Graduate Course List

This page provides an overview of our course offerings, to help students as they make decisions and plans for the academic year ahead. Please note that this schedule will be updated periodically and may be subject to change. Students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the course listings in the online Directory of Courses and Vergil, where course descriptions and class meeting times will be posted.
  • ISHR Spring 2024 Graduate Courses
  • HRTS GU4195 Topics in History, Memory, and Transitional Justice
  • HRTS GU4210 Equality, Identity, and Rights
  • HRTS GU4270 Social Media and Human Rights
  • HRTS GU4380 Advocacy for Socio-Economic Rights
  • HRTS GU4460 Climate Justice
  • HRTS GU4880 Human Rights in the United States
  • HRTS GU4915 Human Rights & Urban Public Space
  • HRTS GU4930 International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
  • HRTS GU4940 Human Rights and Education
  • HRTS GU4975 Borders, Surveillance, Rights
  • HRTS GR6800 International Human Rights Law 
  • HRTS GR6990 Human Rights Research Seminar 

As part of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), our students take courses in a range of departments, including Political Science, Religion, Anthropology, Women’s Studies, and Sociology. Students can also take human rights related courses offered by other schools at Columbia.

Each semester, the program publishes a list of courses of potential interest to graduate students. We try to keep this information as up-to-date as possible, but students should also consult the Directory of Classes, departments offering the course, and school bulletins for additional course information when planning their course schedules.

This course list is subject to change upon receipt of additional course information. If you would like to suggest an addition or modification to this list, please email relevant course information and syllabi to humanrightsed@columbia.edu. Courses that are not on the pre-approved list may also fulfill degree requirements if the student can demonstrate that he or she can complete substantial coursework specifically focusing on human rights in that course.

Before each semester’s registration period, students should confer with the program to verify that courses of interest fulfill degree requirements.

Approval of a class for the degree does not guarantee enrollment in that course. Students are responsible for following all registration and cross-registration procedures. Consult the Directory of Classes and individual departments/instructors regarding any permission/application/prerequisites needed for a course.

Types of Courses

Pre-Approved Courses

Pre-Approved Courses automatically count towards the degree as an elective human rights course. They fulfill the concentration requirement of the degree, depending on the student’s selected concentration.

Additional courses

These courses are additional courses of potential interest to human rights students. Courses on this list, as well as others listed on the Directory of Classes, may fulfill degree requirements if the student can demonstrate that he or she can complete substantial coursework specifically focusing on human rights. Students who would like to count one of these courses towards the degree should consult with the program.

 

