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 Fall 2024 Graduate Courses
  • HRTS GR6020 Introduction to Human Rights 
  • HRTS GR6800 International Human Rights Law 
  • HRTS GR6990 Human Rights Research Seminar 
  • HRTS GU4011 Indigenous Rights and Settler Colonialism in North America 
  • HRTS GU4215 NGOs and the Human Rights Movement 
  • HRTS GU4500 Socio-Economic Rights
  • HRTS GU4600 Human Rights in the Anthropocene 
  • HRTS GU4650 Children's Rights Advocacy 
  • HRTS GU4950 Human Rights and Human Wrongs
  • HRTS GU4965 Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights 
  • HRTS GU4970 Refugees, Citizenship, Migration  

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
PHIL G9750 SEM Topics in Political Philosophy Moody-Adams, Michele 3.0
WMST GR6001 SEM Theoretical Paradigm: Feminist Practice: Reframing Gender Violence, Globally Abu-Lughod, Lila 4.0
HRTS GR6800 SEM International Human Rights Law Dugard, Jackie 3.0
HRTS GR6800 SEM International Human Rights Law Cooper, Belinda 3.0
HRTS GR6990 SEM Human Rights Research Seminar Wyman-McCarthy, Tim 3.0
HRTS GR6990 SEM Human Rights Research Seminar Wyman-McCarthy, Tim 3.0
LAW GR8829 SEM International Human Rights Advocacy Shamsi, Hina 2.0
CPLS GR8833 SEM Law and Violence: Critical Perspectives Gundogdu, Ayten 4.0
HIST GR8924 COL Resistance and the Black Atlantic Lightfoot, Natasha 4.0
HRTS GU4195 SEM Topics in History, Memory, and Transitional Justice Adler, Nanci 3.0
HRTS GU4210 SEM Equality, Identity and Rights Ikawa, Daniela 3.0
HRTS GU4270 SEM Social Media and Human Rights Perlmutter, Ted 3.0
CSER GU4325 SEM Abolition Medicine: Medical Racism Dasgupta, Sayantani T. 3.0
HRTS GU4380 SEM Advocacy for Socio-Economic Rights Rosenthal, Mila 3.0
HRTS GU4460 SEM Climate Justice Dugard, Jackie 3.0
HRTS GU4880 SEM Human Rights in the United States Chia, Joy 3.0
HRTS GU4930 SEM Int'l Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Cronin, Bruce 4.0
HRTS GU4940 SEM Human Rights and Education Mitoma, Glenn 3.0
HRTS GU4975 SEM Borders, Surveillance, Rights Molavi, Shourideh 3.0
SUMA K5888 LEC Geographies of Environmental Justice and Sustainability Williams, John 3.0
LAW L6327 LEC Employment Law Andrias, Jeffrey 4.0
LAW L6333 LEC Refugee Law and Policy Gupta, Anjum 3.0
LAW L6407 LEC Advanced Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties - 1st Amendment Kessler, J 3.0
LAW L6473 LEC Labor Law Barenberg, Mark 4.0
LAW L6502 LEC Advanced Criminal Law: Death Penalty Fagan, Jeffrey 3.0
LAW L6506 LEC Gender Justice Franke, Katherine 2.0
LAW L8006 SEM Domestic Violence and the Law Leidholdt, Dorchin 2.0
LAW L8816 SEM Transnational Business and Human Rights Ewing, Anthony P 2.0
LAW L8941 SEM International Criminal Law Damrosch, Lori 2.0
LAW L9032 SEM Breakthrough in Abolition Through Transformative Learning Exchange Sturm, Susan and Rodriguez, Alejo 2.0
LAW L9164 SEM Labor Rights in a Global Economy Barenberg, Mark 3.0
LAW L9183 SEM Nuremberg Trials and War Crimes Law Bush, Jonathan 2.0
LAW L9383 SEM International Humanitarian Law Rona, Gabor 2.0
LAW L9823 SEM Human Rights and the Question of Culture Thomas, Kendall 3.0
POPF P8607 LEC Health and Human Rights Advocacy Ahmed, Kayum 1.5
POPF P8609 SEM Human Rights Issues in Infectious Disease Emergencies Abdool Karim, Safura 1.5
POPF P8620 Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings Hermosilla, S. 1.5
POPF P8635 SEM Realizing Global LGBTI Health and Human Rights: Activism, Advocacy, and Humanitarian Action Canavera, Mark 1.5
POPF P8665 LEC Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Collins, Lynn 3.0
POPF P8682 SEM Abortion in the United States: Politics, Policy and Provision Flynn, Andrea 1.5
POPF P8683 LEC Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues in Forced Migration Greene, Martha 1.5
POPF P8686 SEM Human Rights Law, Accountability and Governance Zard, Monette 1.5
SOSC P8709 SEM Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights Bishop, Emily 3.0
SOSC P8747 LEC The Ethics of Public Health McMahon, Caitlin 3.0
SUMA PS5040 LEC ESG-Aligned Corporate Governance Thurston, Jessica 3.0
NMED PS5220 SEM Narrative, Health, and Social Justice DasGupta, Sayantani 3.0
EDPA TC4086 LEC Education and the Law: Speech, Religion, Regulation Parker, D 3.0
ITSF TC4603 LEC Human/Social Dimensions of Peace Romero Amaya, M 3.0
ITSF TC5008 LEC Gender, Education, and International Development Cortina, R 3.0
INAF U6123 SEM Storytelling for Social Change: Skills and Narratives Chisholm, Nicole Jamiyla 3.0
INAF U6143 SEM Gender, Globalization, and Human Rights Ergas, Yasmine 3.0
INAF U6144 SEM Campaigining for Change through Media, Mobilization and the Power of Persuasion Worden, Mary 3.0
REGN U6149 SEM Energy, Corporate Responsibility, and Human Rights Radon, Jenik 3.0
INAF U6202 SEM Internet Governance and Human Rights Micek, Peter 3.0
INAF U6375 LEC Gender and Livelihoods: From Displacement to Early Recovery Buscher, Dale 1.5
INAF U6405 LEC Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality Braun, Rainer 3.0
REGN U6410 SEM Social Movements and Citizenship in Africa Prais, Jinny 3.0
EMPA U6452 SEM Social Justice Movements in the Age of Social Media Greenberg, Richard 3.0
INAF U6462 SEM Collaborative Social Justice and Health Policy Goldberg, Rose 1.0
INAF U6499 PRC Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Practicum Barkan, Elazar 1.5
INAF U8180 SEM Human Rights Skills and Advocacy Becker, Jo 3.0
PUAF U8351 SEM Race, Gender and Political Change Powell, Jeri 1.5
INAF U8359 SEM Debate over US Racial Reparations Mann, Linda 3.0
INAF U8785 SEM Gender, Politics, and Development: Theory, Policy and Practice McGill, Eugenia 3.0
CLEN W4550 LEC Narrative and Human Rights Slaughter, Joseph R. 3.0
HRTS W4915 SEM Human Rights and Urban Public Space Chasin, Noah 3.0