Spring 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
HRTS BC1025 Human Rights in Theory and Practice J. Paul Martin 3 TR 9:10am-10:25am
HRTS W3200 History and Human Rights Wim Weymans 3 TR 4:10pm-5:25pm
HRTS W3920 Theories of Human Rights Wim Weymans 4 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
  Please note time change; class is in 80 Claremont, room 201
HRTS W3996 Human Rights Senior Seminar J. Paul Martin 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
POLS BC3410 Colloquium: Human Rights in a Diverse World Ayten Gundogdu 4 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
POLS W3619 Nationalism and Contemporary World Politics Jack L. Snyder 3 MW 10:35am-11:50am
POLS W3912 Human Rights and Global Justice Maria G Kowalski 4 W 11:00am-12:50pm

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
HRTS G4020 Introduction to Human Rights Joseph N Chuman 3 R 6:10pm-8:00pm
RELI G4800 Religion and Human Rights Joseph Chuman 3 R 6:10pm-8:00pm
HRTS G4820 Human Rights and International Organizations George Andreopoulos 3 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
HRTS G8020 Human Rights Graduate Research Colloquium Andrew J Nathan & J. Paul Martin TBA M 6:10pm-8:00pm

School of International and Public Affairs

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
INAF U4420 Oil, Rights, and Development Elazar Barkan 1 FS 8:00am-8:00pm 2/20 & 2/21
INAF U4759 Human Rights Practicum I Elazar Barkan 1 R 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U4763 Human Rights/Ethical Globalization Alice M Miller 1.5 W 2:00pm-6:00pm FS 9:00am-5:00pm
INAF U6041 Corporate Social Responsibility Bauer 3 T 11:00am-12:50pm
REGN U6149 Energy, Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights Jenik Radon 3 TR 4:10pm-5:25pm
SDEV U6230 Climate Change, Development, Human Right John C Mutter 1.5 M 6:10pm-8:00pm 3/23/09-5/4/09
INAF U6404 Gender and International Human Rights TBA 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U6751 International Human Rights Law: Politics and Relevance Betsy Apple 3 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U6802 International Law Yasmine Ergas 3 MT 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U8177

Human Rights - Post-Communist Eurasia

Tanya Domi & Gotcha Lordkipanidze 1-3 W 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U8178 Rethinking Human Rights Elazar Barkan 3 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U8180 Human Rights Skills and Advocacy TBA 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U8430 World Poverty: Analysis/Policy Sanjay G. Reddy 3 R 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U8690 Managing Complex Emergencies Dirk Salomans 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm

Mailman School of Public Health

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
POPF P8676 Epid Methods--Measuring Human Rights Abuse Leslie Roberts 1.5 T 5:30pm-8:20pm 2nd quarter only
SOSC P9719 Research in Gender, Sexuality, Health Constance Nathanson & Jennifer S Hirsch 3 R 1:00pm-2:50pm

School of Law

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
Law L6464 Multiculturalism, Society, and the Law Menachem Mautner 2 TBA
Law L6655 Human Rights Law Review TBA 1 TBA
Law L8020 Socioeconomic Rights TBA 2 TBA
Law L8194 Equality and Disparity: Contemp. Issues Olatunde Johnson 2 TBA
Law L8816 Transnational Business and Human Rights Anthony Ewing 2 TBA
Law W8829 International Human Rights Advocacy Michael Posner and Hina Shamsi 2 TBA
Law L9060 Immigration Law and Policy Theodore Ruthizer 2 TBA
Law L9183 Nuremberg Trials and War Crimes Law Jonathan Bush 2 TBA
Law L9205 Child Advocacy Clinic Jane Spinak 5 TBA
Law L9220 Race and Poverty Law Theodore Shaw 2 TBA
Law L9233 Human Rights Clinic Peter Rosenblum 7 TBA
Law L9383 International Humanitarian Law TBA 2 TBA
Law L9410 Law and Policy of Homelessness Kim Hopper 2 TBA
Law L9834 Refugee Law and Policy Carolyn Blum 2 TBA

