Human Rights Minor

Women’s and Gender Studies Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of a Major, Minor, Concentration Declaration Form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses including three core courses and three electives.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least six courses applied toward the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements

Core Courses (9 Credits)

WGS 110 Gender in Global Context 3 Credit(s)
WGS 295L Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
WGS 401 Advanced Topics in Human Rights 3 Credit(s)

Electives (9 Credits)

Take three electives from the list below. At least two courses must be at the 300-level or higher.

ECON 418 Political Economy of Violent Conflict 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 293 Literature and Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
HIST 346 Women & Gender in African History 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 270 Human Rights in Latin America 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 450 Rights 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 252 Modern Political Thought (D) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 265L World War II Internment of Japanese Americans (A) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 307 Political Change and Group Identity (C) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 332 Civil Liberties in the United States (A) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 369 Politics of the Middle East 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 404 The Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 451 Queer Political Theory 3 Credit(s)
PSYCH 403 Gender, Culture, and Health 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 230 Race, Incarceration, and Deportation 3 Credit(s)
WGS 268 Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
WGS 270 Native American Women in North America 3 Credit(s)
WGS 345 Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
WGS 355L Gender, Development and Globalization 3 Credit(s)
WGS 360 Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)