Global Human Rights

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• To develop critical familiarity with Human Rights documents and the theoretical and historical foundations of these documents;
• To consider the relationship between human rights work and official human rights discourses.
• To consider critiques of human rights discourse, practices and institutions in terms of claims of universality and the ways in which human rights discourse is mobilized in specific contexts.
• To develop human rights investigation and critical reporting skills.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Discussion Board Participation	20%
Human Rights Reports	20%
Essays	30%
Final Report	30%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93 to 100%	A
90 to < 93%	A-
87 to < 90%	B+
83 to < 87%	B
80 to < 83%	B-
77 to < 80%	C+
73 to < 77%	C
70 to < 73%	C-
67 to < 70%	D+
63 to < 67%	D
60 to < 63%	D-
0 to < 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Regular participation in online discussion is an important, required component of the course. Discussions provide opportunities to:

1. demonstrate your understanding of the reading assignments,

2. expand your understanding of the readings through the process of articulating your ideas and responding to the thoughts and insights of your classmates, and

3. interact with your classmates and professor in a learning community

Each week you will be required to make at least three substantive contributions to the class discussion.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Linda Polman, The Crisis Caravan