Human Rights Practice

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Degree

Bachelors

Major

Human Rights Studies | International Relations | Social Work and Counselling

Area of study

Social Sciences

Course Language

English

About Program

Program Overview

Overview

A focused program of study in an important and growing field that is critical for addressing numerous socio-political issues. The rigorous, critical, and place-based curriculum offers students extensive opportunities for community engagement including innovative new courses that mentor students in best practices for working with marginalized community members.

Learning Outcomes

Identify many of the multiple and complex causes of human rights abuses including social, political, cultural, and environmental, causes.
Examine in some depth several recent major cases and controversies related to human rights in the U.S. and globally.
Apply a critical theoretical perspective to the development and function of local, national, and transnational social movements and human rights organizations.
Understand and evaluate best practices that activists use to advance human rights through social movements, litigation, and direct action.
Adopt and apply a general set of norms and an ethos that is essential to successful human rights practice, especially when working with marginalized groups.
Recognize significant psychological issues, such as trauma and burnout, that are often present in human rights fieldwork, and possess some strategies for properly addressing them.
Develop and utilize selected practical skills for advancing human rights.
Demonstrate the ability to locate, evaluate, and synthesize primary and secondary sources in human rights.

Program Details

Coursework Location(s)

Online - Arizona Online

Areas of Interest

Interdisciplinary Studies
Law, Policy & Social Justice
Social & Behavioral Sciences

Level of Math

General Knowledge

This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

4th Semester Proficiency

Fourth-semester skill level in a second language is required. B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:

Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
Completion of one course beyond the third semester in combination with an AP (Advanced Placement) score, IB (International Baccalaureate) score or a CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) score determined by the individual language department.
An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments
A minimum of one semester study abroad in a language program approved by the appropriate language department as the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level.

Pre-major Required?

This Major's College

College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

2025, Human Rights Practice

4-Year Sample Plan
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First Year

1st Semester

ENGL 101 - First Year Writing 1
Second Language (First Semester)
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course)

2nd Semester

ENGL 102 - First Year Writing 2
GE Foundation Mathematics
Second Language (Second Semester)
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections

Second Year

3rd Semester

Second Language (Third Semester)
Human Rights Core
Human Rights Core
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections

4th Semester

General Education Portfolio (Exit Course)
Second Language (Fourth Semester)
Human Rights Core
Human Rights Core
Human Rights Elective

Third Year

5th Semester

Minor Course
Elective
Human Rights Elective
Elective
Human Rights Elective

6th Semester

Human Rights Elective
Human Rights Elective
Human Rights Elective
Minor Course
Minor Course

Fourth Year

7th Semester

Human Rights Elective
Minor Course
Human Rights Elective
Elective
Elective

8th Semester

Minor Course
Minor Course
Elective
Elective
Elective

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