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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2017
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MLSC 534 001 (CRN: 24476)
HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD AFFAIRS
Long Title: HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD AFFAIRS
Department: School of Continuing Studies
Instructor: Cohen, Daniel
Meeting: 6:15PM - 9:30PM T (3-APR-2017 - 5-JUN-2017)
Part of Term: MLS Spring Session
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Liberal Studies
Section Max Enrollment: 0 (permission required) Department Permission Required
Section Enrolled: 9
Enrollment data as of: 3-MAY-2024 3:44PM
Description: The course examines the history of human rights and humanitarianism from the eighteenth century Enlightenment era to the present. How did human rights become the premier moral language of our times and the idiom in which recent generations frame their idealism? While universal human rights may seem timeless, they have a long and checkered political and philosophical history. This seminar will explore that history through anthropology and legal studies as well as through case studies of non-governmental organizations. Special attention will be given to international law and shifts in international politics in the twentieth century. The course will also analyze the passions that motivated people to pursue human rights and the empathy that led them to uproot injustice.