Although the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights is not itself an academic department, it partners with colleges and departments throughout FSU to sponsor the creation of human rights-related courses. The Center for the Advancement of Human Rights is now offering the Human Rights and Social Justice Major through the Department of Religion at FSU for the 2022-2023 School Year. More Information can be found on the Department of Religion’s website.
Below is a list of human rights courses currently offered at FSU that are within the Human Rights and Social Justice Major, as well as courses with a human rights framework offered at FSU. Information on major requirements can be found on the Department of Religion page above. For more information or to set up a meeting for academic advising, contact Professor Joseph Hellweg.
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Fall 2022 Undergraduate Human Rights and Social Justice major courses
Communications
- COM 3420- Media, Culture, and the Environment by TBA
- RTV 4291- Advocacy Video Theory and Practice by Dr. Andrew R. Opel
- RTV 4332- Documentary Video Production by Dr. Malia Bruker
Criminology
- CCJ 3677- Crimes Against Humanity by Krista Flannigan
- CCJ 4938- Special Topics: International Human Rights and State Crime by Prof. Terence Coonan
Economics
- ECO 3130- Free to Choose by Joseph Calhoun
Educational Leadership and Policy
- EDF 2082- Introduction to International Development in Education by TBA
- LDR 2213- Leadership for Social Justice by Robert Cvornyek
- LDR 3215- Leadership and Change byMarianne E. Lorensen
English
- IDS 2375- Third World Cinema by Robin Goodman
- LIT 4205- Human Rights Literature by Trinyan Mariano
Entrepreneurship
- CTE 4470- Sustainability and Human Rights in the Business World by Dr. Kim Eundeok, Kirsten Frandsen
Geography
- GEA 1000- World Geography
- GEO 4357- Environmental Conflict and Economic Development by Dr. Nick Quinton
- GEO 4404- Black Geographies by Aaron Mallory
- GEO 4412- Environment and Gender by TBA
History
- EUH 4241- The Holocaust in Historical Perspective by Robert Gellately
- IDS 3415- Guns, Drugs, and Slaves: The History of Trafficking in the Modern World by Jonathan Grant
International Affairs
- IDS 2431- Thinking Beyond Ourselves: Global Perspectives by Dr. Tanu K. Bagwe
Philosophy
- PHI 2635- Bioethics by Dr. Tracie Mahaffey
- PHM 2121- Philosophy of Race, Class and Gender by Dr. Andrea C. Westlund
- PHM 2300- Introduction to Political Philosophy by Dr. Maria H. Morales
Political Science
- INR 2002- Introduction to International Relations by Dr. Sean D. Ehrlich
- POS 4624- The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights by Dr. Burton M. Atkins
Religion
- IDS 2679- Need and Greed bySteven Lane
- IDS 3197- Responses to the Holocaust by Dr. Martin T. Kavka
- REL 3112- Religion and 20th Century Fantasy Literature by America Wolff
- REL 3142- Religion, Self, and Society by Matthew Day
- REL 3145- Gender and Religion by Timothy Burnside
- REL 3152- Religion, Race, and Ethnicity by Devin Burns, Dr. Jamil W. Drake, and Jessee Lee
- REL 3160- Religion and Science by Kristina Buhrman
- REL 3170- Religious Ethics and Moral Problems by Joshua W. Carpenter, Steven Lane, James Waters
- REL 3171- Topics in Ethics by various professors depending on section number
- REL 3180- Religion and Bioethics by John Kelsay
- REL 3484- New Religious Movments by Michael McVicar
- REL 4190- Seminar in Religion and Culture by John Kelsay and Beth Ann Williams
- REL 4491- Seminar in Religious Thought by Meng Zhang
Social Work
- SOW 4232- Social Welfare Policies and Programs by Matthew T. Gilmour
- SOW 4620- Diversity and Social Justice by Keithen Mathis, Carol Edwards, and Christopher J. Collins
Sociology
- SYD 4700- Race and Minority Group Relations by Dr. Shantel G. Buggs and Taylor Darks
The following are core classes of the Human Rights and Social Justice major that are not offered until the Spring of 2023:
- PHM 3351- Philosophy of Human Rights by Maria Morales
- IDH 2611- Race and Religion in America Today: The Legacies of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements by TBA
- IDS 3392- Just Torture by TBA
- IDS 3671- Science Fiction, Dystopian, Fate, and the Problem of Evil by TBA
- REL 3194- The Holocaust by TBA
- REL 3345- Chan/Zen Buddhism by TBA
- REL 3431- Critics of Religion by TBA
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40+ human rights courses have been offered in the following FSU colleges and departments over the years:
- Askew School of Public Administration and Policy
- College of Communication & Information
- College of Criminology & Criminal Justice
- College of Law
- College of Motion Picture Arts
- College of Music
- College of Social Work
- Department of Geography
- Department of History
- Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Religion
- Humanities Department
- The English Department
- School of Theatre