Course Offerings 2021-2022
Human Rights Courses Offered Spring 2022
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 joint major in Human Rights.
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
Category |
HRTS BC1025 |
Human Rights in Theory and Practice |
Brown, Widney |
Introductory |
HRTS UN3190 |
International Human Rights Law |
TBA |
Core |
POLS BC3254 |
First Amendment Values |
Franzese, Paula |
Core |
HRTS BC3601 |
International Law and the United Nations in Practice |
Flaherty, Martin |
Core |
RELI BC3671 |
Religion and Human Rights |
Vasko, Timothy |
Core |
HRTS BC3851 |
Human Rights and Public Health: Advanced Seminar |
Brown, Widney |
Core |
SOCI UN3937 |
Sociology of Human Rights |
McGunnigle-Gonzales, Rosemary |
Core |
HRTS GU4270 |
Social Media and Human Rights: Actors, Advocacy and Analytics |
Perlmutter, Ted |
Core |
HRTS GU4380 |
Advocating and Campaigning for Social and Economic Rights |
Rosenthal, Mila |
Core |
CSER GU4484 |
Cultural Rights as Human Rights |
Stamatopoulou, Elsa |
Core |
HRTS GU4600 |
Human Rights in the Anthropocene |
Chasin, Noah |
Core |
HRTS GU4810 |
Religion and Human Rights |
Chuman, Joseph |
Core |
HRTS GU4930 |
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights |
Cronin, Bruce |
Core |
WMST BC1050 |
Women and Health |
Jordan-Young, Rebecca |
Related |
POLS UN1101 |
Political Theory I |
Macinnis, Luke |
Related |
WMST BC2150 |
Practicing Intersectionality |
TBA |
Related |
HIST BC2401 |
The Politics of Crime and Policing in the US |
Vaz, Matthew |
Related |
EDUC BC3040 |
Migration, Globalization, and Education |
Abu El-Haj, Thea |
Related |
POLS UN3100 |
Justice |
Johnston, David |
Related |
POLS UN3112 |
Gandhi, King, and the Politics of Nonviolence |
Mantena, Karuna |
Related |
SOCI UN3217 |
Law and Society |
Owens, Lisa |
Related |
SOCI UN3246 |
Medical Sociology |
Zhou, Amy |
Related |
WMST UN3312 |
Theorizing Activism |
Springer, Kimberly |
Related |
POLS BC3435 |
Colloquium: Law and Violence |
Gundogdu, Ayten |
Related |
HIST UN3437 |
Corporate Behavior and Public Health |
Rosner, David |
Related |
ANTH UN3465 |
Women and Gender Politics in the Muslim World |
Abu-Lughod, Lila |
Related |
POLS BC3505 |
Colloquium on Making Democracy Work |
Berman, Sheri |
Related |
POLS UN3528 |
New and Old Forms of Political Protest |
Superti, Chiara |
Related |
POLS UN3565 |
Drugs and Politics in the Americas |
Moncada, Eduardo |
Related |
AFRS BC3585 |
Poor in America: The Experience and Impact of Financial Deprivation |
Razaghian, Rose |
Related |
POLS UN3619 |
Nationalism and Contemporary World Politics |
Snyder, Jack |
Related |
SOCI UN3721 |
Social Justice: Connecting Academics to Action |
Sharpe, Teresa and Becher, Deborah |
Related |
PHIL UN3800 |
Philosophy, Justice and Social Activism |
Mercer, Christia |
Related |
WMST UN3915 |
Gender and Power in Global Perspective |
Tadiar, Neferti |
Related |
CSER UN3928 |
Colonization/Decolonization |
Crane, Emma |
Related |
CSER UN3940 |
Comparative Study of Constitutional Challenges Affecting African, Latino, and Asian American Communities |
Ouyang, Elizabeth |
Related |
SOCI UN3960 |
Law, Science, and Society |
Cole, Jonathan |
Related |
CPLS GU4325 |
Abolition Medicine: Medical Racisms |
Dasgupta, Sayantani |
Related |
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.
Human Rights Core Courses Offered Fall 2021
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 joint major in Human Rights.
Course Number |
Course Name |
POLS UN3002 |
Human Rights and Immigration |
HRTS UN3190 |
International Human Rights Law |
POLS UN3285 |
Freedom of Speech and Press |
HRTS UN3360 |
Human Rights and the Struggle to Define Personal Autonomy |
POLS BC3410 |
Colloquium on Human Rights in a Diverse World |
POLS BC3521 |
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties |
HRTS BC3850 |
Human Rights and Public Health |
HRTS BC3931 |
Seminar for Internships in Social Justice and Human Rights |
ANTH BC3932 |
Climate Change, Global Migration, and Human Rights in the Anthropocene |
HRTS UN3933 |
Mobilities: Migration and Disabilities |
SOCI UN3937 |
Sociology of Human Rights |
HRTS GU4215 |
NGOs and the Human Rights Movement: Strategies, Successes and Challenges |
HRTS GU4230 |
Refugees, Forced Migration, and Displacement |
HRTS GU4400 |
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights |
HRTS GU4650 |
Children's Rights Advocacy |
HRTS GU4915 |
Human Rights and Urban Public Space |
HRTS GU4950 |
Human Rights and Human Wrongs |
Barnard Human Rights Fall 2021 Courses
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
HRTB BC3360 |
Our Bodies and the Struggle to Define Personal Autonomy |
Brown, Widney |
HRTB BC3850 |
Human Rights & Public Health |
Brown, Widney |
HRTB BC391 |
Seminar for Internships in Social Justice and Human Rights |
Brown, Widney |
HRTB UN3933 |
Mobilities: Migration and Disabilities |
Salyer, J.C. |