SOC 375 Topics in Human Rights

If human rights are universal, why don’t all countries recognize and respect them? Although a Universal Declaration of Human Rights was introduced in 1948, this was neither the beginning nor the end of the global dialogue surrounding the rights associated with being human. This course applies a sociological lens to understand the social context of these universality claims by focusing on specific human rights topics such as human slavery, migration and citizenship, or food sovereignty. Take one of the following prerequisites: SOC 121, SOC 131, SOC 203, SOC 204, or permission of the instructor. Liberal Arts Core/University Requirements Designation: SS-2, GP. (3)