Course Offerings 2023-2024
Human Rights Introductory and Core Courses Offered in Spring 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 joint major in Human Rights.
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
Category |
HRTS BC1025 |
Human Rights in Theory and Practice |
Widney Brown |
Introductory |
HRTS BC3190 |
International Human Rights Law |
Christian M de Vos |
Core |
POLS BC3254 |
First Amendment Values |
Paula A Franzese |
Core |
HRTS BC3601 |
International Law and the United Nations in Practice |
Martin S Flaherty |
Core |
HRTS BC3851 |
Human Rights & Public Health: Advanced Seminar |
Widney Brown |
Core |
HRTS UN3934 |
Seeking Sanctuary in New York City |
Amelia Frank-Vitale |
Core |
HRTS BC3935 |
Power, Politics, and Procedure in US Immigration Court |
Amelia Frank-Vitale |
Core |
SOCI UN3937 |
Sociology of Human Rights |
Rosemary McGunnigle-Gonzales |
Core |
HRTS UN3940 |
History of Human Rights |
Glenn Mitoma |
Core |
HRTS GU4195 |
Topics in History, Memory and Transitional Justice |
Nanci Adler |
Core |
HRTS GU4210 |
Equality, Identity and Rights |
Daniela R Ikawa |
Core |
HRTS GU4270 |
Social Media and Human Rights |
Ted Perlmutter |
Core |
HRTS GU4380 |
Advocacy for Socio-Economic Rights |
Mila H Rosenthal |
Core |
HRTS GU4460 |
Climate Justice |
Jacqueline Dugard |
Core |
CLEN GU4550 |
Narrative and Human Rights |
Joseph R Slaughter |
Core |
HRTS GU4880 |
Human Rights in the United States |
Joy L Chia |
Core |
HRTS GU4915 |
Human Rights and Urban Public Space |
Noah B Chasin |
Core |
HRTS GU4930 |
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights |
Bruce L Cronin |
Core |
HRTS GU4940 |
Human Rights and Education |
Glenn Mitoma |
Core |
HRTS GU4975 |
Borders, Surveillance, Rights |
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.
Human Rights Introductory and Core Courses Offered in Fall 2023
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
Category |
HRTS UN3001 |
Introduction to Human Rights |
Andrew J Nathan |
Introductory |
POLS UN3002 |
Human Rights & Immigration |
Ayten Gundogdu |
Core |
HRTS UN3190 |
International Human Rights Law |
Belinda Cooper |
Core |
HRTS BC3360 |
Our Bodies and the Struggle to Define Personal Autonomy |
Widney Brown |
Core |
POLS BC3410 |
Colloquium on Human Rights in a Diverse World |
Ayten Gundogdu |
Core |
POLS BC3521 |
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties |
Paula A Franzese |
Core |
HRTS BC3850 |
Human Rights and Public Health |
Widney Brown |
Core |
ANTH BC3911 |
The Social Contexts of U.S. Immigration Law and Policy |
J.C. Salyer |
Core |
HRTS BC3931 |
Seminar for Internships in Social Justice and Human Rights |
Widney Brown |
Core |
ANTH BC3932 |
Climate Change, Global Migration, and Human Rights |
J.C. Salyer |
Core |
SOCI UN3937 |
Sociology of Human Rights |
Rosemary McGunnigle-Gonzales |
Core |
HRTS GU4215 |
NGOs and the Human Rights Movement |
Louis Bickford |
Core |
HRTS GU4400 |
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights |
Paisley Currah |
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 & Human Rights |
Julie Rajan |
Core |