Course Lists
Spring 2009 Human Rights and Related Courses
Students must consult their respective programs to determine which courses (these or others) meet individual program requirements. This list is for informal advisory purposes only and was not prepared in conjunction with any specific program or course of study. Links to CU and affiliate human rights programs are available from Academic Programs page.
All courses are subject to change. Confirm times and other information with the course directory or Law School curriculum directory, as appropriate.
The following courses address human rights explicitly.
Undergraduate Schools
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer above and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer above and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| HRTS | BC1025 | Human Rights in Theory and Practice | J. Paul Martin | 3 | TR 9:10am-10:25am |
| HRTS | W3200 | History and Human Rights | Wim Weymans | 3 | TR 4:10pm-5:25pm |
| HRTS | W3920 | Theories of Human Rights | Wim Weymans | 4 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| Please note time change; class is in 80 Claremont, room 201 | |||||
| HRTS | W3996 | Human Rights Senior Seminar | J. Paul Martin | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| POLS | BC3410 | Colloquium: Human Rights in a Diverse World | Ayten Gundogdu | 4 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| POLS | W3619 | Nationalism and Contemporary World Politics | Jack L. Snyder | 3 | MW 10:35am-11:50am |
| POLS | W3912 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Maria G Kowalski | 4 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| HRTS | G4020 | Introduction to Human Rights | Joseph N Chuman | 3 | R 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| RELI | G4800 | Religion and Human Rights | Joseph Chuman | 3 | R 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| HRTS | G4820 | Human Rights and International Organizations | George Andreopoulos | 3 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| HRTS | G8020 | Human Rights Graduate Research Colloquium | Andrew J Nathan & J. Paul Martin | TBA | M 6:10pm-8:00pm |
School of International and Public Affairs
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| INAF | U4420 | Oil, Rights, and Development | Elazar Barkan | 1 | FS 8:00am-8:00pm 2/20 & 2/21 |
| INAF | U4759 | Human Rights Practicum I | Elazar Barkan | 1 | R 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U4763 | Human Rights/Ethical Globalization | Alice M Miller | 1.5 | W 2:00pm-6:00pm FS 9:00am-5:00pm |
| INAF | U6041 | Corporate Social Responsibility | Bauer | 3 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| REGN | U6149 | Energy, Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights | Jenik Radon | 3 | TR 4:10pm-5:25pm |
| SDEV | U6230 | Climate Change, Development, Human Right | John C Mutter | 1.5 | M 6:10pm-8:00pm 3/23/09-5/4/09 |
| INAF | U6404 | Gender and International Human Rights | TBA | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U6751 | International Human Rights Law: Politics and Relevance | Betsy Apple | 3 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U6802 | International Law | Yasmine Ergas | 3 | MT 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U8177 | Human Rights - Post-Communist Eurasia |
Tanya Domi & Gotcha Lordkipanidze | 1-3 | W 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U8178 | Rethinking Human Rights | Elazar Barkan | 3 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U8180 | Human Rights Skills and Advocacy | TBA | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U8430 | World Poverty: Analysis/Policy | Sanjay G. Reddy | 3 | R 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U8690 | Managing Complex Emergencies | Dirk Salomans | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
Mailman School of Public Health
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| POPF | P8676 | Epid Methods--Measuring Human Rights Abuse | Leslie Roberts | 1.5 | T 5:30pm-8:20pm 2nd quarter only |
| SOSC | P9719 | Research in Gender, Sexuality, Health | Constance Nathanson & Jennifer S Hirsch | 3 | R 1:00pm-2:50pm |
School of Law
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| Law | L6464 | Multiculturalism, Society, and the Law | Menachem Mautner | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L6655 | Human Rights Law Review | TBA | 1 | TBA |
| Law | L8020 | Socioeconomic Rights | TBA | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L8194 | Equality and Disparity: Contemp. Issues | Olatunde Johnson | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L8816 | Transnational Business and Human Rights | Anthony Ewing | 2 | TBA |
| Law | W8829 | International Human Rights Advocacy | Michael Posner and Hina Shamsi | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9060 | Immigration Law and Policy | Theodore Ruthizer | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9183 | Nuremberg Trials and War Crimes Law | Jonathan Bush | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9205 | Child Advocacy Clinic | Jane Spinak | 5 | TBA |
| Law | L9220 | Race and Poverty Law | Theodore Shaw | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9233 | Human Rights Clinic | Peter Rosenblum | 7 | TBA |
| Law | L9383 | International Humanitarian Law | TBA | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9410 | Law and Policy of Homelessness | Kim Hopper | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9834 | Refugee Law and Policy | Carolyn Blum | 2 | TBA |
The following courses do not emphasize human rights per se but address human rights-related topics, including rights understood through frameworks and language other than that of human rights (e.g. constitutional rights or civil rights).
