The interdisciplinary minor in human rights studies provides students an opportunity to address issues related to human rights from various disciplinary approaches.  The universal nature of human rights issues may directly relate to a major, while in other cases will provide an opportunity for broadening one’s exposure to these important topics.

            The human rights studies minor requires at least eighteen hours to be taken from at least three different disciplines.  At least twelve of these semester hours are to be taken outside the major(s).  No more than six semester hours from any one department may be chosen from the elective pool.  It is highly recommended that the required POL 333 course be taken in the sophomore year.  Students should consult with the Director of Human Rights Studies to ensure that the courses selected from the elective pool display a significant degree of coherence.  Courses taken from this minor may be applied to other minors and to breadth and general education requirements.

              Please keep in mind that the Human Rights Studies Minor is a hands-on minor in that we expect you to take an interest and participate in local human rights events.  If you would like to minor in Human Rights, please make an appointment to talk with Dr. Mark Ensalaco, Director of the Human Rights program, by calling 937-229-2765.

Required Courses:

Take:	POL 333 - Politic of Human Rights and	POL 334 - Politics of Human Rights II
Select 1 from:	REL 363 - Faith and Justice or	PHL 371 - Philosophy and Human Rights
Select 1 from:	ANT 325 - Anthropology of Human Rights or	SOC 371 - Sociology of Human Rights

Also, select two courses from the following (at least one must be from CMM, HST, PHL or REL): 

ANT 360 – Cultures of South Asia

ANT 368 – Immigration and Immigrants

CJS 336 – Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

CMM 355 – Rhetoric of Social Movements

ECO 460 – Economic Development and Growth

HST 312 – Age of Democratic Revolutions

HST 334 – History of the Palestinian-Israel Conflict

HST 337 – History of Africa – 19th Century to the present

HST 356 – Comparative History of Women in the Third World

HST 361 – U.S. Legal and Constitutional History II

HST 399 – History of Blacks in the United States since 1900

PHL 314 – Philosophy of Law

PHL 317 – Ethics and Modern War

PHL 327 – Philosophy of Peace

PHL 370 – Political Philosophy

PHL 372 – Values and Economics

POL 300 - Political Issues

POL 305 – Introduction to Public Administration

POL 319 – Twentieth Century Political Thought

POL 331 – Nationalism and Ethnopolitics

POL 406 – International Law and Organization

POL 450 – Civil Liberties

POL 452 – Political Violence

REL 358 – Liberation Theology

REL 360 – Christian Ethics

REL 366 – The Holocaust: Theological and Religious Responses

SOC 325 – Law and Society

SOC 328 – Racial and Ethnic Minorities

SOC 339 – Social Inequality

SOC 345 – Sociology of Extremism

SOC 368 – Immigration and Immigrants

SOC 435 – Economy and Society