The Courses
REQUIRED CORE COURSES:
HRTS 3301/HIST 3301 -- America’s Dilemma: The Struggle for Human
Rights. This course examines violations of human rights within their
historical contexts. From torture to terrorism and from slavery to
genocide, the course explores the foundations of current human rights
issues in the world today. Attention will be given to the evolution of
both civil and human rights as entities within global political thought
and practice.
HRTS 4334/ PLSC4334 -- The Politics and Legacies of the Civil
Rights Movement. [Civil Rights Pilgrimage]
HRTS 3310/ WGST 3310 -- Gender and Human Rights.
HRTS 4380/PLSC 4380 -- National Security and Human Rights.
MAJOR TRACKS:
Gender and Human Rights
or Public Policy and Human Rights
(Nine hours required in courses from at least two departments)
Gender and Human Rights Track
ANTH 1321 First
Year Seminar in Anthropology
ANTH 2301 Introductory Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 3310 Gender & Sex Roles: A Global Perspective
ANTH 3336 Gender & Globalization: Cultural & Ethical
Issues
ANTH 3348 Health as a Human Right: Globalization,
Health & International Ethics
ANTH 4386 The Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality
HIST 3317 Women in Latin American Societies
HIST 3327 Women in American History
from 1900
HIST 3398
Women in Chinese History
HIST 5340 Seminar in American History: Women's
Rights in the United States
PLSC 1380 Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 4339 Women in the Law
SOCI 3305
Race and Ethnicity in the United States
WGST 2309 Lesbian and Gay Literature and Film:
Minority Discourse and Social Power
WGST 3328 Gender Violence: What Does Culture Have To
Do With It?
Public Policy and Human Rights Track
ANTH 1321
First Year Seminar in Anthropology
ANTH 3327 Culture Change and Globalization: Social
Science Perspectives
ANTH 3333 The Immigrant Experience
ANTH 3336 Gender & Globalization: Cultural & Ethical
Issues
ANTH 3348 Health as a Human Right: Globalization,
Health & International Ethics
ANTH 3351 Forensic Anthropology: Stories Told by
Bones
ANTH 3353 Indians of North America
ANTH 3354 Latin America: People, Places and Power
ANTH 3358 Indians of the Southwest From the 16th
Century to the Present
ANTH 3388 Warfare and Violence: The Anthropology &
Ethics of Human Conflict
ANTH 4303 Political Economy of Health
ANTH 4309 Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and
Nation States
ENGL 3383 Literary Executions: Imagination and Capital Punishment
HIST 2391
Africa to the 19th Century
HIST 2392 Modern Africa
HIST 2395 Modern East Asia
HIST 3304 Blacks and the Civil Rights Movement
HIST 3306 Colony to Empire: U.S. Diplomacy
1789-1941
HIST 3307 The U.S. and the Cold War, 1945-1989
HIST 3313 African Americans in the United States,
1607-1877
HIST 3314 African Americans in the United States,
1877-Present
HIST 3317 Women in Latin American Societies
HIST 3322 Native American History
HIST 3327 Women in American History
from 1900
HIST 3341 Soviet/Post-Soviet Society Politics, 1917
- Present
HIST 3371 Conflicts in the Modern Middle East
HIST 3392 The African Diaspora: Literature &
History of Black Liberation
HIST 3393 China in Revolution
HIST 3401 The Good Society
HIST 4363 Inside Nazi Germany
HIST 5340 Seminar in American History: Women's
Rights in the United States
MNO 3375
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Leadership
PHIL 3371
Social & Political Philosophy
PHIL 3374 Philosophy of Law
PHIL 3377 Animal Rights
PHIL 3380 Ethical Theory
PLSC 1380
Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 3345 Governments and Politics of the Middle
East
PLSC 3346 Governments and Politics of Japan
PLSC 3347 Governments and Politics of Africa
PLSC 3348 Governments and Politics of Latin America
PLSC 3352 Governments and Politics of China
PLSC 3358 Governments and Politics of Russia
PLSC 3381 Current Issues in International Politics
PLSC 3383 The American Foreign Policy Process
PLSC 4321 Basic Issues in American Democracy
PLSC 4337 Civil Rights
PLSC 4339 Women in the Law
PLSC 4381 National Security Policy
SOCI 3305
Race and Ethnicity in the United States
SOCI 3360
Law and Society
SOCI 3363 Crime and Delinquency
SOCI 3370 Minority-Dominant Relations
SOCI 4355
Social Movements & Collective Behavior
SOCI 4360 Gangs in the United States: Developing
Historical, Social, and Theoretical Understandings of a Modern
Problem
SOCI 4364 Correctional Systems
Approved Electives
ANTH 1321 First Year Seminar in Anthropology
