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  
  • HRTS GU4985 Human Rights, Activism & the US Carceral State 

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
HPMN P8214 Law and Policy: Mass Incarceration in the United States Stroud, Hernandez 1.5
HRTS GR9040 Internship Dugard, Jackie 1.0
SUMA K5888 LEC Geographies of Environmental Justice and Sustainability Williams, John 3.0
ECON GU4480 LEC Gender and Applied Economics Edlund, Lena 3.0
POPF P8607 LEC Health and Human Rights Advocacy TBA 1.5
SUMA PS5040 LEC ESG-Aligned Corporate Governance Thurston, Jessica 3.0
LAW L6214 LEC Civil Rights Crenshaw, Kimberle 3.0
POPF P8615 LEC Current Issues in Sexual Health Flynn, Andrea 3.0
SUMA PS6125 LEC Fashion Policy and the Politics of Governance Cline, Elizabeth 3.0
LAW L6276 LEC Human Rights Cleveland, Sarah 3.0
POPF P8639 LEC Gender Based Violence in Complex Emergencies Potts, Alina 1.5
LAW L6407 LEC Advanced Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties - 1st Amendment Kessler, J 3.0
POPF P8676 LEC Epidemiological Methods for Measuring Human Rights Abuses Teicher, Carrie 1.5
LAW L8079 LEC Jurisprudence of War Fletcher and Paradis 3.0
MDES GU4357 LEC War, Genocide, and Their Aftermath: Comp. Perspectives Mouradian, Khatchig 4.0
SOSC P8750 LEC Race and Health Fullilove, Robert E. 3.0
POLS GR6101 LEC Issues in Political Theory Isiksel, Turkuler 4.0
LAW L8942 SEM International Criminal Courts: Progress, Problems and Prospects Dicker, Richard 2.0
HRTS GR6990 SEM Human Rights Research Seminar Wyman-McCarthy, Tim 3.0
INAF U8189 SEM Politics of History and Reconciliation Barkan, Elazar 3.0
HRTS GU4965 SEM Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights Rajan, Julie 3.0
LAW L9032 SEM Breakthrough in Abolition Through Transformative Learning Exchange Sturm, Susan and Rodriguez, Alejo 2.0
HRTS GU4011 SEM Indigenous Rights and Settler Colonialism in North America Wyman-McCarthy, Tim 3.0
HRTS GU4970 SEM Refugees, Citizenship, Migration Molavi, Shourideh 3.0
LAW L9219 SEM Critical Race Theory Thomas, Kendall and Flores Forbes
HRTS GU4215 SEM NGOs and the Human Rights Movement: Strategies, Successes and Challenges Bickford, Louis 3.0
HROH UN5555 SEM Oral History and Justice: Memory, Power and Trauma Vijayan, Suchrita 4.0
LAW L9410 SEM Law and Policy of Homelessness Hopper, Kim 2.0
HRTS GU4500 SEM Socio-Economic Rights Dugard, Jackie 3.0
HRTS GR6020 SEM Introduction to Human Rights Ikawa, Daniela 3.0
INAF U6041 SEM Corporations and Human Rights Bauer, Joanne 3.0
LAW L9563 SEM Mental Health Law Levy, Robert 2.0
HRTS GU4600 SEM Human Rights in the Anthropocene Chasin, Noah 3.0
HRTS GR6020 SEM Introduction to Human Rights Mitoma, Glenn 3.0
REGN U6545 SEM Human Rights in the Western Balkans Domi, Tanya 1.5
INAF U6143 SEM Gender, Globalization, and Human Rights Ergas, Yasmine 3.0
HRTS GU4650 SEM Children's Rights Advocacy Becker, Jo 3.0
LAW L8887 SEM 9/11 and the Rights of Non-Citizens Gelernt, Lee 2.0
HRTS GR6800 SEM International Human Rights Law Dugard, Jackie 3.0
INAF U6490 SEM Int'l Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law Fischer, Horst 3.0
ANTH GR6157 SEM Idea of a Black Radical Tradition Scott, David 3.0
HRTS GU4950 SEM Human Rights and Human Wrongs Cronin, Bruce 3.0