Undergraduate Minor

Co-Director and Advisor: Jay T. Johnson, 934 Oldfather Hall

Faculty: Coble (history), Dorsey (history), Forsythe (political science), Hitchcock (anthropology), Kleimola (history), Levin (history), McCollough (anthropology), McMahon (political science), Osborn (anthropology), Patton (english), Paz (history), Rapkin (political science), Smith (history), Spinner-Halev (political science), Steinweis (history), van Roojen (philosophy), Wedeman (political science)

The Human Rights and Human Diversity Program is an interdisciplinary program with an international focus. This minor is for students with an interest in international human rights, the development of the idea and practice of human rights over time, and in the political and philosophical tensions that arise between the protection of human rights and in other goals, like the idea of respecting cultural diversity, maintaining a national identity, or protecting the security of citizens.

Requirements of the Minor in Human Rights and Human Diversity

18 hours taken as follows:

• 9 hours of courses from List A and 6 additional hours from List A or List B
• 3 hours of capstone courses

Courses must be taken from at least two different departments. Cross-listed courses count in the instructor’s department. If a course is taken as a capstone course, it may not also meet other requirements within the minor. Courses using the pass/no pass option do not count toward this minor.

List A

• Anth 451 Indians of North America
• Anth 476 Human Rights, Environment and Development
• Hist 329 Women in European History
• Hist 339 The Holocaust
• Hist 486 History of South Africa
• Pols 281 Challenges to the State: Non-State Actors in World Politics
• Pols 362 Globalization, Human Rights and Diversity
• Pols 469 International Law
• Pols 470 International Human Rights
• Pols 472 State Terror
• Pols 485 Contemporary Political Theory

List B

• Anth 420 Ethnic Identity and Ethnic Conflict
• Engl 445 Ethnic Literature (when taught as studies in the African Diaspora)
• Hist 225 Women in History
• Hist 241 Native American History
• Hist 333 Jews in the Modern World
• Hist 423 The Enlightenment
• Hist 429 History of Fascism in Europe
• Hist 464 Native American History
• Hist 478 Pro-Seminar in Latin American Studies
• Hist 480 History of China since the Late Ming Era
• Modl 454 Anti-Semitism in Russia and the West
• Phil 221 Political Philosophy
• Phil 325 Advanced Social Political Philosophy OR Phil 425 Political and Social Philosophy
• Pols 361 The United Nations and World Politics
• Pols 476 Ethnic Conflict and Identity
• Pols 477 Israel and the Middle East
• Pols 484 Modern Political Theory

Capstone Courses

• Anth 476 Human Rights, Environment and Development
• Pols 470 International Human Rights