POLT 2550 The Politics of Development 3 hours
RELG 2050 Religion and Human Values 3 hours