Undergraduate Schools
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer at the top of this page and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer at the top of this page and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| AFAS | C3930 s3 | Topics in the Black Experience: Youth Voices on Lockdown | Tongo C Eisen-Martin | 4 | F 9:10am-11:00am |
| AFTH | BC3150 | Race and Performance in the Caribbean | Maja Horn | 4 | W 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| AMST | W3931 s4 | Topics in American Studies: Race, Poverty, American Criminal Justice | TBA | 4 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| ANTH | V3850 | Psychoanalysis, Colonialism & Race | Karen Seeley | 4 | M 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| ANTH | V3902 | Cultures of Conflict | Dejan Lukic | 4 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| ANTH | V3977 | Trauma | Karen Seeley | 4 | T 9:00am-11:00am |
| ANTH | W4022 | Political Ecology | Paige West | 4 | MW 9:10am-10:25am |
| CREA | W3373 | Film Writing | TBA | 3 | TBA |
| CSER | W1012 | History of Racialization in the U.S. | Gary Okihiro | 3 | TR 1:10pm-2:25pm |
| CSER | W3906 | Race in Scientific and Social Practice | Nadia Abu-El-Haj | 4 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| CSER | W3935 | Political History of Sexuality in the Caribbean | Frances Negron-Muntaner | 4 | R 11:00am-12:50pm |
| CSER | W3940 | Comparative Study of Constitutional Challenges | Elizabeth Ouyang | 4 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| CSER | W3945 | Ethnographic Problems in Ethnic Studies | Nicholas de Genova | 4 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| CSER | W3962 | Who is Indigenous: Global Prespectives | TBA | 4 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| HIST | BC3323 | European Women/Age of Revolutions | Deborah Valenze | 3 | TR 1:10pm-2:25pm |
| HIST | BC3423 | Constitution-Historical Perspectives | Herbert E Sloan | 3 | TR 2:40pm-3:55pm |
| HIST | W3514 | U.S. Immigration History | Mae M Ngai | 3 | MW 5:40pm-6:55pm |
| HIST | BC3681 | Women and Gender in Latin America | Nara Milanich | 3 | TR 11:00am-12:15pm |
| HIST | W3800 | Ganghi's India | Janaki Bakhle | 3 | MW 11:00am-12:15pm |
| HIST | BC3803 | Gender and Empire | Molly R Tambor | 3 | MW 2:40pm-3:55pm |
| HIST | W4400 | America and the Native World - 1800 to the present | William R Leach | 4 | R 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| HIST | BC4411 | Race in the Making of the U.S. | Elizabeth D Esch | 3 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| HIST | BC4546 | The 14th Amendment and Its Uses | Rosalind Rosenberg | 4 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| HIST | BC4669 | Inequalities: Latin America History and Society | Nara Milanich | 4 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| HIST | BC4771 | Critical Perspectives:Race/Ethnicity in Africa | Abosede A George | 4 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| HIST | BC4870 | Gender and Migration: Critical Perspectives | Jose Moya | 4 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| POLS | BC3302 | Colloquium: 1st Amendment Values | Paula A Franzese | 4 | R 11:00am-12:50pm |
| POLS | BC3504 | Social Movements | Mona El-Ghobashy | 4 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| POLS | BC3810 | Colloquium: Aid, Politics, and Violence in Africa | Severine Autesserre | 4 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| POLS | W3952 | Religion and Secularism in Comparative Perspective | Dmitri Glinski | 4 | M 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| PSYC | BC3152 | Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality | Wendy McKenna | 3 | MW 1:10pm-2:25pm |
| RELI | V3770 | Terror, Trauma, Horror | Mark Taylor | 3 | MW 11:00am-12:35pm |
| SOCI | V3324 | Poverty, Inequality, Policy | Jacqueline Olvera | 4 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| SOCI | BC3909 | Ethnic Conflict and Unrest | Jacqueline Olvera | 4 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| SPAN | BC3510 | Gender/Sexuality in Latin American Cultures | Maja Horn | 3 | MW 10:35am-11:50am |
| URBS | BC3334 | Science, State Power, Ethics | Timothy J Halpin-Healy, Richard M Pious | 4 | R 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| URBS | V3420 | Intro to Urban Sociology | Gregory C Smithsimon | 3 | MW 1:10pm-2:25pm |
| URBS | V3460 | Race, Gender, Urban Violence | Delia Mellis | 3 | TR 1:10pm-2:25pm |
| URBS | V3565 | Cities in Developing Countries | John C Powers | 4 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| URBS | BC3590 | Theorizing Civic Engagement | Jonathan Rieder | 4 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| URBS | V3820 | Suburbs: Race, Class, Conflict | Gregory C Smithsimon | 4 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| URBS | V3920 | Social Entrepreneurship | Thomas Kamber | 4 | T 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| UTCE | O2250 | Eco Ethics/Social Responsibility | Gotlind Ulshofer | 2 | TBA |
| UTCE | O2620 | Methods/Studies Urban Life/Religion | Samuel Cruz | 3 | TBA |
| UTCE | O3010 | Non-Prof: Business, Law, Admin. | Stephen Hudspeth, Mary E McNamara | 3 | TBA |
| UTCE | O3220 | Social Ethics and Discipline | Gary Dorrien | 3 | TBA |
| WMST | V3111 | Feminist Texts I | Natalie B Kampen | 4 | R 9:00am-10:50am |
| WMST | V3112 | Feminist Texts I | Elizabeth Bernstein | 4 | R 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| WMST | V3312 | Theorizing Women's Activism | Lisa Collins | 4 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| WMST | BC3117 | Women and Film | Jonathan L Beller | 3 | M 7:10pm-9:30pm |
| WMST | BC3125 | Intro to Sexuality Studies | Rebecca M Young | 3 | MW 2:40pm-3:55pm |
| WMST | BC3134 | Unheard Voices: African Woman | Yvette Christianse | 4 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| WMST | BC3515 | Women and Isreal: Intro | Irena Klepfisz | 4 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| WMST | W4303 | Gender, Globalization, Empire | Neferti Tadiar | 4 | R 11:00am-12:50pm |
| WMST | W4304 | Gender, HIV, AIDS | Rebecca M Young | 4 | T 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| WMST | W4305 | Feminist Postcolonial Theory | Neferti Tadiar | 4 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| WMST | W4309 | Sex, Gender, Transgender Queries | Elena Glasberg | 4 | M 4:10pm-6:00pm |
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| ANTH | G6235 | Third World: after Sovereignty? | David Scott | 3 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| ANTH | G6406 | The Modern State and the Colonial Subject | Mahmood Mamdani | 3 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| CLME | G6020 | Colonialism | Timothy Mitchell | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| HIST | G8547 | Colloquium: History of Women and Gender | Alice Kessler-Harris | 4 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| MDE | G6600 | Postcolonial Theory | Hamid Dabashi & Sudipta Kaviraj | 3 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| MERL | G4225 | Reading Orientalism | Gil Anidjar | 3 | M 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| POLS | G8211 | Political Economy of Institutions | Michael Ting and Massimo Morelli | 3 | TBA |
| POLS | G8427 | Comparative Ethnic Politics | Epstein&Humpr | 3 | M 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| POLS | G8434 | Latin American Politics in Comp Perspectives | Robert Kaufman | 3 | F 11:00am-12:50pm |
| POLS | G8606 | Liberalism | David C Johnston | 3 | R 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| POLS | G8811 | Civil Wars | Tanisha M Fazal | 3 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| PSYC | G4615 | Psychology of Culture and Diversity | Valerie J Purdie | 4 | T 10:10am-12:00pm |
| RELI | G8901 | Topics--Contemporary Religious Identity | Courtney Bender | 3 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| SOCI | G4110 | Power and Politics in Organizations | Peter Levin | 3 | W 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| SOCI | G4121 | Racial and Ethnic Inquality | Carla L Shedd | 3 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| SOCI | G6320 | Immigration, Cities, States | Saskia J Sassen | 3 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| WMST | G4000 | Genealogies of Feminism | Neferti Tadiar and Saidiya Hartman | 3 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| WMST | W4300 | Gender and Genre in African Lit | Joseph R Slaughter | 3 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| WMST | W4320 | Queer Theories and Histories | Elizabeth A Duggan | 4 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
School of International and Public Affairs
| Dept | Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time |
| SIPA | U4040 s1 | Professional Development: International Affairs-Private Sector | Patricia Samwick | 1 | F 2:10pm-4:00pm 1/23; 1/30; 2/6 only |
| SIPA | U4040 s2 | Professional Development: Public/Non-Profit Sector | Meg Heenehan | 1 | F 2:10pm-4:00pm 2/13; 2/20; 2/27 only |
| INAF | U4410 | Politics, Society, Econ. Dev.--Brazil II | Thomas J Trebat | 1.5 | W 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U4601 | Economic Analysis for Internl Affairs II | Helios H. Herrera | 3 | Many--see Directory |
| INAF | U4727 | Environmental Politics/Policy Management | Tanya Heikkila | 3 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U4780 | Globalization: Economic and Social Conseq | Jagdish Bhagwati | 3 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U6042 | Energy Business and Economic Develop | Philip John LaRocco | 3 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| PUAF | U6150 | Racial Classification and Public Policy | Kenneth Prewitt | 3 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U6165 | South Africa's Transition to Democracy | Gail M. Gerhart | 3 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U6295 | Democracy and World Religions | Alfred Stepan | 3 | T 9:00am-10:50am |
| INAF | U6355 | Globalization | Sharyn L. O'Halloran | 3 | R 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U6368 | Women and Globalization | TBA | 3 | T 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U6387 | Terrorism and Counterterrorism | Gottleib | 3 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U6495 | Policy and Practice Humanitarian Assistance | Kirsten Heidi Gelsdorf | 1.5 | T 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U6497 | Human Crises in Congo/Gr. Lakes | Dennis Dijkzeul | 1 | S 1-5 PM; U 10 AM-2 PM |
| INAF | U6561 | Development & Conflict Prevention | Rebecca E Engel, | 1.5 | FSU 9 AM- 5 PM |
| INAF | U6570 | Challenging Sovereignty | Alexander A. Cooley | 3 | T 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U6805 | Limited War-Low Intensity Conflict | Wilson | 3 | TBA |