ANTH 2301 Introductory Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 3301 Health, Healing and Ethics: Cross Cultural
Perspectives on Sickness and Society
ANTH 3310 Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective
ANTH 3311 Mexico: From Conquest to Cancun
ANTH 3327 Culture Change and Globalization: Social Science
Perspectives
ANTH 3333 The Immigrant Experience
ANTH 3336 Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical
Issues
ANTH 3348 Health as a Human Right: Globalization, Health &
International Ethics
ANTH 3351 Forensic Anthropology: Stories Told by Bones
ANTH 3353 Indians of North America
ANTH 3354 Latin America: People, Places and Power
ANTH 3358 Indians of the Southwest From the 16th Century to
the Present
ANTH 3388 Warfare and Violence: The Anthropology and Ethics
of Human Conflict
ANTH 4303 Political Economy of Health
ANTH 4305 Applied Anthropology
ANTH 4309 Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Nation States
ANTH 4386 The Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality
ARHS 1338 Chicano Art and the Politics of Place
ARHS 3365
Race and Gender in Visual Culture
ARHS 4349 Seminar in Contemporary Art: Why We Go to
Auschwitz: Art, Trauma and Memory
CCJN 5305 Human Rights and the Journalist
ENGL 1365 Literature of Minorities
ENGL 3367 Ethical Implications of Children's Literature
ENGL 3383 Literary Executions: Imagination and Capital
Punishment
FL 3377 Shadows of Enlightenment: Human Rights in
Germany
FREN 4376 Intro to Francophone Cultures
HIST 2391 Africa to the 19th Century
HIST 2392 Modern Africa
HIST 2395 Modern East Asia
HIST 3304 Blacks and the Civil Rights Movement
HIST 3306 Colony to Empire: U.S. Diplomacy, 1789–1941
HIST 3307 The U.S. and the Cold War, 1945–1989
HIST 3313 African Americans in the United States, 1607–1877
HIST 3314 African Americans in the United States,
1877–Present
HIST 3317 Women in Latin American Societies
HIST 3322 Native American History
HIST 3327 Women in American History
from 1900
HIST 3341 Soviet/Post-Soviet Society and Politics, 1917 to
Present
HIST 3363 The Holocaust
HIST 3371 Conflicts in the Modern Middle East
HIST 3393 China in Revolution
HIST 3398
Women in Chinese History
HIST 3401 The Good Society
HIST 4363 Inside Nazi Germany
HIST 5340 Seminar in American History: Women's Rights in
the United States
HRTS 3329/ANTH 3329 Contesting Development: Global/Local Impacts
and Human Rights
HRTS 3348/ANTH 3348 Health as a Human Right
HRTS 4380/PLSC 4380 National Security and Human Rights
HRTS 3387/RELI 3387 Religion and Human Rights
HRTS 3310/WGST 3310 Gender and Human Rights
HRTS 4390/HIST 4398
Independent Study (for group tour credit)
HRTS 4391/HIST 4399
Independent Study (for group tour credit)
HRTS 4392
Special Topics
MNO 4371 Leadership and Culture
PHIL 3371 Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3374 Philosophy of Law
PHIL 3377 Animal Rights
PHIL 3380 Ethical Theory
PLSC 1380 Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 3345 Governments and Politics of the Middle East
PLSC 3346 Governments and Politics of Japan
PLSC 3347 Governments and Politics of Africa
PLSC 3348 Governments and Politics of Latin America
PLSC 3352 Governments and Politics of China
PLSC 3358 Government and Politics of Russia
PLSC 3381 Current Issues in International Politics
PLSC 3383 The American Foreign Policy Process
PLSC 4321 Basic Issues in American Democracy
PLSC 4334 The Politics and Legacies of the Civil Rights
Movement [Civil Rights Pilgrimage]
PLSC 4337 Civil Rights
PLSC 4339 Women and the Law
PLSC 4381 National Security Policy
PSYC 3375
Human Rights from a Psychological Perspective
RELI 3321 Religion and the Holocaust
SOCI 3305 Race and Ethnicity in the United States
SOCI 3363 Crime and Delinquency
SOCI 3370 Minority-Dominant Relations
SOCI 4355
Social Movements & Collective Behavior
SOCI 4360 Gangs in the United States: Developing
Historical, Social and Theoretical Understandings of a Modern Problem
SOCI 4364 Correctional Systems
SPAN 3374
Latin American Civilization: Human Rights in its Place
WGST 2309 Lesbian and Gay Literature and Film: Minority
Discourse and Social Power
WGST 3328 Gender Violence: What Does Culture Have to Do With
It?
WLL 3330 Migration, Occupation and Independence in
North-African Cinema
SMU Abroad Courses
DRAA 2015 (THEA 4381) Theater for Human Rights. University of
Witwatersrand, International Human Rights Exchange, South Africa.
SOSS 2004 (HIST 3301). Migration and Human Rights. University of Witwatersrand, International Human Rights Exchange, South Africa.
