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Fall 2009 Undergraduate Human Rights Courses at Columbia and Barnard

The courses offered by the Undergraduate Human Rights Program are:

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Day / Time
R/PS V3001 Introduction to Human Rights Andrew Nathan MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
HR W3920 Theories of Human Rights Wim Weymans R 4:10pm-6:00pm

The “Core Courses,” which count automatically for the Human Rights Special Concentration, are:

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Day / Time
ANTH V3921 Anticolonialism David Scott W 2:10pm-4:00pm
POLS W3285 Freedom of Speech and Press Lee Bollinger MW 4:10pm-5:25pm
POLS BC3326 Coll: Civil Rights & Liberties Paula A Franzese R 11:00am-12:50pm
POLS BC3810 Coll: Aid, Pol, Violence Africa Severine Autesserre W 2:10pm-4:00pm
SOCI V3235 Social Movements Debra Minkoff MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
ECON W4080 Globalization, Incomes, Inequality Donald Davis MW 9:10-10:25
HIST W 3997 World War II in History and Memory Carol Gluck MW4:10-5:25
HIST W4928 Comparative Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World Natasha Lightfoot R 2:10-4:00
POLS W3921 s7 American Politics Seminar: Terrorism and Counterterrorism Brigitte Nacos W 11:00am-12:50pm
POLS
W3921s1 American Politics Seminar: Bill of Rights M. Zebrowski Tu 6:10p - 8:00p
POLS W3921s4 American Politics Seminar: Equality and the Law
R. Amdur Th 2:10p - 4:00p
POLS W3961s4 Globalization & International politics P. Pinto M 2:10p - 4:00p
POLS W4626 Global Justice & Democracy J. Cohen M 4:10p - 6:00p
SOCI V3324  Poverty, Inequality, Policy Jacqueline Olvera M 4:10-6:00
SOCI W3945 Seminar: Inequality and Public Policy Seymour Spilerman W 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST V3312 Theorizing Women's Activism E. Bernstein & J. Jakobsen W 4:10pm-6:00pm
EEEB W4700 Race: The Tangled History of a Biological Concept J. Shapiro MW 4:10p - 5:25p
AFRS BC 3110x Junior Colloquium: Post Colonialism & Beyond B. Abu-Manneh W 2:10 - 4:00
AFRS  BC 3560x Human Rights and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa J. Martin Tu 9:00 - 10:50

The “Additional Courses,” which may count for a track option in the Concentration, are:

Dept Course# Course Title Instructor(s) Day / Time
ANTH V3917 Urban Guerillas: The Anthropology of Political Resistance Neni Panourgia T 2:10-4:00
CSER W3928 Colonization/Decolonization Natasha Lightfoot TBA
HIST W 3412 Revolutionary America Evan Haefeli MW4:10-5:25 D
HIST W 3671 Militarism in Latin America Thomas Rath MW1:10-2:25
HIST W 3961 Law and Violence Thomas Hill M 1:10-2:25
POLS C3930 Constitutional Law Workshop S. Rosdeitcher Tu 4:10p - 6:00p
POLS W3951s2 Comparative Politics Seminar: Varieties Of Capitalism I. Mares M 4:10p - 6:00p
POLS W3961s2 Contemporary Issues in International Security J. Snyder W 4:10p - 6:00p
POLS W4895  War, Peace and Strategy Richard K Betts MW 11:00-12:15
SOCI W1000 The Social World Peter Bearman TBA
SOCI V2420 Sociology
Race & Place In Urban Amer
Carla L Shedd TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
SOCI G4370
Proc Of Stratifictn/Inequality Seymour Spilerman T 11:00am-12:50pm
WMST W4300 s1 Feminism and Diaspora: Rites and Rights of Return Marianne Hirsch W 2:10pm-4:00pm
WMST W4300 s2 Gender and Violence: Embodiment Hagar Kotef W 11:00-12:50
WMST W4307  Sexuality and the Law Paula Ettelbrick M 6:10pm-8:00pm
WMST V1001 Intro to Women/Gender Studies Deborah Valenze & Laura E Ciolkowski TR 11:00am-12:15pm

This list is for the Columbia Undergraduate Human Rights Concentration. An informal list of additional human rights and related courses is maintained by the Center for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR). Courses on CSHR's list do not necessarily fulfill the requirements of any human rights program.