Bachelor of Arts - Human Rights Practice

A focused program of study in an important and growing field that is critical for addressing numerous socio-political issues. The rigorous, critical, and place-based curriculum offers students extensive opportunities for community engagement including innovative new courses that mentor students in best practices for working with marginalized community members.

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Identify many of the multiple and complex causes of human rights abuses including social, political, cultural, and environmental, causes.
Examine in some depth several recent major cases and controversies related to human rights in the U.S. and globally.
Apply a critical theoretical perspective to the development and function of local, national, and transnational social movements and human rights organizations.
Understand and evaluate best practices that activists use to advance human rights through social movements, litigation, and direct action.
Adopt and apply a general set of norms and an ethos that is essential to successful human rights practice, especially when working with marginalized groups.
Recognize significant psychological issues, such as trauma and burnout, that are often present in human rights fieldwork, and possess some strategies for properly addressing them.
Develop and utilize selected practical skills for advancing human rights.
Demonstrate the ability to locate, evaluate, and synthesize primary a

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