Human Rights Minor | RWI | Western Washington University

Western's Human Rights minor is an interdisciplinary program that provides students the opportunity to become familiar with theoretical, historical, and comparative perspectives on human rights, domestic and international. The minor in Human Rights is a combined program of study offered through Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies (FCIS) and the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (RWI). Courses within this vibrant learning community contribute to the development of students as well-educated, active, and engaged citizens. The minor works off and expands the core values of the university and supplements academic majors in all university programs/departments.

Human rights education integrates exploration of the questions of human freedom at the core of traditional liberal arts education with a critical examination of the institutions designed to promote and protect human freedom in the past and in the contemporary world. Because of its flexibility, the minor in Human Rights course of study complements any majors within the University.

Program Information

With 2 core requirements and 93 other university-wide course options, a minor in Human Rights will provide a background for graduate study in an appropriate discipline where scholarship can focus on human rights, or in careers that incorporate human rights advocacy, including journalism, filmmaking, the practice of law or medicine, teaching, policy analysis, or service in government or intergovernmental or nongovernmental entities.

Learn more about the Human Rights Minor

How to Declare a Minor

There are no prerequisites for declaring a Human Rights minor.

Fill out the Minor Declaration e-form and send it to akinrib@wwu.edu.

Advising

Advisors are available to assist you with questions about the content of the minor and course planning/sequencing.

Graduation Procedure for Minor Evaluations

Please contact Prof. Akinrinade for a minor evaluation two quarters prior to graduation. Provide your name and W# with your request and within 2-3 weeks, you will be contacted with your complete evaluation.

Course Schedules 2023-24

Course/Subject	CRN	Course Title
AMST 301	42876	Comparative Cultural Studies
ANTH 353	41188	Sex and Gender in Culture
FAIR 210A	42350	World Issues
FAIR 334C	42359	International Human Rights
FAIR 335M	44054	Nutrition and Public Health
HIST 275	42387	The Indian in American History
HIST 384	43920	Palestine, Zionism, and Israel
HUMA 281	43150	Representations of Otherness
HUMA 290	43322	Indigenous Art & His of Resistance
INTL 201	40503	Introduction to Global Studies
INTL 201	40907	Introduction to Global Studies
PLSC 271	42326	Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 271	44042	Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 308	43895	African Political Systems
PLSC 390	43015	The Politics of Development
PLSC 398	43896	Immigration Politics
SOC 322	43433	Enslaving Others: Past and Present
SOC 347	43873	Gender and Development
SOC 347 (Online)	44219	Gender and Development
SOC 354	43174	Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System
SOC 356	43375	Law Enforcement and Society
SOC 364	42335	Social Stratification
SOC 366	42138	Colonialism, Slavery, Racism
SOC 369	43376	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
WGSS 367	42943	Feminist Disability Studies

Course/Subject	CRN	Course Title
AMST 301	12130	Comparative Cultural Studies
AMST 314	13892	Latinx Migrants in the U.S.
ANTH 353 (Face-to-Face)	11094	Sex and Gender in Culture
ANTH 353	13829	Sex and Gender in Culture
ANTH 456	13840	War and Human Rights
FAIR 210A	13881	World Issues
FAIR 334K	13945	Human Trafficking and Smuggling
FAIR 334L	12967	The Holocaust
FAIR 393B	12978	Rights, Liberties and Justice in the U.S.
FAIR 440N	12985	Ethnoecology
HGST 301	12709	Topics in Holocaust Studies (The Holocaust)
HIST 390	13707	US & International Terrorism
INTL 201	11074	Introduction to Global Studies
INTL 335	13942	Human Trafficking and Smuggling
INTL 336	13843	The Holocaust
INTL 398	13863	Transnational Migration
PLSC 271	11093	Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 271	11284	Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 309	13111	Globalization
PLSC 313	12686	Law, Courts, Politics, Society
PLSC 321	12687	Queer/LGBT Politics
PLSC 347	13692	Race, Politics and Public Policy
PLSC 404	13112	Gangs and Organized Crime
REL 283	13631	Religion and Globalization
SOC 322	13747	Enslaving Others: Past and Present
SOC 348	13751	Global Health
SOC 351	12595	Police, Social Control & Democracy
SOC 364	13271	Social Stratification
SOC 366	13976	Colonialism, Slavery, Racism
SOC 369	10546	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
SOC 374	13050	Environmental Inequality and Justice

Course/Subject	CRN	Course Title
AMST 301	22454	Comparative Cultural Studies
AMST 310	22709	Critical Filipinx Histories
FAIR 393B	23189	Rights, Liberties and Justice in the U.S.
HGST 302	22412	Topics in Genocide Studies (Genocide and Global Politics)
HIST 356	23498	Gender and History
HUMA 281	23272	Representations of Otherness
INTL 201	21342	Introduction to Global Studies
INTL 201	23630	Introduction to Global Studies
PLSC 271	23199	Introduction to International Relations
PLSC 321	23260	Queer/LGBT Politics
PLSC 345	22700	Women and Politics
PLSC 346	23473	Politics of Inequality
PLSC 385	22411	Genocide and Global Politics
PLSC 395	23471	Politics of Latin America
REL 290	23265	Religion in Society
SOC 347	23033	Gender and Development
SOC 351	23034	Police, Social Control & Democracy
SOC 356	23035	Law Enforcement and Society
SOC 366	23550	Colonialism, Slavery, Racism
WGSS 363	22498	Feminist Food Justice

Advising Appointments

Until further notice, all advising appointments will be held via Zoom or Teams. To schedule a virtual advising appointment see below:

Advising Links
Advisors	Contact Information
Prof. Babafemi Akinrinade	Teams/Zoom
Prof. Sandra Alfers	Email for Appointment