Courses in Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies

Students interested in the sequence should consult with the Center’s director or Assistant 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

Holocaust Studies

Students must complete one of the following courses:

History

HIST097 CM - Human Rights in Latin America: Testimonies
HIST100 CM - Freshman Honors Seminar (if appropriate topic)
HIST132 CM - Genocide & Human Rights in 20th Century Europe
HIST136C CM - Objects of War and Genocide
HIST138 CM - Europe’s Total Wars
HIST139E CM - Culture and Society in Weimar and Nazi Germany
HIST146 CM - History of Germany, 1740 to the Present
HIST179 CM - Researching the Holocaust

Elective Courses Focused on Human Rights Issues

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

Economics

ECON140 CM - The World Economy
ECON141 CM - International Economics
ECON142 CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (also listed as GOVT 132E CM )
ECON145 CM - International Money and Finance
ECON167 CM - Law and Economics
ECON173 CM - Economic Development
ECON175 CM - Labor Economics
ECON187 CM - The Economics of Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

Government

GOVT105 CM - Organization of Health Care and Public Policy
GOVT112B CM - Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
GOVT113 CM - Inequality, Politics, and Public Policy: Class, Race, and Gender
GOVT114 CM - Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofits: Law, Public Policy and Leadership
GOVT132E CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (also listed as ECON 142 CM )
GOVT134E CM - Democratization, Violence and Change: Mexico’s Political Transformation
GOVT135 CM - Comparative Politics of the Middle East
GOVT138 CM - Religion, Politics, and Change in Latin America
GOVT139 CM - Development, Power, and Globalization
GOVT142E CM - Chinese Politics
GOVT144B CM - Comparing Social Movements Across the World
GOVT151 CM - Maps and Politics
GOVT155 CM - Social and Political Change in Africa
GOVT156C CM - War
GOVT165 CM - Political Philosophy and History
GOVT178 CM - International Law

History

HIST059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia
HIST061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan and Korea in the Modern Era
HIST073 CM - The Rise of Modern Europe, 1750 to the Present
HIST119 CM - Women and Politics in America
HIST121 CM - United States History Since 1945
HIST128 CM - LGBTQ History of the U.S.
HIST140 CM - Gender, Sex, and the Family in Europe, 1500-1900
HIST149 CM - America in Depression and War
HIST163 CM - Modern Chinese History, 1750 to the Present

Literature

LIT061 CM - The Bible
LIT127 CM - The Novel Since World War II
LIT138 CM - Film and Mass Culture

Psychology

PSYC092 CM - Social Psychology
PSYC118 CM - Seminar in Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
PSYC140 CM - Leadership
PSYC145 CM - Psychology of Morality
PSYC180 CM - Forensic Psychology
PSYC188 CM - Psychology and Law

Religious Studies

RLST021 CM - Jewish Civilization
RLST022 CM - Introduction to Western Religious Traditions
RLST037 CM - History of World Christianity
RLST084 CM - Religion, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement
RLST137 CM - Jewish-Christian Relations
RLST138 CM - American Religious History
RLST153 CM - Religion and American Politics

Spanish

SPAN153 CM - Political and Social Leadership in Latin America in the 21st Century
SPAN158 CM - Revolutions and Revolutionary Thought in Spanish America