Fall 2009 Human Rights and Related Courses

Students must consult their respective programs to determine which courses (these or others) meet individual program requirements. This list is for informal advisory purposes only and was not prepared in conjunction with any specific program or course of study. Links to CU and affiliate human rights programs are available from Academic Programs page.

All courses are subject to change. Confirm times and other information with the course directory or Law School curriculum directory, as appropriate.

Human Rights Courses

The following courses address human rights explicitly.

Undergraduate Schools
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer above and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
AFRS	BC3560	Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa	J. Paul Martin	4	T 9:00am-10:50am
HRTB	W3996	Human Rights Senior Seminar	J. Paul Martin	4	R 4:10pm-6:00pm
POLS	BC3326	Colloquium: Civil Rights and Liberties	Paula A Franzese	4	R 11:00am-12:50pm
POLS	V3001	Introduction to Human Rights	Andrew Nathan	3	MW 10:35am-11:50am
SOCI	V3235	Social Movements	Debra Minkoff	3	MW 2:40pm-3:55pm

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
HRTS	G4020	Introduction to Human Rights	Joseph Chuman	3	R 6:10pm-8:00pm
HRTS	G4800	Human Rights and International Law	Jennifer Trahan	3	W 4:10pm-6:00pm
HRTS	G8010	Human Rights Graduate Research Colloquium	Andrew Nathan and J. Paul Martin	1 or 2	M 6:10pm-8:00pm (selected dates)

School of International and Public Affairs

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
INAF	U6405	Human Rights & Development Policy	Judith A Gearhart, Rainer Braun	3	M 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF	U6751	International Human Rights Law	Yasmine Ergas	3	W 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF	U8180	Human Rights Skills and Advocacy	Jo Becker	3	R 4:10pm-6:00pm

Mailman School of Public Health

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
SOSC	P8709	Sexuality, Gender, Health, and Human Rights	Carole Vance	3	M 3:00pm-4:50pm

School of Law

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
Law		Seminar: Human Rights and Development	Jeremy Perelman	2	TBA
LAW	L6459	The Law of Genocide	Richard Meyer	3	TR : 6:20 PM-7:40 PM
LAW	L8020	S. Global Poverty & Human Rights: Selected Issues	Jeremy Perelman	2	W : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L8239	S. Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights	Jamie O'Connell	2	W : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L8282	S. Human Rights & Contemporary Problems	Susan Marks	2	T : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L9165	S. Transitional Justice	Graeme Simpson	2	R : 6:20 PM-8:10 PM
LAW	L9233	Human Rights Clinic	Peter J. Rosenblum, Caroline Bettinger-Lopez,& Risa Kaufman.	7	T : 9:00 AM-10:50 AM, R : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L9252	S. Human Rights, Law & Development Workshop	Edwin Rekosh	4	F : 2:10 PM-4:00 PM,     T : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L9823	S. Human Rights & The Question of Culture	Kendall Thomas, Thomas Keenan	3	R : 4:20 PM-7:10 PM
LAW	L9832	S. Human Rights Reparations Under Domestic & International Law	Jonathan Bush	2	W : 6:20 PM-8:10 PM

 

Related Courses

The following courses do not emphasize human rights per se but address human rights-related topics, including rights understood through frameworks and language other than that of human rights (e.g. constitutional rights or civil rights).

