3325 Human Rights and Democracy
Program Offering:
- Interdisciplinary Minor in Human Rights and Democracy
This program offers students an avenue to take advantage of the rich offerings in the areas of human rights and democracy available across several departments in the College of Arts and Science. The minor addresses the needs of students interested in a multidisciplinary, non-traditional introduction to issues and skills surrounding human rights and democracy.
Minor Coordinator: Ryan Carlin (rcarlin@gsu.edu)
Program Admission
A 2.0 Georgia State University GPA is required to apply to the program. Application materials can be obtained from the Office of Academic Assistance (see below). Students should apply to the program by the time they have earned 42 credit hours to avoid a delay in graduation.
Academic Advisement for Undergraduate Students
Academic advisement for undergraduate students is provided through the University Advisement Center (freshman through junior status/fewer than 90 hours) and the college’s Office of Academic Assistance (senior status/90 or more hours). See section 3040 for additional information.
Program Degree Requirements
Please refer to The Interdisciplinary Minor section 3030.40 of the course catalog for academic regulations for this program.
In addition to the Program Degree Requirements, students must fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Degree Requirements (see section 3030) and the University Degree Requirements (see section 1400).
Students who wish to minor in Human Rights and Democracy should choose courses in consultation with faculty advisor. This minor is open to all students. A few courses in this program have prerequisites.
Area H:
No more than two 3-4 credit hour courses (6-8 hours) can be taken within a single discipline. All courses must be at the 3000-4000 levels. Students must take at least two courses from the Foundations area, no more than two from the Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution area, and no more than two from the Identity Perspectives area. Other related 3000- or 4000-level courses (in any college) may be approved in advance by the faculty advisor. No courses will be approved after a student has enrolled in the course. (* Denotes course with prerequisites)
- Foundations (6-7)
Choose two courses from the following:- AAS 4550 Activism and the Black Freedom Movement (3)
- AAS 4600/HIST 4280 Enslavement and Resistance in North America (3)
- AAS 4620/HIST 4290 Enslavement and Resistance in the Americas (3)
- ANTH 3033 The Anthropology of Violence (3)*
- ANTH 4370 Forensic Anthropology (3)*
- HIST 3540 Film and the Holocaust (4)
- HIST 4640 The Holocaust (3)
- POLS 4131 Civil Liberties and Rights (3)
- POLS 4205 Comparative Democratization (3)
- POLS 4220 Comparative Legal Systems and Politics (3)
- POLS 4420 International Law (3)
- POLS 4427 Politics of International Human Rights (3)
- POLS 4520 Theories on Democracy (3)
- PSYC 4650 Special Topics (Study Abroad: Human Rights in Argentina) (3)*
- RELS 4030 Introduction to Human Rights (3)
- SPAN 3395 Special Topics (Study Abroad: Human Rights, Historical Memory, and Democracy in Spain) (3)
- Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution (3-7)
Choose no more than two courses from the following:- AAS 4180/POLS 4157 Politics of the Civil Rights Movement (3)
- AAS 4750/PHIL 4855 African-American Ethical and Legal Issues (3)*
- AAS 4970/PSYC 3901 Study Abroad Tanzania: History, Modern Culture and the Psychology of Skin Bleaching (3)
- ANTH 4114/GLOS 4114 Language and Social Justice (3)
- CRJU 4040 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (3)
- ENGL 3900 Irish Literature (Topic: Conflict Resolution) (3)*
- ENGL 3350 Literature and War (3)
- ENGL 3945 Literature and Global Conflict (3)*
- FORL 3300/ENGL 3800/GRMN 4414/SPAN 4480/FREN 4414 Special topic (Representations of the Holocaust in Literature and Film) (3)
- GEOG 4774 Contemporary Urban Theory and Issues (3)
- GEOG 4778 Political Geography (3)
