College Catalog: 2015-2016
Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies (SSHGS): Human Rights and Genocide Studies
Website: Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies
Convener:
Faculty:
Faculty:
- Hassan M. Nejad
- John Peffer
- Paul Reck
- Bernard Roy
- Peter Scheckner
- Mihaela Serban
- Michael Unger
- Behzad Yaghmaian
- Current as of September 2015
The program emphasizes the study of human rights and genocide as academic and practical pursuits and aims to prepare students for graduate school, as well as career opportunities in international organizations, government, non-profits, multinational corporations, and the media. It will be firmly anchored in the belief that establishing legal frameworks in erecting viable international support systems represent the best hope that humankind has in preventing genocide, torture, religious persecution, and other assaults upon human dignity and rights.
Students achieve an understanding of the origins, theory and practice of international human rights and the treatment of genocide as a crime under international law. Linkages to human rights and genocide prevention organizations and agencies located in the New York metropolitan area will be developed. Students are encouraged to understand and question the implementation of human rights and genocide prevention theories and policies, as well as to acquire practical work experience through internships and other experiential learning opportunities. The development of communication skills, foreign language proficiency, and participation in study abroad opportunities are promoted and supported. Student-faculty research projects are encouraged. Co-curricular opportunities related to human rights are provided by SSHGS colloquia, guest lectures, and film screening, as well as by events organized by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The Cahill Center provides valuable assistance in developing meaningful experiential learning opportunities for students.
As with other minors, the Human Rights and Genocide Studies minor is intended to complement the disciplinary specialization and methodological training inherent in a major. Students will achieve the necessary background for eventual career and graduate study opportunities in advocacy organizations, journalism, teaching, policy analysis, or service in government and intergovernmental entities.
Outcome 1: Students will be proficient in key concepts in the study of human rights and genocide, including their origins and the international institutions designed to deal with them.
Outcome 2: Students will be familiar with the history of human rights and genocide, and with major debates among scholars who study these phenomena.
- Students are required to take 5 courses (20 credits) to complete this minor.
- At least three of the courses fulfilling this minor must be distinct from the student’s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENOCIDE STUDIES MINOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- REQUIRED:
- HIST 329 - PARADIGMS OF GENOCIDE
- INTL 250 - CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
- SELECT THREE:
- AMER 309 - HOLOCAUST AND MEDIA
- ANTH 310 - POLITICS, CULTURE & IDENTITY
- ANTH 320 - NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY
- CNTP 308 - THE SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY & HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
- HIST 264 - JEWS IN 20TH CENTURY EUROPE
- HIST 288 - WOMEN IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETIES
- HIST 357 - HITLER, HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
- INTL 337 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA
- LAWS 206 - HUMAN RIGHTS
- LAWS 320 - TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
- LAWS 351 - CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES
- LITR 366 - LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST
- PHIL 333 - ETHICS
- POLI 309 - CIVIL RIGHTS
- POLI 312 - UNITED NATIONS: WORLD POLITICS
- POLI 357 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
- POLI 360 - CONFLICT RESOLUTION
- SOCI 202 - SOCIAL INEQUALITY
- SOCI 215 - SOCIOLOGY OF RACE RELATIONS
- SOCI 250 - INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS
- SOCI 255 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
- SOCI 302 - THIRD WORLD WOMEN
Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies Website
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Website
Faculty Profiles