Undergraduate Schools
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer at the top of this page and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
AFRS	BC3110	Issues in Africa/Diaspora Studies	Christine Cynn	4	W 2:10-4:00
ANTH	V2010	Major Debates in the Study of Africa	Mahmood Mamdani	3	TR 2:40-3:55
ANTH	V3090	Indigenous North America from 1871 to the Present	Audra Simpson	3	TR 2:40-3:55
ANTH	V3917	Urban Guerillas: The Anthropology of Political Resistance	Neni Panourgia	4	T 2:10-4:00
ANTH	V3921	Anticolonialism	David Scott	3	W 2:10-4:00
ANTH	V3966	Culture and Mental Health	Karen Seeley	4	T 9:10-10:50
CSER	W3928	Colonization/Decolonization	Natasha Lightfoot	4	TBA
ECON	W4080	Globalization, Incomes, Inequality	Donald Davis	3	MW 9:10-10:25
ECON	W4480	Gender and Applied Economics	Lena Edlund	3	TR 1:10-2:25
HIST	W3663	Mexico from Revolution to Democracy	Pablo Piccato	3	TR 11:00-12:15
HIST	W3800	Ghandi's India	Janaki Bakhle	3	MW11:00-12:15
HIST	W4928	Comparative Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World	Natasha Lightfoot	4	R 2:10-4:00
HIST	BC3567	American Women in the 20th Century	Rosalind Rosenberg	3	TR 2:40-3:55
HIST	BC3664	Families in Latin America	Nara Milanich	3	TR 1:10-2:25
HIST	BC3803	Gender and Empire	Anupama Rao	3	MW 2:40-3:55
HIST	BC4870	Gender and Migration: Global Perspectives	Jose Moya	4	W 2:10-4:00
PHIL	V2702	Contemporary Moral Problems	Macalester Bell	3	TR 2:40-3:55
POLS	V1501	Intro to Comparative Politics	Kimuli Kasara	3	TBA
POLS	W3285	Freedom of Speech and Press	Lee Bollinger	3	MW 4:10-5:25
POLS	C3930	Constitutional Law Workshop	Sidney Rosdeitcher	2	T 4:10-6:00
POLS	W3921 s1	American Politics Seminar: Bill of Rights	Martha K Zebrowski	4	T 6:10-8:00
POLS	W3921 s4	American Politics Seminar: Equality and the Law	Robert Amdur	4	R 2:10pm-4:00pm
POLS	W3921 s7	American Politics Seminar: Terrorism and Counterterrorism	Brigitte Nacos	4	W 11:00am-12:50pm
POLS	W4226	American Politics and Social Welfare Policy	Robert Lieberman	3	MW 9:10-10:25
POLS	W4461	Latin American Politics	Maria Murillo	3	MW 2:40-3:55
POLS	W4496	Contemporary African Politics	Kimuli Kasara	3	TBA
POLS	W4895	War, Peace and Strategy	Richard K Betts	3	MW 11:00-12:15
POLS	BC3326	Colloquium: Civil Rights and Liberties	Paula Franzese	4	R 11:00-12:50
POLS	BC3810	Colloquium: Aid, Politics and Violence in Africa	Severine Autesserre	4	W 2:10-4:00
POLS	BC3300	Colloquium: Participation and Democracy	Lorraine Minnite	4	R 2:10pm-4:00pm
SOCI	W1000	The Social World	Peter Bearman	3	TBA
SOCI	V3324	Poverty, Inequality, Policy	Jacqueline Olvera	4	M 4:10-6:00
SOCI	W3945	Seminar: Inequality and Public Policy	Seymour Spilerman	4	W 2:10pm-4:00pm
SOCI	W4020	Civil Society	Dana Fisher	3	T 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST	W4300 s1	Feminism and Diaspora: Rites and Rights of Return	Marianne Hirsch	4	W 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST	W4300 s2	Gender and Violence: Embodiment	Hagar Kotef	4	W 11:00-12:50
WMST	W4307	Sexuality and the Law	Paula Ettelbrick	3	M 6:10pm-8:00pm
WMST	BC1050	Women and Health	Rebecca Young	3	TR 1:10-2:25
WMST	V1001	Intro to Women/Gender Studies	Deborah Valenze & Laura E Ciolkowski	3	TR 11:00am-12:15pm
WMST	V3312	Theorizing Women's Activism	E. Bernstein & J. Jakobsen	4	W 4:10pm-6:00pm