| INAF | U8104 | Role of Local Finance Sector--Development | Robert Kopech | 1.5 | M 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U8161 | Law, Economics, and Development | W. Bentley MacLeod | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U8196 | Development Evaluation | TBA | 3 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| PUAF | U8237 | Housing Policy and Equitable Development | Jerilyn Perine | 1.5 | F 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U8356 | Micro-Enterprise Development & Women | TBA | 3 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| PUAF | U8360 | Social Movements and Social Change | Ion Bogdan Vasi | 3 | W 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U8452 | Water Resources--Developing Countries | TBA | 1.5 | M 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| REGN | U8480 | Pol/Soc in Post Rev E. Central Europe | John S Micgiel | 3 | W 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U8507 | Security Council/Peacekeeping--Africa 21C | Elisabeth A Lindenmayer | 3 | W 11:00am-12:50pm |
| PUAF | U8510 | Women-Power: Imp Pub and Private Sec | Carolyn Buck-Luce | 1.5 | T 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U8538 | Prevention Genocide/Mass Killings | Aldo Civico | 3 | T 9:00am-11:00am |
| INAF | U8551 | Protect Child--Violence, Exploit | TBA | 1.5 | W 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U8556 | Prevention Diplomacy/Conflict Res: UN Case | Ana G. Patel | 3 | TBA |
| INAF | U8560 | Managing the UN System | Dirk Salomons | 3 | M 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U8682 | Emerging Financial Markets: Latin America | Charles W. Calomiris | 3 | M 9:00am-10:50am |
| INAF | U8715 | The Cold War and the Third World | Mahmood Mamdani | 3 | M 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U8738 | Peacemaking/Peacekeeping | John Hirsch | 3 | T 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U8785 | Gender, Politics, and Development | Maxine Weisgrau | 3 | M 2:10pm-4:00pm |
| INAF | U8789 | Challences--Democratization/Governance | Lincoln Mitchell | 3 | M 11:00am-12:50pm |
| INAF | U8792 | Women & Non-Profit Management | Mary Mulvihill | 1.5 | R 4:10pm-6:00pm |
| INAF | U8885 | Conflict Assessment | Francesco Mancini | 3 | T 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| INAF | U8910 | Struggles for Sustainability | Sara Tjossem | 3 | M 2:10pm-4:00pm |
Mailman School of Public Health
| Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time | |
| HPMN | P8548 | Public Health Law | Magda Schaler Haynes | 3 | T 5:30pm-8:20pm |
| POPF | P8605 | Advanced Topics in Reproductive Health | Helen de Pinho | 3 | W 1:00pm-3:50pm |
| POPF | P8615 | Current Issues in Sexual Health | Pearila B Namerow and Debra Kalmuss | 3 | M 2:00pm-4:50pm |
| POPF | P8671 | Fertility Decline--Developed World | Wendy Chavkin | 1.5 | W 1:00pm-3:50pm 1st quarter only |
| POPF | P8673 | Refugee Reproductive Health | Grace D Kodindo | 1.5 | T 9:00am-11:50am 1st quarter only |
| POPF | P8683 | Psychosocial Impact--Forced Migration | Michael Wessells | 1.5 | T 9:00am-11:50am 2nd quarter onl |
| POPF | P8691 | Public Health Advocacy--Reproductive Health | Wendy Chavkin | 1.5 | T 9:00am-11:50am 1st quarter on |
| SOSC | P8727 | Women, Children, AIDS | Claude A Mellins | 3 | T 1:00pm-2:50pm |
School of Law
| Course# | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Credits | Day / Time | |
| Law | L6214 | Civil Rights | Jack Greenberg | 3 | TBA |
| Law | L6330 | Federal Indian Law | Douglas Endreson | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L8006 | Domestic Violence & the Law | Dorchen Leidholdt | 2 | M 6:10pm-8:00pm |
| Law | L8193 | School Desegragation: US and E. European Roman Compared | Greenberg & Shaw | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9121 | Asian American and the Law | Vincent Eng | 2 | TBA |
| Law | L9563 | Mental Health Law | Paul Appelbaum | 2 | TBA |