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
AFAS C3930 s3 Topics in the Black Experience: Youth Voices on Lockdown Tongo C Eisen-Martin 4 F 9:10am-11:00am
AFTH BC3150 Race and Performance in the Caribbean Maja Horn 4 W 6:10pm-8:00pm
AMST W3931 s4 Topics in American Studies: Race, Poverty, American Criminal Justice TBA 4 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
ANTH V3850 Psychoanalysis, Colonialism & Race Karen Seeley 4 M 2:10pm-4:00pm
ANTH V3902 Cultures of Conflict Dejan Lukic 4 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
ANTH V3977 Trauma Karen Seeley 4 T 9:00am-11:00am
ANTH W4022 Political Ecology Paige West 4 MW 9:10am-10:25am
CREA W3373 Film Writing TBA 3 TBA
CSER W1012 History of Racialization in the U.S. Gary Okihiro 3 TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
CSER W3906 Race in Scientific and Social Practice Nadia Abu-El-Haj 4 W 11:00am-12:50pm
CSER W3935 Political History of Sexuality in the Caribbean Frances Negron-Muntaner 4 R 11:00am-12:50pm
CSER W3940 Comparative Study of Constitutional Challenges Elizabeth Ouyang 4 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
CSER W3945 Ethnographic Problems in Ethnic Studies Nicholas de Genova 4 T 11:00am-12:50pm
CSER W3962 Who is Indigenous: Global Prespectives TBA 4 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
HIST BC3323 European Women/Age of Revolutions Deborah Valenze 3 TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
HIST BC3423 Constitution-Historical Perspectives Herbert E Sloan 3 TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
HIST W3514 U.S. Immigration History Mae M Ngai 3 MW 5:40pm-6:55pm
HIST BC3681 Women and Gender in Latin America Nara Milanich 3 TR 11:00am-12:15pm
HIST W3800 Ganghi's India Janaki Bakhle 3 MW 11:00am-12:15pm
HIST BC3803 Gender and Empire Molly R Tambor 3 MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
HIST W4400 America and the Native World - 1800 to the present William R Leach 4 R 2:10pm-4:00pm
HIST BC4411 Race in the Making of the U.S. Elizabeth D Esch 3 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
HIST BC4546 The 14th Amendment and Its Uses Rosalind Rosenberg 4 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
HIST BC4669 Inequalities: Latin America History and Society Nara Milanich 4 W 11:00am-12:50pm
HIST BC4771 Critical Perspectives:Race/Ethnicity in Africa Abosede A George 4 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
HIST BC4870 Gender and Migration: Critical Perspectives Jose Moya 4 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
POLS BC3302 Colloquium: 1st Amendment Values Paula A Franzese 4 R 11:00am-12:50pm
POLS BC3504 Social Movements Mona El-Ghobashy 4 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
POLS BC3810 Colloquium: Aid, Politics, and Violence in Africa Severine Autesserre 4 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
POLS W3952 Religion and Secularism in Comparative Perspective Dmitri Glinski 4 M 6:10pm-8:00pm
PSYC BC3152 Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality Wendy McKenna 3 MW 1:10pm-2:25pm
RELI V3770 Terror, Trauma, Horror Mark Taylor 3 MW 11:00am-12:35pm
SOCI V3324 Poverty, Inequality, Policy Jacqueline Olvera 4 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
SOCI BC3909 Ethnic Conflict and Unrest Jacqueline Olvera 4 T 11:00am-12:50pm
SPAN BC3510 Gender/Sexuality in Latin American Cultures Maja Horn 3 MW 10:35am-11:50am
URBS BC3334 Science, State Power, Ethics Timothy J Halpin-Healy, Richard M Pious 4 R 2:10pm-4:00pm
URBS V3420 Intro to Urban Sociology Gregory C Smithsimon 3 MW 1:10pm-2:25pm
URBS V3460 Race, Gender, Urban Violence Delia Mellis 3 TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
URBS V3565 Cities in Developing Countries John C Powers 4 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
URBS BC3590 Theorizing Civic Engagement Jonathan Rieder 4 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
URBS V3820 Suburbs: Race, Class, Conflict Gregory C Smithsimon 4 T 11:00am-12:50pm
URBS V3920 Social Entrepreneurship Thomas Kamber 4 T 6:10pm-8:00pm
UTCE O2250 Eco Ethics/Social Responsibility Gotlind Ulshofer 2 TBA
UTCE O2620 Methods/Studies Urban Life/Religion Samuel Cruz 3 TBA
UTCE O3010 Non-Prof: Business, Law, Admin. Stephen Hudspeth, Mary E McNamara 3 TBA
UTCE O3220 Social Ethics and Discipline Gary Dorrien 3 TBA
WMST V3111 Feminist Texts I Natalie B Kampen 4 R 9:00am-10:50am
WMST V3112 Feminist Texts I Elizabeth Bernstein 4 R 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST V3312 Theorizing Women's Activism Lisa Collins 4 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST BC3117 Women and Film Jonathan L Beller 3 M 7:10pm-9:30pm
WMST BC3125 Intro to Sexuality Studies Rebecca M Young 3 MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
WMST BC3134 Unheard Voices: African Woman Yvette Christianse 4 W 11:00am-12:50pm
WMST BC3515 Women and Isreal: Intro Irena Klepfisz 4 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
WMST W4303 Gender, Globalization, Empire Neferti Tadiar 4 R 11:00am-12:50pm
WMST W4304 Gender, HIV, AIDS Rebecca M Young 4 T 6:10pm-8:00pm
WMST W4305 Feminist Postcolonial Theory Neferti Tadiar 4 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST W4309 Sex, Gender, Transgender Queries Elena Glasberg 4 M 4:10pm-6:00pm

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
ANTH G6235 Third World: after Sovereignty? David Scott 3 T 11:00am-12:50pm
ANTH G6406 The Modern State and the Colonial Subject Mahmood Mamdani 3 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
CLME G6020 Colonialism Timothy Mitchell 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
HIST G8547 Colloquium: History of Women and Gender Alice Kessler-Harris 4 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
MDE G6600 Postcolonial Theory Hamid Dabashi & Sudipta Kaviraj 3 W 11:00am-12:50pm
MERL G4225 Reading Orientalism Gil Anidjar 3 M 2:10pm-4:00pm
POLS G8211 Political Economy of Institutions Michael Ting and Massimo Morelli 3 TBA
POLS G8427 Comparative Ethnic Politics Epstein&Humpr 3 M 4:10pm-6:00pm
POLS G8434 Latin American Politics in Comp Perspectives Robert Kaufman 3 F 11:00am-12:50pm
POLS G8606 Liberalism David C Johnston 3 R 2:10pm-4:00pm
POLS G8811 Civil Wars Tanisha M Fazal 3 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
PSYC G4615 Psychology of Culture and Diversity Valerie J Purdie 4 T 10:10am-12:00pm
RELI G8901 Topics--Contemporary Religious Identity Courtney Bender 3 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
SOCI G4110 Power and Politics in Organizations Peter Levin 3 W 6:10pm-8:00pm
SOCI G4121 Racial and Ethnic Inquality Carla L Shedd 3 T 11:00am-12:50pm
SOCI G6320 Immigration, Cities, States Saskia J Sassen 3 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST G4000 Genealogies of Feminism Neferti Tadiar and Saidiya Hartman 3 T 11:00am-12:50pm
WMST W4300 Gender and Genre in African Lit Joseph R Slaughter 3 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
WMST W4320 Queer Theories and Histories Elizabeth A Duggan 4 W 4:10pm-6:00pm