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
ANTH	W4480	Critical Native/Indigenous Studies	Audra Simpson	3	MW 9:10-10:25
ECON	G4301	Economic Growth and Development I	Xavier Sala-I-Martin	3	T 2:10-4:00
ECON	W4480	Gender and Applied Economics	Lena Edlund	3	TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
HIST	G8930	Approaches to International/Global History	Matthew J Connelly	4	W 9:00-10:50
HIST	G9903	Gender and Migration: Global Perspectives	Jose Moya	4	W 4:10-6:00
HSEA	W4886	Gender, Passion and Social Order in China	Eugenia Lean	3	W 2:10-4:00
HSME	G4052	Locating Africa in the 20th Century World	Mamadou Diouf and Jinny Prais	3	T 4:10-6:00
MDES	G8206	Psychoanalysis, Identity and Culture	Joseph Massad	3	T 4:10-6:00
PHIL	G9101	Global Justice	Akeel Bilgrami	3	R 2:10-4:00
POLS	G4626	Global Justice and Democracy	Jean Cohen	3	M 4:10-6:00
POLS	G8281	Political Participation	Frederick Harris	3	R 2:10-4:00
POLS	G8412	Political Economy of Development	Macartan Humphreys	3	M 2:10-4:00
POLS	G8818	International Organizations	Tonya Putnam	3	TBA
POPF	P8692	Law, Policy, and Rights	TBA	3	T 9:00am-11:50am
SOCI	G4020	Civil Society	Dana Fisher	3	TBA
SOCI	G4370	Processes of Stratification/Inequality	Seymour Spilerman	3	TBA
SOCI	G9110	Identity and Control	Harrison C White	3	TBA
WMST	G6001 s1	Theortical Paradigms of the Feminist Scholar: The Subject of Rights	Lila Abu-Lughod and Anumpama Rao	3	T 4:10-6:00
WMST	G6001 s2	Theortical Paradigms of the Feminist Scholar: Sight and Senses of Race	Saidiya Hartman & Tina M Campt	3	T 1:15pm-3:35pm

School of International and Public Affairs

Dept	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
INAF	U4090	Humanitarian Affairs Practicum	Gerald Martone	1.5	R 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF	U4670	Political Identity, Civil Wars, State Reform in Africa	Mahmood Mamdani	3	W 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF	U4710	Extractive Industries: Rights & Development	Sirkka Korpela	3	W 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF	U6120	Immigration Politics & Policy	Rodolfo de la Garza	3	M 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U6152	The Humanitarian Arena	Dorthea Hilhorst	1.5	T 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF	U6190	Complex Emergencies: From Root Causes to Rebuilding	Dirk Salomons	3	M 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U6240	Immigrants & American Politics	Rodolfo de la Garza	3	M 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF	U6367	Global Slums: A Polit Economy	Saskia J Sassen	3	M 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF	U6397	Terrorism and Globalization	Reid Sawyer	3	T 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF	U6424	Political Development of the Third World	Ousmane Kane	3	M 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF	U6735	Issues in Rural Development	Pratima Kale	3	W 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U6798	Critical Issues in American Foreign Policy	Stuart M Gottlieb	3	T 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF	U6799	Special Operations-Low Intensity Conflict	Austin G Long	3	R 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF	U6807	International Conflict Resolution: Theory / Methods	Aldo Civico	3	T 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U6827	Methods for Development Practice	Courtney Sara L Minard	3	W 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U8360	Social Movements & Social Change	Bogdan Vasi	3	W 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF	U8507	The Security Council and Peacekeeping in Africa in the 21st Century	Elisabeth Lindenmayer	3	W 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U8528	Globalization, International Migration, and Development	Ousmane Kane	3	T 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF	U8559	Building Peace After Conflict	Dirk Salomons	1.5	R 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF	U8799	Reporting Conflict: Media & Pol	Thomas R Lansner	1.5	FS 9:00am-5:00pm
PUAF	U4260	Critical Issues in Urban Public Policy	David Dinkins	3	T 4:10pm-6:00pm

School of Law

	Course#	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Credits	Day / Time
LAW	L6250	Immigration Law	Christina Duffy Burnett	3	MW : 2:50 PM-4:10 PM
LAW	L6506	Gender Justice	Katherine Franke	3	MW 10:40am-12:00pm
LAW	L6658	Externship: Fair Housing - Fieldwork	Olivia Cassin, Maria E. Navarro	2	TBA
LAW	L8401	Legal Profession & Delivery of Legal Services	Jeanne Charn	2	R : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L9164	S. Labor Rights in a Global Economy	Mark Barenberg	2	T : 4:20 PM-6:10 PM
LAW	L9205	Child Advocacy Clinic Section 1	Jane Marcia Spinak	7	R : 3:10 PM-6:00 PM,     T : 4:20 PM-6:00 PM
LAW	L9205	Child Advocacy Clinic Section 2	Jane Marcia Spinak	2	T : 4:20 PM-6:00 PM
LAW	L9551	Feminist Theory Workshop	Katherine Franke	3	T 4:20pm - 6:10 pm
LAW	L9563	S. Mental Health Law	Robert Levy	2	M : 9:10 AM-11:00 AM