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Human Rights Certificate
The certificate will be awarded following completion of an associate or baccalaureate degree.
| Certificate in Human Rights | |
|---|---|
| Course Number and Title | Credits |
| Introduction to Human Rights HIST 330 Human Rights Past and Present | 3 |
| Advocacy-related communication and collaboration skills Choose one (1) of the following: COMM 231 Public Speaking COMM 351 Intercultural Communication COMM 356 Communication in the Small Group COMM 371 Communication, Gender, and Difference COMM/DISPUT/SOC 390 Conflict Management COMM 435 Collaboration and Facilitation COMM 484 Studies in Rhetoric and Public Advocacy DISPUT 400 Basic Mediation Skills DISPUT 401 Negotiation POLS 419 Political Communication SPS 300 Communication in the Public Sphere OR seek approval to combine one-to-three (1-3) credit skills-based courses and/or experiential learning workshops related to advocacy-based communication and collaboration to equal 3 credits (contact director of Marilyn Shuler Human Rights Initiative to request course approval) | 3 |
| Navigating Power within Systems and Institutions Choose one (1) of the following: BUS 441 Business in Society: Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability HIST 268 Working in America: Class, Labor and Inequality HIST 349 History of Multicultural America HIST 356 Debating Capitalism POLS 414 Comparative State Politics POLS 447 Civil Liberties POLS 449 Law, Politics and Society PSYC 438 Community Psychology SOC 230 Introduction to Ethnic Studies SOC 421 Social Inequality URBAN 390 Urban Inequality | 3 |
| Capstone experience SPS 331 Advocacy in Action | 3 |
| Total | 12 |