School of International and Public Affairs

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
SIPA U4040 s1 Professional Development: International Affairs-Private Sector Patricia Samwick 1 F 2:10pm-4:00pm 1/23; 1/30; 2/6 only
SIPA U4040 s2 Professional Development: Public/Non-Profit Sector Meg Heenehan 1 F 2:10pm-4:00pm 2/13; 2/20; 2/27 only
INAF U4410 Politics, Society, Econ. Dev.--Brazil II Thomas J Trebat 1.5 W 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U4601 Economic Analysis for Internl Affairs II Helios H. Herrera 3 Many--see Directory
INAF U4727 Environmental Politics/Policy Management Tanya Heikkila 3 T 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U4780 Globalization: Economic and Social Conseq Jagdish Bhagwati 3 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U6042 Energy Business and Economic Develop Philip John LaRocco 3 W 11:00am-12:50pm
PUAF U6150 Racial Classification and Public Policy Kenneth Prewitt 3 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U6165 South Africa's Transition to Democracy Gail M. Gerhart 3 W 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U6295 Democracy and World Religions Alfred Stepan 3 T 9:00am-10:50am
INAF U6355 Globalization Sharyn L. O'Halloran 3 R 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U6368 Women and Globalization TBA 3 T 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U6387 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Gottleib 3 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U6495 Policy and Practice Humanitarian Assistance Kirsten Heidi Gelsdorf 1.5 T 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U6497 Human Crises in Congo/Gr. Lakes Dennis Dijkzeul 1 S 1-5 PM; U 10 AM-2 PM
INAF U6561 Development & Conflict Prevention Rebecca E Engel, 1.5 FSU 9 AM- 5 PM
INAF U6570 Challenging Sovereignty Alexander A. Cooley 3 T 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U6805 Limited War-Low Intensity Conflict Wilson 3 TBA
INAF U8104 Role of Local Finance Sector--Development Robert Kopech 1.5 M 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U8161 Law, Economics, and Development W. Bentley MacLeod 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U8196 Development Evaluation TBA 3 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
PUAF U8237 Housing Policy and Equitable Development Jerilyn Perine 1.5 F 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U8356 Micro-Enterprise Development & Women TBA 3 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
PUAF U8360 Social Movements and Social Change Ion Bogdan Vasi 3 W 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U8452 Water Resources--Developing Countries TBA 1.5 M 6:10pm-8:00pm
REGN U8480 Pol/Soc in Post Rev E. Central Europe John S Micgiel 3 W 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U8507 Security Council/Peacekeeping--Africa 21C Elisabeth A Lindenmayer 3 W 11:00am-12:50pm
PUAF U8510 Women-Power: Imp Pub and Private Sec Carolyn Buck-Luce 1.5 T 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U8538 Prevention Genocide/Mass Killings Aldo Civico 3 T 9:00am-11:00am
INAF U8551 Protect Child--Violence, Exploit TBA 1.5 W 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U8556 Prevention Diplomacy/Conflict Res: UN Case Ana G. Patel 3 TBA
INAF U8560 Managing the UN System Dirk Salomons 3 M 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U8682 Emerging Financial Markets: Latin America Charles W. Calomiris 3 M 9:00am-10:50am
INAF U8715 The Cold War and the Third World Mahmood Mamdani 3 M 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U8738 Peacemaking/Peacekeeping John Hirsch 3 T 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U8785 Gender, Politics, and Development Maxine Weisgrau 3 M 2:10pm-4:00pm
INAF U8789 Challences--Democratization/Governance Lincoln Mitchell 3 M 11:00am-12:50pm
INAF U8792 Women & Non-Profit Management Mary Mulvihill 1.5 R 4:10pm-6:00pm
INAF U8885 Conflict Assessment Francesco Mancini 3 T 6:10pm-8:00pm
INAF U8910 Struggles for Sustainability Sara Tjossem 3 M 2:10pm-4:00pm

Mailman School of Public Health

  Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
HPMN P8548  Public Health Law Magda Schaler Haynes 3 T 5:30pm-8:20pm
POPF P8605 Advanced Topics in Reproductive Health Helen de Pinho 3 W 1:00pm-3:50pm
POPF P8615 Current Issues in Sexual Health Pearila B Namerow and Debra Kalmuss 3 M 2:00pm-4:50pm
POPF P8671 Fertility Decline--Developed World Wendy Chavkin 1.5 W 1:00pm-3:50pm 1st quarter only
POPF P8673 Refugee Reproductive Health Grace D Kodindo 1.5 T 9:00am-11:50am 1st quarter only
POPF P8683 Psychosocial Impact--Forced Migration Michael Wessells 1.5 T 9:00am-11:50am 2nd quarter onl
POPF P8691 Public Health Advocacy--Reproductive Health Wendy Chavkin 1.5 T 9:00am-11:50am 1st quarter on
SOSC P8727 Women, Children, AIDS Claude A Mellins 3 T 1:00pm-2:50pm

School of Law

  Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Credits Day / Time
Law L6214 Civil Rights Jack Greenberg 3 TBA
Law L6330 Federal Indian Law Douglas Endreson 2 TBA
Law L8006 Domestic Violence & the Law Dorchen Leidholdt 2 M 6:10pm-8:00pm
Law L8193 School Desegragation: US and E. European Roman Compared Greenberg & Shaw 2 TBA
Law L9121 Asian American and the Law Vincent Eng 2 TBA
Law L9563 Mental Health Law Paul Appelbaum 2 TBA

 

 
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