Program: Human Rights and Democracy Minor - Georgia State University

Apr 09, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Return to: 3030.30 Interdisciplinary Studies

Degree Requirements

Please refer to The Interdisciplinary Minor section College Degree Requirements of the course catalog for academic regulations for this program.

In addition to the Program Degree Requirements, students must fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Degree Requirements (see College Degree Requirements ) and the University Degree Requirements (see 1400 University Degree Requirements and Graduation ).

Students who wish to minor in Human Rights and Democracy should choose courses in consultation with faculty advisor. This minor is open to all students. A few courses in this program have prerequisites.

Area H

No more than two 3-4 credit hour courses (6-8 hours) can be taken within a single discipline. All courses must be at the 3000-4000 levels. Students must take at least two courses from the Foundations area, no more than two from the Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution area, and no more than two from the Identity Perspectives area. Other related 3000- or 4000-level courses (in any college) may be approved in advance by the faculty advisor. No courses will be approved after a student has enrolled in the course.

Review course description to determine if courses have prerequisites.

Foundations (6-7 Hours)

Choose two courses from the following:

AAS 4550 - Black Activism 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4600 - Enslavement and Resistance in North America 3 Credit Hours
or
HIST 4280 - Enslavement and Resistance in North America 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4620 - Enslavement and Resistance in the Americas 3 Credit Hours
or
HIST 4290 - Enslavement in the Americas 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 3033 - The Anthropology of Violence-CTW 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4370 - Forensic Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
HIST 3540 - Film and the Holocaust 4 Credit Hours
HIST 4640 - The Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4131 - Civil Liberties and Rights 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4205 - Comparative Democratization 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4420 - International Law 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4427 - Politics of International Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4650 - Psychology: Special Topics 1 to 6 Credit Hours
SPAN 3395 - Study Abroad 3 Credit Hours when topic is relevant

Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution (3-7 Hours)

Choose no more than two courses from the following:

AAS 4180 - Politics of the Civil Rights Movement 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4157 - Politics of the Civil Rights Movement 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4970 - Topics in Africana Studies 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 3901 - Study Abroad in Psychology 1 to 6 Credit Hours
ANTH 4114 - Language and Social Justice 3 Credit Hours
or
CRJU 4040 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3900 - Irish Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3350 - Literature and War 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3945 - Literature and Global Conflict 3 Credit Hours
or
ENGL 3800 - Early American Literature 3 Credit Hours
or
GRMN 4414 - Topics in German Literature 3 Credit Hours
or
SPAN 4480 - Special Topics in Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours
or
FREN 4414 - Topics in French and Francophone Culture and Society 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4774 - Contemporary Urban Theory and Issues 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4778 - Political Geography 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4215 - Politics of Peace 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 4413 - Screen Cultures: German Film and Media Studies 3 Credit Hours when topic is relevant
GRMN 4422 - Contemporary Germany 3 Credit Hours
HON 3260 - Honors Topics Interdisciplinary Seminar 1 to 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4260 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4952 - Model Arab League 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3855 - Topics in Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4750 - Topics in Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4700 - Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4800 - Social and Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4820 - Philosophy of Law 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4855 - Advanced Topics in Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
POLS 3200 - Comparative Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4130 - American Constitutional Law 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4422 - NGOs and World Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4250 - Latin American Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4258 - Government and Politics of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4421 - International Organizations 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4424 - Regional Organization Simulation 3 Credit Hours [Model Arab League]
POLS 4426 - International Organization Simulation 3 Credit Hours [Model United Nations]
POLS 4900 - Senior Seminar-CTW 3 Credit Hours when topic is relevant
POLS 4951 - Model United Nations 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4800 - Seminar-CTW 3 Credit Hours when topic is relevant
RELS 4650 - Religion and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3201 - Wealth, Power, and Inequality 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3220 - Activism, Protest, and Revolution 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 3395 - Study Abroad 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4760 - Activism: History and Theory 3 Credit Hours

Identity Perspectives (3-7 Hours)

Choose no more than two courses from the following:

AAS 3050 - Introduction to African-American Psychology 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 3520 - Introduction to African-American Psychology 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4125 - Black Feminist Thought 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 4750 - Black Feminist Thought 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4160 - African-American Politics 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4165 - African-American Politics 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4970 - Topics in Africana Studies 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 3901 - Study Abroad in Psychology 1 to 6 Credit Hours when topic is relevant
AAS 4975 - Race, Class and Gender in Contemporary South Africa 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4420 - Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 4210 - Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3920 - Southern Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3940 - Postcolonial Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3950 - African-American Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3960 - African-American Literature by Women 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3965 - African Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3970 - Caribbean Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3990 - Women’s Literature after 1800 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4778 - Political Geography 3 Credit Hours
HIST 4430 - American Jewish History 4 Credit Hours
PHIL 4860 - Feminist Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 3570 - Multicultural Issues in Psychology 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4510 - Community Psychology 3 Credit Hours
RELS 3270 - Religious Traditions of the World 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3212 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3216 - Gender and Society 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 3130 - Gender and Society 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3356 - Queer Studies 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 4440 - Special Topics in Spanish Literature 3 Credit Hours when topic is relevant
SPAN 4480 - Special Topics in Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours when topic is relevant
WGSS 3030 - Introduction to LGBT Studies 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 3040 - Globalization and Gender 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4770 - Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4780 - African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4810 - Feminism and Foucault 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4842 - Sexuality and Nationalism 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4846 - Gender, War, and Militarism in/and the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4910 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours