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Human Rights Studies

If you have a deep desire to make a difference in the world, you may be a good fit for the Human Rights Studies Program. Whether it is immigrant rights, human trafficking, women’s rights, food insecurity, indigenous rights, worker’s rights – just to name a few – human rights is a degree that will allow you to pursue a career connected to your passions and values. Human rights studies is a nationally-renowned interdisciplinary program that will prepare you to pursue human rights advocacy at local, national and international levels. 

Human Rights Major

  • A major in human rights studies requires 45 to 57 semester hours of courses in the humanities and the social sciences.
  • Given the interdisciplinary nature of this degree program, many students are able to double major.
  • HRS is one of the few degree programs that includes a 3-credit hour experiential learning requirement.
  • As an HRS Major students have flexibility in choosing three 3-credit hour electives courses from different disciplines to best support individual passions and career goals.
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Human Rights Minor

  • A minor in human rights studies consists of 18 semester hours. Six of those credit hours include two elective courses from different disciplines to best support individual passions and career goal
  • 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.

Human Rights in Engineering Minor

  • The Human Rights in Engineering academic minor is designed to create a human rights-focused pathway through existing engineering major and CAP requirements, providing a foundation and framework that will enable engineering students to explore, discuss, and apply human rights frameworks in their personal and professional life as a globally responsible engineer.  
  • Students minoring in "Human Rights in Engineering" must complete 15 credit hours surrounding courses that incorporate global development, social and corporate responsibility, sustainability, stakeholder engagement, full participation of marginalized communities, cross-cultural work environments, and equity-centered design.