Human Rights Minor

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

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change 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 three 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)
or
ENGL 293L - Literature and Human Rights 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.

CINE 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 293L - Literature and Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
HIST 346 - Women & Gender in African History 3 Credit(s)
LABOR 315 - Labor, Community, and Social Justice Organizing 3 Credit(s)
LABOR 335 - Globalization and Labor 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 332 - Civil Liberties in the United States (A) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 369 - Politics of the Middle East (C) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 404 - The Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 406 - Politics of Food Security 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 450 - Decolonial Theory 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 451 - Queer Theory & Politics 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 345L - Gender, Religion, and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
WGS 360 - Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
WGS 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
Both WGS 490 and WGS 491 count as 3 credits:
WGS 490 - Internship in Women’s Studies 3 Credit(s)
and
WGS 491 - Internship Placement 3 Credit(s)