Human Rights

Human Rights (0720) Credit .5

In this project-based course, students explore the economic, social, political and geographical conditions that affect the rights of individuals around the world as defined by the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The course focuses on human rights issues of the twentieth and twenty first centuries including topics such as the origins of human rights, genocide, global poverty, gender inequalities, child labor, religious persecution, economic inequalities and other relative global issues. The course is designed to help students understand, explain, and investigate human rights issues by engaging in Socratic circles, conducting inquiry-based projects, participating in simulations, and conversing with guest speakers.

Prerequisite: This course is reserved for seniors and instructor approved juniors.