Human Rights Studies, Minor

The minor in Human Rights Studies is a cross-disciplinary program for Sonoma State students who are interested in a curriculum that focuses on human rights. The program includes opportunities for hand-on learning, both in the classroom and beyond. Through a combination of required and elective courses across several disciplines, students gain an understanding of issues surrounding human rights: genocide, environmental justice, human rights leadership, public health, and the history and politics of social justice movements.

Required Courses

The Human Rights Minor comprises a 9-unit, 3-course core, which is required for all students.

HIST 307 - Perspectives on the Holocaust and Genocide Unit(s): 3
Or its crosslist
POLS 307 - Perspectives on the Holocaust and Genocide Unit(s): 3
UNIV 320 - Applied leadership and Community Organizing Unit(s): 3
POLS 250 - Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Simulation Unit(s): 3

Elective Courses

In addition to the 3 required courses, students must take 2 elective courses (6-8 units) total. The inclusion as elective units of HIST 371 and 498 and CCJS 375 are topic dependent. Please see the instructor and the Human Rights Minor coordinator.

CCJS 375 - Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice Unit(s): 4
CCJS 405 - Rights of the Accused Unit(s): 4
HIST 351 - American Thought and Society to 1865 Unit(s): 4
HIST 352 - American Thought and Society, 1865 to the Present Unit(s): 4
HIST 371 - Special Topics and Themes in European History Unit(s): 2-4
HIST 383 - The Atlantic World, 1450-1800 Unit(s): 4
HIST 414 - Gender and Society in Early Modern Europe Unit(s): 4
HIST 418 - Fall of European Communism Unit(s): 4
HIST 456 - The Emergence of Modern America Unit(s): 4
HIST 458 - Modern America since World War II Unit(s): 3-4
HIST 465 - History of African-American Thought and Culture Unit(s): 4
HIST 468 - African American History Unit(s): 4
HIST 469 - Religion in America Unit(s): 4
HIST 470 - The American South Unit(s): 4
HIST 498WIC - Senior Seminar Unit(s): 4
PHIL 203 - Global Justice Unit(s): 3
POLS 444 - United States Foreign Policy Unit(s): 4
POLS 445 - International Organizations Unit(s): 4
POLS 446 - International Relations of the Middle East: Israel, the Palestinians, and the United States Unit(s): 4
POLS 447 - Nonviolent Strategies in International Relations Unit(s): 4
POLS 448 - Political Violence, Terrorism, and Law Unit(s): 4
POLS 486 - Selected Issues: International Politics Unit(s): 3-4
POLS 487 - Selected Topics in Comparative Politics Unit(s): 4
POLS 507 - Ethics in Administration Unit(s): 4
UNIV 320 - Applied leadership and Community Organizing Unit(s): 3
WGS 201 - Gender, Race, Justice Lecture Series Unit(s): 3
WGS 335 - Reproductive Justice Unit(s): 4
WGS 375 - Gender, Power and Freedom in U.S. History Unit(s): 3
WGS 385 - Transnational Feminisms Unit(s): 3-4
PHIL 375 - Drugs, Sex Work, Punishment and More: Philosophy of Law Unit(s): 4