Overview
Description
This course introduces students to the major ideas, theories, and concepts that help us understand the central themes, issues and policies in the formulation and implementation of international human rights policies. Students will develop a broad awareness of international human rights and be equipped with the conceptual tools necessary to understand the forces, processes, and actors that shape the international environment in which human rights policies are created, enforced, and violated.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- define the nature of human rights.
- articulate the philosophical differences between positive and negative rights and why they are important to the understanding the scope of human rights.
- identify how and why human rights are violated and when we know they are being violated.
- discuss the relationship between economics and human rights and how globalization affects that relationship.
- explain the scope and difficulties of sexual minorities as a special class of human rights.
- explain how religion affects human rights and particularly the rights of women.
- integrate and synthesize interdisciplinary knowledge in the discussion and analysis of complex issues related to international human rights.
- synthesize academic materials to further research goals.