International Human Rights

Minor
18 credit hours

College of Arts & Sciences/Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies

• All courses for a minor must be completed at Webster University.
• Courses completed with a grade below C- do not count toward fulfilling the requirement for a minor.
• Courses used to fulfill a major may not be used to fulfill a requirement for a minor.

• Nine credit hours must be at the 3000 level or above.

Required Courses

• HRTS 1100 Introduction to Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 2500 Current Problems in Human Rights (3 hours)

Elective Courses

Students may choose 12 credit hours from the following, including at least 6 credit hours with an HRTS prefix:

• HRTS 2086 Topics in Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 3080 Advanced Topics in Human Rights (3 hours)
• HRTS 3160 Human Rights in Film: Documentaries (3 hours)
• HRTS 3170 Human Rights in Film: Narrative Films (3 hours)
• HRTS 3200 Human Rights Area Studies (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 Topics in Mass Violence (3 hours)
• HRTS 3700 Human Rights and Business (3 hours)
• HRTS 4500 Human Rights Field Experience(1-6 hours)
• ANTH 4260 Nationalism and Transnationalism(1-4 hours)
• ANTH 3130 Race and Ethnicity (3 hours)
• SOCI 4475 Class, Status and Power (3 hours)
• ANTH 4330 Gender and Sex (3 hours)
• ENGL 1060 Protest Literature (3 hours)
• ETHC 1000 Issues and Problems in Ethics (3 hours)
• HIST 2050 Topics in African History (3 hours)
• HIST 2040 Topics in Latin American History (3 hours)
• HIST 2070 Topics in Non-Western History (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)
• ISTL 1000 Introduction to International Studies (3 hours)
• MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media (3 hours)
• MULC 2010 American Cultural Pluralism (3 hours)
• PHIL 2320 Contemporary Moral Problems (3 hours)
• PHIL 2340 Bioethics (3 hours)
• PHIL 2360 Environmental Ethics (3 hours)
• PHIL 3350 Philosophical Ethics (3 hours)
• PHIL 3360 Ethics for Cyberspace (3 hours)
• PHIL 3370 Feminist Philosophy (3 hours)
• POLT 1080 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 hours)
• POLT 2550 The Politics of Development (3 hours)
• PSYC/ANSO 3225 Holocaust (3 hours)
• PSYC/ANSO 3275 Genocide (3 hours)
• RELG 2050 Religion and Human Values (3 hours)