- GLOS 3500 Culture and Change in Africa (3)
- GLOS 4211 Psychology of Terrorism (3)
- GLOS 4215/POLS 4215 Politics of Peace (3)
- GRMN 4413 Introduction to German Film (Topic: German Film Studies from Weimar to Global Cinema) (3)*
- GRMN 4422 Contemporary Germany – Civilization 1871 to Today (3)*
- HON 3260 Trauma And Memory In Post-Dictatorship Argentina (3)
- MES 4210/POLS 4260 Politics of the Middle East And North Africa (3)
- MES 4230/POLS 4952 Model Arab League (3)*
- PHIL 3855 Topics in Political Theory (3)
- PHIL 4750 Topics in Ethics (3)*
- PHIL 4700 Ethics (3)*
- PHIL 4800 Social and Political Philosophy (3)*
- PHIL 4820 Philosophy of Law* (3)
- PHIL 4855 African-American Ethical and Legal Issues (3)*
- POLS 3200 Comparative Politics (3)
- POLS 4130 American Constitutional Law (3)
- POLS 4220 Comparative Legal Systems and Politics (3)
- POLS 4422 NGOs and World Politics (3)
- POLS 4250 Latin American Politics (3)
- POLS 4258 Government and Politics of South Asia (3)
- POLS 4421 International Organizations (3)*
- POLS 4422 NGOs and World Politics (3)
- POLS 4424 Regional Organization Simulation [Model Arab League] (3)
- POLS 4426 International Organization Simulation [Model United Nations] (3)
- POLS 4900 Special Topics (Ethical Concerns In World Politics) (3)*
- POLS 4900 Special Topics (The United States and Latin American in World Politics) (3)
- POLS 4951 Model United Nations (3)
- [PSYC 4800 Seminar-CTW (Topic: Psychology and Social Justice) (3)*
- RELS 4650 Religion and Ethics (3)
- RELS 4680 War, Peace and Religion (3)
- SOCI 3201 Wealth, Power, and Inequality (3)
- SOCI 3220 Activism, Protest and Revolution (3)
- SOCI 4366 Law and Society (3)
- SPAN 3395 Study Abroad (Topic: Human Rights in Argentina) (3)
- WGSS 4760 Activism: History And Theory (3)*
- Identity Perspectives. Choose no more than two courses from the following (3-7):
- AAS 3050/PSYC 3520 Introduction to African American Psychology (3)*
- AAS 4080 African-American Female Activism (3)
- AAS 4125/WGSS 4750 Black Feminist Thought (3)
- AAS 4160/POLS 4165 African-American Politics (3)
- AAS 4970/PSYC 3901 Study Abroad (Tanzania: History, Modern Culture and the Psychology of Skin Bleaching) (3)
- [AAS 4975 Race, Class and Gender in Contemporary South Africa (3)
- ANTH 4420/WGSS 4210 Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective (3)*
- ENGL 3920 Southern Literature (focus: Cherokee literature) (3)*
- ENGL 3940 Postcolonial Literature (3)*
- ENGL 3950 African American Literature (3)*
- ENGL 3960 African American Women’s Writings (3)*
- ENGL 3965 African Literature (3)*
- ENGL 3970 Caribbean Literature (3)*
- ENGL 4000 Jewish Literature* (3)
- ENGL 3990 Women’s Literature (3)*
- GEOG 4767 Economic Geography (3)
- GEOG 4778 Political Geography (3)
- HIST 4430 American Jewish History (4)
- JST 3000/MES 3710 Introduction to Jewish Studies (3)
- PHIL 4860 Feminist Philosophy (3)*
- POLS 4120 Southern Politics (3)
- PSYC 3570 Multicultural Psychology (3)*
- PSYC 4510 Community Psychology (3)*
- RELS 3270 Religious Traditions of the World (3)
- SOCI 3212 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
- SOCI 3216/WGSS 3130 Gender And Society (3)
- SOCI 3356 Queer Identities (3)
- SOCI 4050/WGSS 4050 Global Perspectives on Violence Against Women (3)
- SPAN 4440 Special Topics (El otro entre nosotros: Emigration and Immigration in Contemporary Spain) (3)*
- SPAN 4480 Special Topics (Latino Literature and Culture in the U.S.) (3)*
- WGSS 3030 Introduction to LGBT Studies (3)*
- WGSS 3040 Globalization and Gender (3)*
- WGSS 4050 Global Perspectives on Violence Against Women (3)*
- WGSS 4750 Black Feminist Thought (3)*
- WGSS 4770 Gender and Sex in the African Diaspora (3)*
- WGSS 4780 African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism (3)*
- WGSS 4810 Feminism And Foucault (3)*
- WGSS 4842 Sexuality and Nationalism (3)*
- WGSS 4846 Gender, War, And Militarism in the Middle East (3)*
- WGSS 4910 Study Abroad Ecuador: Gender, Sexuality and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Ecuador (3)*