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Human Rights Program OverviewThe Human Rights (HR) Program is a transdisciplinary program across the arts, social sciences, and literature. It offers courses that explore fundamental theoretical questions, historical and empirical issues within the disciplines, and practical and legal strategies of human rights advocacy. Students are encouraged to treat human rights as an intellectual question, challenge the new human rights orthodoxy, and think critically about human rights as a discourse rather than merely training for it as a profession.RequirementsStudents moderate into the Human Rights Program alone or in combination with another program (usually through a joint Moderation), by fulfilling the other program’s requirements and the following program requirements. Prior to or concurrent with Moderation, students are required to take at least three of the core courses, one additional course in human rights, and two courses in a disciplinary program. Following Moderation, students take at least three additional 4-credit courses in human rights. At least one of these must be a 300-level course. The final requirement is completion of a Senior Project related to human rights.Internships and Affiliated ProgramsStudents are encouraged to undertake summer internships and participate in related programs off campus, including the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program, Smolny College, Central European University, and the International Human Rights Exchange in South Africa. CoursesCore courses include Human Rights 101, Introduction to Human Rights; Human Rights 218, Free Speech; Human Rights 233, Problems in Human Rights; Human Rights 235, Dignity and Human Rights Traditions; and Human Rights 240, Observation and Description. Additional core courses offered through other fields of study include Africana Studies 255 / Sociology 255, Rights, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship; Anthropology 261, Anthropology of Violence and Suffering; Art History 289, Rights and the Image; History 263, Slavery; History 2702, The Origins and Implications of Human Rights Law, Institutions, and Policy in the Modern Period; and Spanish 240, Testimonies of Latin America: Perspectives from the Margins.
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