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Advisory Committee: Professors Forsythe (chair), Cahan, Coble, Draper, Gonzales, Lepard, Ritchie, Spinner-Halev, van Roojen

Departments Participating (Masters): Anthropology, English, Geography, History, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political Science

Departments Participating (Doctoral): English, Geography, History, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political Science

The goal of the International Human Rights and Diversity Interdepartmental Area of Specialization is to examine issues related to human rights in an international perspective, with particular interest in examining the relationship between cultural diversity and human rights. An advisory committee has been established to coordinate the interdisciplinary aspects of this specialization. One member of the student’s examining committee or supervisory committee must represent a participating discipline other than the student’s major area. Approval of the thesis or dissertation topic must have the concurrence of the student’s faculty adviser and the International Human Rights and Diversity Advisory Committee.

Masters-level Specialization Requirements:

The specialization is available to any student pursuing a masters degree in any of the participating departments.

Each student will be required to complete:

1. A masters degree in one of the participating departments.
2. Twelve (12) credit hours of International Human Rights and Diversity courses from the student’s discipline, and at least one department outside the student’s discipline, including
   • 3 credit hours of core courses;
   • 6 credit hours from Course List A; and
   • when Option I (thesis) is available in the student’s program, a thesis relating to International Human Rights and Diversity

Doctoral-level Specialization Requirements:

The specialization is available to any student pursuing a doctoral degree in any of the participating departments. International Human Rights and diversity courses completed by a student for the specialization at the masters level may be counted toward meeting the requirements for the specialization at the doctoral level.

Each student will be required to complete:

3. A doctoral degree in one of the participating departments.
4. Eighteen (18) credit hours of International Human Rights and Diversity courses from the student’s discipline, and at least two departments outside the student’s discipline, including - 3 credit hours of core courses;
   • a minimum of 6 credit hours from Course List A;
   • the remaining credit hours (between 3 and 9) from Course List B; and
   • a dissertation relating to International Human Rights and Diversity

Core Courses

POLS 965. Seminar in International Human Rights (3 cr)
LAW 616/G. International Human Rights Law (3 cr)

Course List A

ANTH 876. Human Rights, Environment, & Development (3 cr)
LAW 714/G. Comparative Law: International Gender Issues (1-4 cr)
POLS 885. Contemporary Political Theory (3 cr)
POLS 960. Seminar in International Relations (3 cr, max 12)

Course List B

ANTH 820. Ethnic Identity & Ethnic Conflict (3 cr)
ANTH 851. Indians of North America (3 cr)
ANTH 874. Applied & Development Anthropology (3 cr)
ENGL 845. Ethnic Literature (when taught as Studies in the African Diaspora) (3 cr)
GEOG 931. Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples (3 cr)
GEOG 933. Seminar in Geography & Anthropology (1-3 cr, max 6)
HIST 829. History of Fascism in Europe (3 cr)
HIST 839. The Holocaust (3 cr)
HIST 878. Pro-seminar in Latin American Studies (3 cr, max 6)
HIST 932. Seminar (when taught as Otherness in British Culture) (3 cr)
MODL 854. Russian Intellectual Tradition (3 cr)
PHIL 823. Advanced Ethics (3 cr) OR PHIL 920. Ethical Theory (1-24 cr)
PHIL 825. Political & Social Philosophy (3 cr) OR PHIL 925. Social & Political Philosophy (1-4 cr)
POLS 860. Seminar in International Politics (3 cr)
POLS 872. State Terror (3 cr)
POLS 873. Problems in International Law & Organization (3 cr)
POLS 877. Israel & the Middle East (3 cr)