The Human Rights & History minor (HUMR) is a program intended to help students contextualize human rights historically. The minor is open to students in any major. Human Rights minors are required to complete 21 units. All Human Rights & History minors may transfer up to 9 units toward the minor.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses (9 Units) | ||
| HIST 200 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
| HIST 300 | INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL STUDY | 3 |
| HIST 495 | INTERNSHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS | 3-6 |
| Electives (12 Units) 1 | ||
| Lower-Level History Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
HIST 103 | HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM THE 17TH CENTURY | |
HIST 111 | MODERN EAST ASIA SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY | |
HIST 118 | MODERN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY | |
HIST 121 | LATIN AMERICA: COLONIAL PERIOD | |
HIST 135 | HISTORY OF AFRICA TO 1900 | |
HIST 145 | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CIVIL WAR | |
HIST 161 | WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1300 | |
HIST 205 | ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE IN HISTORY 2 | |
| Additional Lower-Level Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
ENGL 233 | SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
ENGL 236 | AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE, 1772-PRESENT | |
ENGL 248 | LITERATURE OF GLOBAL EXPERIENCE | |
PHIL 204 | RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | |
PHIL 251 | AFRICAN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | |
PHIL 255 | ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | |
PHIL 260 | PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | |
RLST 205 | WOMEN IN WORLD RELIGIONS | |
| Upper-Level History Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
HIST 306 | WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | |
HIST 320 | JAPAN, 1930-PRESENT | |
HIST 329 | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA | |
HIST 330 | ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | |
HIST 340 | ISRAEL/PALESTINE: CONFLICTING PAST, CONFLICTING PRESENT | |
HIST 349 | THE CIVIL WAR | |
HIST 359 | THE FDR ERA | |
HIST 361 | UNITED STATES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER HISTORIES | |
HIST 374 | THE AMERICAN WEST | |
HIST 378 | IMMIGRANTS & IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES | |
HIST 380 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1900 | |
HIST 382 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE MID-19TH CENTURY | |
| Additional Upper-Level Elective, Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
CHNS 341 | CHINESE CINEMA | |
COMM 360 | COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL PROTEST | |
ECON 303 | AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
ECON 326 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
ECON 334 | ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION | |
ECON 351 | URBAN ECONOMICS | |
ECON 374 | ECONOMIC ISSUES OF GENDER | |
ECON 375 | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | |
FREN 329 | CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION: 1945 TO PRESENT | |
FREN 330 | FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION | |
FREN 422 | CULTURES OF THE MAGHREB | |
GERM 311 | CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | |
ITAL 311 | ITALIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | |
ITAL 341 | ITALIAN CINEMA | |
JPNS 311 | JAPANESE CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION THROUGH MANGA | |
PHIL 326 | AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | |
POSC 339 | COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS | |
POSC 343 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS | |
POSC 419 | CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES: THE FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS | |
POSC 447 | INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATION | |
RLST 305 | FAITH PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL ETHICS | |
RLST 310 | JEWISH LAW AND ETHICS | |
RLST 367 | ISLAM IN THE MODERN AGE | |
SPAN 311 | CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN | |
SPAN 312 | CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA | |
SPAN 321 | SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE | |
SPAN 455 | HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES | |
THEA 310 | THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE | |
WMST 345 | WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | |
WMST 383 | ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | |
| Total Units | 21-24 |
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Additional elective options are available. Courses relevant to human rights not listed may be accepted with the approval of the History Department chairperson. Please contact the History Department for more information.
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HIST 205 is recommended for History majors.