History, Philosophy, & Theory

• HRTS 2200: Introduction to Genocide Studies
  • Interdisciplinary introduction to the study of genocide as an historical, legal, social, political, and conceptual phenomenon, including response, prevention, and commemoration efforts. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

Applications & Methods

• HRTS 3540: Topics in Human Rights Practice – Human Rights Filmmaking: Producing, Impact, and the Film Festival Experience 
  • This course explores the role of human rights in documentary filmmaking via the screening and discussion of innovative human rights documentaries. Course participants will gain extensive knowledge of the principles of documentary filmmaking, including but not limited to the ethics of human rights filmmaking, representation, the role of the filmmaker and relationship to the subject(s), the use of documentaries for social change, and the translation of human rights documentaries into social action via awareness raising, community dialogue, and popular mobilization. Students will also participate in the first annual Northeast Human Rights Film Festival held in Storrs CT in May of 2023, gaining "behind the scenes" knowledge of curating and hosting a film festival. Participation in the film festival requires students to be on campus in Storrs, CT from Friday evening on May 19 through Sunday afternoon May 21.

Capstone

• HRTS 4291: Service Learning Seminar/Internship

Introduction

• HRTS 1007: Introduction to Human Rights

Institutions and Laws

• HRTS/ANTH 3230: Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech
• HRTS 3050: Approaches to Human Rights Advocacy
• HRTS 3200W: International Human Rights Law
• POLS/HRTS 3212: Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights

History, Philosophy, & Theory

• ANTH/HRTS 3326: Global Health and Human Rights
• HRTS 2200: Introduction to Genocide Studies
• HRTS 3460: Human Rights and Armed Conflict

Applications & Methods

• BLAW/MKTG/HRTS 3252: Corporate Social Responsibility and Accountability
• DMD/HRTS 3640: Human Rights Archives I: Documenting and Curating Community Memory
• POLS/HRTS 3256W: Politics and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
• HRTS 3401: Applied Research in Human Rights
• HRTS 3540: Topics in Human Rights Practice - Digital Media, Journalism, & Human Rights

Electives

• AFRA/SOCI/HRTS 2520: White Racism
• AFRA/SOCI/HRTS 2530: African Americans and Social Protest
• ANTH/HRTS 3028(W): Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia
• ARTH/HRTS 3575: Human Rights, Digital Media, Visual Culture
• ARTH/HRTS 2210: Art and Activism
• HEJS/DRAM/HRTS 2203: The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film
• HRTS 3295/ARTH 3995: Image as Witness
• HRTS 3298/DRAM 3995: Performing Islam
• POLS/HRTS 3418: International Organizations and Law
• POLS/HRTS 3807: Constitutional Rights and Liberties
• SOCI/HRTS 2830: Class, Power, and Inequality
• WGSS/HRTS 2263: Women, Gender, and Violence

Capstone

• HRTS 4291: Service Learning Seminar/Internship