Course Offerings 2024-2025
Human Rights Introductory and Core Courses Offered in Spring 2025
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.
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
Category |
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HRTS BC1025 |
Human Rights in Theory and Practice |
Widney Brown |
Introductory |
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HRTS UN3190 |
International Human Rights Law |
Christian M de Vos |
Core |
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POLS BC3254 |
First Amendment Values |
Paula A Franzese |
Core |
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HRTS BC3601 |
International Law and the United Nations in Practice |
Martin S Flaherty |
Core |
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RELI BC3671 |
Religion and Human Rights |
Timothy Vasko |
Core |
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HRTS BC3851 |
Human Rights & Public Health: Advanced Seminar |
Widney Brown |
Core |
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ANTH BC3911 |
Social Contexts of Immigration Law |
J.C. Salyer |
Core |
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ANTH BC3932 |
Climate Change, Global Migration, and Human Rights |
J.C. Salyer |
Core |
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HRTS UN3934 |
Seeking Sanctuary in New York City |
Jennifer Trowbridge |
Core |
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HRTS UN3936 |
Human Rights and Social Justice in NYC: Migrant Labor and Gender |
Jennifer Trowbridge |
Core |
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HRTS UN3940 |
History of Human Rights |
Glenn Mitoma |
Core |
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HRTS GU4210 |
Equality, Identity, and Rights |
Daniela R Ikawa |
Core |
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HRTS GU4270 |
Social Media and Human Rights |
Ted Perlmutter |
Core |
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HRTS GU4380 |
Advocacy for Socio-Economics Rights |
Mila H Rosenthal |
Core |
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HRTS GU4460 |
Climate Justice |
Jacqueline Dugard |
Core |
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HRTS GU4850 |
Beyond Human Rights Critique |
Timothy Wyman-McCarthy |
Core |
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HRTS GU4880 |
Human Rights in the United States |
Joy L Chia |
Core |
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HRTS GU4915 |
Human Rights & Urban Public Space |
Noah B Chasin |
Core |
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HRTS GU4930 |
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights |
Bruce L Cronin |
Core |
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HRTS GU4940 |
Human Rights and Education |
Glenn Mitoma |
Core |
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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 2024
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
Category |
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HRTS UN3001 |
Introduction to Human Rights |
Andrew J Nathan |
Introductory |
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HRTS UN3190 |
International Human Rights Law |
Belinda Cooper |
Core |
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HRTS BC3360 |
Our Bodies and the Struggle to Define Personal Autonomy |
Widney Brown |
Core |
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POLS BC3521 |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties |
Paula A Franzese |
Core |
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HRTS BC3850 |
Human Rights and Public Health |
Widney Brown |
Core |
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HRTS BC3931 |
Seminar for Internships in Social Justice and Human Rights |
Widney Brown |
Core |
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HRTS UN3934 |
Seeking Sanctuary in New York City |
Jennifer Trowbridge |
Core |
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HRTS UN3970 |
Introduction to Genocide Studies |
Glenn Mitoma |
Core |
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HRTS GU4011 |
Indigenous Rights and Settler Colonialism in North America |
Timothy Wyman-McCarthy |
Core |
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HRTS GU4215 |
NGOs and the Human Rights Movement |
Louis Bickford |
Core |
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HRTS GU4500 |
Socio-Economic Rights |
Jacqueline Dugard |
Core |
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HRTS GU4600 |
Human Rights in the Anthropocene |
Noah B Chasin |
Core |
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HRTS GU4650 |
Children's Rights Advocacy |
Jo Becker and Michael G Bochenek |
Core |
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HRTS GU4950 |
Human Rights and Human Wrongs |
Bruce L Cronin |
Core |
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HRTS GU4965 |
Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights |
Julie Rajan |
Core |
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HRTS GU4970 |
Refugees, Citizenship, Migration |
Shourideh Molavi |
Core |