Courses in Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies

Students interested in the sequence should consult with the Center’s director or associate director to choose the courses most appropriate for their interests and majors. The following courses may be appropriate for the sequence requirements:

Political Philosophy and/or Ethics

Students must complete one of the following courses:

Holocaust Studies

Students must complete one of the following courses:

Economics

ECON 187 CM - The Economics of Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

History

HIST 137 CM - Researching the Holocaust
HIST 139E CM - Culture and Society in Weimar and Nazi Germany
HIST 146 CM - History of Germany, 1740 to the Present

Elective Courses Focused on Human Rights Issues

Students must complete two courses, normally from two difference disciplines, and selected from:

Economics

ECON 109 CM - Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy
ECON 140 CM - The World Economy
ECON 141 CM - International Economics
ECON 142 CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (seminar)
ECON 145 CM - International Money and Finance
ECON 167 CM - Law and Economics
ECON 173 CM - Economic Development
ECON 175 CM - Labor Economics
ECON 187 CM - The Economics of Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

Government

GOVT 080 CM - Introduction to Political Philosophy
GOVT 091 CM - Introduction to Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
GOVT 105 CM - Organization of Health Care and Public Policy
GOVT 113 CM - Inequality, Politics, and Public Policy: Class, Race, and Gender
GOVT 114 CM - Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofits: Law, Public Policy and Leadership
GOVT 128 CM - Ethics and American Democracy
GOVT 129 CM - Ethics, Character, and American Political Leadership
GOVT 132E CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (seminar)
GOVT 134E CM - Democratization, Violence and Change: Mexico’s Political Transformation
GOVT 135 CM - Comparative Politics of the Middle East
GOVT 138 CM - Religion, Politics, and Change in Latin America
GOVT 139 CM - Development, Power, and Globalization
GOVT 142E CM - Chinese Politics
GOVT 144B CM - Comparing Social Movements Across the World
GOVT 151 CM - The United States, Israel, and the Arabs
GOVT 153 CM - Women Leaders in the Middle East: Politicians, Preachers, Activists and Entrepreneurs
GOVT 155 CM - Human Rights, Failed States, and Conflict Resolution
GOVT 156C CM - War
GOVT 161 CM - The Natural Law
GOVT 165 CM - Political Philosophy and History
GOVT 173 CM - Politics of Eastern Europe and Russia
GOVT 178 CM - International Law
GOVT 187 CM - Women and the Law

History

HIST 059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia
HIST 061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, and Indonesia in the Modern Era
HIST 073 CM - The Rise of Modern Europe, 1750 to the Present
HIST 097 CM - Human Rights in Latin America: Testimonies
HIST 121 CM - United States History Since 1945
HIST 122E CM - American Families (seminar)
HIST 128 CM - U.S. Gay and Lesbian History
HIST 132 CM - Genocide & Human Rights in 20th Century Europe
HIST 137 CM - Researching the Holocaust
HIST 138 CM - Europe’s Total Wars
HIST 139E CM - Culture and Society in Weimar and Nazi Germany
HIST 140 CM - Gender and Revolution in Europe, 1500-1900
HIST 143A CM - Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Britain, North America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment
HIST 146 CM - History of Germany, 1740 to the Present
HIST 149 CM - America in Depression and War
HIST 153 CM - Caste and Class in India and South Asia
HIST 163 CM - Modern Chinese History, 1750 to the Present
HIST 175 CM - Women and Politics in America (seminar)
HIST 184 CM - The Culture of Fascism in 20th Century Europe

Literature

LIT 061 CM - The Bible
LIT 087 CM - Modern Black Fiction
LIT 114 CM - Politics, Violence, and Early Modern Literature
LIT 123 CM - Fugitives From Utopia: The Writers of Post-War Poland
LIT 124 CM - Literature and War
LIT 127 CM - The Novel Since World War II
LIT 138 CM - Film and Mass Culture
LIT 167 CM - Gay and Lesbian Writers

Philosophy

PHIL 158 CM - Ethical Theory
PHIL 177 CM - Global Justice, World Poverty, and Human Rights
PHIL 185 CM - Life, Death, and Survival of Death
PHIL 186 CM - Bioethics

Psychology

PSYC 092 CM - Social Psychology
PSYC 118 CM - Seminar in Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
PSYC 140 CM - Leadership
PSYC 145 CM - Psychology of Morality
PSYC 180 CM - Forensic Psychology
PSYC 188 CM - Psychology and Law

Religious Studies

RLST 010 CM - Introduction to South Asian Religious Traditions
RLST 021 CM - Jewish Civilization
RLST 022 CM - Introduction to Western Religious Traditions
RLST 037 CM - History of World Christianity
RLST 055 CM - Visual Judaism
RLST 137 CM - Jewish-Christian Relations
RLST 138 CM - American Religious History
RLST 153 CM - Religion and American Politics (seminar)

Other Disciplines

ID 026 CM - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies
ID 150 CM - Contemporary African Voices
SPAN 153 CM - Political and Social Leadership in Latin America in the 21st Century
SPAN 158 CM - Revolutions and Revolutionary Thought in Spanish America