Dept Course # Format Title Instructor(s) Credits
POPF P8607 LEC Health and Human Rights Advocacy Ahmed, Kayum 1.5
INAF U6041 SEM Corporations and Human Rights Bauer, Joanne 3.0
HRTS GU4650 SEM Children's Rights Advocacy Becker, Jo and Michael G. Bochenek 3.0
HRTS S4215 SEM NGOs and the Human Rights Movement: Strategies, Successes and Challenges Bickford, Louis 3.0
SOSC P8709 SEM Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights Bishop, Emily 3.0
LAW L6229 SEM Ideas of the First Amendment Blasi, Vincent A. & Abrams, Floyd 4.0
HRTS GU4600 SEM Human Rights in the Anthropocene Chasin, Noah 3.0
LAW L6276 LEC Human Rights Cleveland, Sarah 3.0
SUMA PS6125 LEC Fashion Policy and the Politics of Governance Cline, Elizabeth 3.0
LAW L6214 LEC Civil Rights Crenshaw, Kimberle 3.0
HRTS G4950 SEM Human Rights and Human Wrongs Cronin, Bruce 3.0
HRTS G4400 SEM Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Human Rights Currah, Paisley 3.0
LAW L9377 SEM Enforcing International Law Damrosch, Lori 2.0
LAW L8942 SEM International Criminal Courts: Progress, Problems and Prospects Dicker, Richard 2.0
REGN U6545 SEM Human Rights in the Western Balkans Domi, Tanya 1.5
HRTS G4500 SEM Socio-Economic Rights Dugard, Jackie 3.0
HRTS GR6800 SEM International Human Rights Law Dugard, Jackie 3.0
HRTS GR9040 Internship Dugard, Jackie 1.0
ECON GU4480 LEC Gender and Applied Economics Edlund, Lena 3.0
INAF U6403 LEC Regulating Reproduction: Care, Procreation & Equality Ergas, Yasmine 3.0
INAF U6490 SEM Int'l Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law Fischer, Horst 3.0
INAF U6490 SEM International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law Fischer, Horst 1.0
LAW L8079 LEC Jurisprudence of War Fletcher & Paradis 3.0
LAW L6428 LEC The Jurisprudence of Crime: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Fletcher, George 3.0
POPF P8615 LEC Current Issues in Sexual Health Flynn, Andrea 3.0
SOSC P8750 LEC Race and Health Fullilove, Robert E. 3.0
LAW L8887 SEM 9/11 and the Rights of Non-Citizens Gelernt, Lee 2.0
PUAF U8353 SEM Race Policy & American Politics Greer, Christina 3.0
LAW L6408 LEC Constitutional Law: Religious Liberty Hamburger, Philip 3.0
WMST GU4000 SEM Genealogies of Feminism: Vision and Difference Hirsch, Marianne 4.0
LAW L9410 SEM Law and Policy of Homelessness Hopper, Kim 2.0
HRTS GR6020 SEM Introduction to Human Rights Ikawa, Daniela 3.0
POLS GR6101 LEC Issues in Political Theory Johnston, David 4.0
INAF U8189 SEM Politics of History and Reconciliation Lang, Ariella 3.0
INAF U6489 SEM Human Rights Research and Reporting Levine, Iain 3.0
LAW L9563 SEM Mental Health Law Levy, Robert 2.0
ANTH GR6406 SEM The Modern State and the Colonial Subject Mamdani, Mahmood 3.0
HRTS GR6020 SEM Introduction to Human Rights Mitoma, Glenn 3.0
HRTS GU4970 SEM Refugees, Citizenship, Migration Molavi, Shourideh 3.0
MDES GU4357 LEC War, Genocide, and Their Aftermath: Comp. Perspectives Mouradian, Khatchig 4.0
INAF U6173 SEM Migration and Human Development Naujoks, Daniel 3.0
POPF P8639 LEC Gender Based Violence in Complex Emergencies Potts, Alina 1.5
HRTS W4965 SEM Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights Rajan, Julie 3.0
EDPA TC5016 LEC Education & the Law: Equity Issues Rebell, M. 3.0
LAW L6459 LEC The Law of Genocide Rosensaft, Menachem 2.0
SPAN GR6018 SEM Collective Trauma, Testimony & Justice Ruiz-Tinker, Rosaura Martinez 4.0
LAW L8990 SEM Current Issues in Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Shapiro, Steven 2.0
ARCH GU4250 SEM Colonial Practices Siddiqi, Anooradha 4.0
LAW L9165 SEM Transitional Justice Simpson, Graeme 2.0
ITSF TC4199 SEM Social Movements and Education Sirota, Sandra 2.0
HPMN P8214 Law & Policy: Mass Incarceration in the United States Stroud, Hernandez 1.5
LAW L9032 SEM Breakthrough in Abolition Through Transformative Learning Exchange Sturm, Susan and Rodriguez, Alejo 2.0
POPF P8676 LEC Epidemiological Methods for Measuring Human Rights Abuses Teicher, Carrie 1.5
LAW L9219 SEM Critical Race Theory Thomas, Kendall and Flores Forbes
SUMA PS5040 LEC ESG-Aligned Corporate Governance Thurston, Jessica 3.0
ITSF TC4613 LEC International Perspectives on Peace and Human Rights Education Tibbitts, Felisa 3.0
PUAF U8349 SEM Intersections of Race and Power in Development Wakefield, Shawna 3.0
HROH UN5555 SEM Oral History and Justice: Memory Westhof, Zoe 4.0
SUMA K5888 LEC Geographies of Environmental Justice and Sustainability Williams, John 3.0
HRTS GR6990 SEM Human Rights Research Seminar Wyman-McCarthy, Tim 3.0