Course Offerings 2024-2025

Human Rights Introductory and Core Courses Offered in Fall 2024

Please note that only courses in bold are offered directly by the Barnard Human Rights program. All other courses are offered by other Barnard or Columbia departments or programs; if you have a question about enrollment you should contact the department or program that offers the course. Please see our Program Planning page for the full list of Core classes and the list of Related classes, as well as requirements for the combined major in Human Rights.

Course Number	Course Name	Instructor	Category
HRTS UN3001	Introduction to Human Rights	Andrew J Nathan	Introductory
HRTS UN3190	International Human Rights Law	Belinda Cooper	Core
HRTS BC3360	Our Bodies and the Struggle to Define Personal Autonomy	Widney Brown	Core
POLS BC3521	Civil Rights & Civil Liberties	Paula A Franzese	Core
HRTS BC3850	Human Rights and Public Health	Widney Brown	Core
HRTS BC3931	Seminar for Internships in Social Justice and Human Rights	Widney Brown	Core
HRTS UN3934	Seeking Sanctuary in New York City	TBD	Core
HRTS UN3970	Introduction to Genocide Studies	Glenn Mitoma	Core
HRTS GU4011	Indigenous Rights and Settler Colonialism in North America	Timothy Wyman-McCarthy	Core
HRTS GU4215	NGOs and the Human Rights Movement	Louis Bickford	Core
HRTS GU4500	Socio-Economic Rights	Jacqueline Dugard	Core
HRTS GU4600	Human Rights in the Anthropocene	Noah B Chasin	Core
HRTS GU4650	Children's Rights Advocacy	Jo Becker and Michael G Bochenek	Core
HRTS GU4950	Human Rights and Human Wrongs	Bruce L Cronin	Core
HRTS GU4965	Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights	Julie Rajan	Core
HRTS GU4970	Refugees, Citizenship, Migration	Shourideh Molavi	Core

Please see the Barnard Course Catalogue and the Directory of Classes for more information.

Students may also wish to check the Columbia Institute for the Study of Human Rights’ list of undergraduate courses.