Global Studies: Global Human Rights and Social Movements Emphasis
Description
Do you aspire to a career engaging with international, national, and/or local issues situated within broader global contexts? Immerse yourself in the interdisciplinary study of human rights and social movements through the lens of Global Studies. The Global Studies: Global Human Rights and Social Movements Emphasis shines a light on global movements and struggles. Students learn about human rights as a lived reality, as an expression of governmental power, and as a tool for social activism and political emancipation. A range of theoretical and practical approaches encourages exploration of key issues in our world including international migration and minority rights. Coursework is centered on the field of Human Rights Practice while including courses from other Global Studies programs and elective options spanning from history and sociology to geography, political science, and law. This emphasis is open to both Main Campus and Arizona Online students. Courses are offered in in-person and/or online formats.
Emphasis previously named Global Societies: Human Rights, Migrations, and Social Movements.
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to explain and evaluate the causes, consequences, and repair of human rights violations as well as analyze social movements that advance human rights.
Courses
Students pursuing a Global Studies B.A. with a Global Human Rights and Social Movements Emphasis must take 7 courses total from the list of courses below (3 courses total if started the major Summer 2026 or before).
AFAS 304A: The Social Construction of Race: Whiteness
AFAS 304B:The Social Construction of Race: Blackness
GEOG/HIST 378: Global Human Rights
GLO 455: Media and Human Rights
GLO 430: Social Movement Media in Global Context
GWS 305: Feminist Theories
GWS 309: Queer Theories
GWS 310: Transgender Studies
GWS/MAS/ENG 312:Latina/o Pop: Race, Gender, Sexuality & Popular Culture
GWS 325: Gender Sexuality and Borders
GWS/MAS 358: U.S. 3rd World Feminisms: Theory, History, Practice
GWS/HIST/POL 386: Race/Gender: Genealogies, Formations, Politics
GWS/ARH 430: Queer Cinema
HIST/MAS 343: History of the Mexican American
HIST/AFAS 308: The African Slave Trades
HIST/LAS 309: Banned! Histories of Censorship in the Americas
HIST/AFAS/LAS 351:Race and Class in Latin America
HIST/MAS/LAS 361:The U.S.-Mexico Border Region
HIST/JUS/RELI 374: The Holocaust
HIST/LAW 474: History of Human Rights, Citizenship, and Refugee Law
HIST/LAS 477: Comparative History of World Revolutions
HRTS 200: Introduction to Human Rights
HRTS 250: Current Issues in Human Rights
HRTS 300: Human Rights in the United States
HRTS 305: Human Rights Stories
HRTS/GWS 320: Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights
HRTS 400: Community Engagement for Human Rights
HRTS 402: Skills for Human Rights
HRTS 411:Strategic Litigation
HRTS 420: Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) for Human Rights
HRTS/MENA 455:Human Rights in the Middle East: Histories and Challenges
HRTS/RSSS 461: Human Rights in Eurasia
HRTS 462: Cultural Heritage Protection, Memorialization, and Human Rights
HRTS 495A: Human Rights Across Contexts
HRTS 496A: Human Rights Crises
HRTS 496B: Cutting-Edge Advances in Human Rights
HRTS 497A: Virtual Field Trips for Human Rights
HRTS 499: Human Rights Independent Study
JUS/SGPP 384: International Human Rights, Transitional Justice, and Israel
JUS/HIST/RELI 387: History of Antisemitism
JUS/GWS/MENA 452: Israeli Women
LAS 150B1: Modern Latin America: Race, Rights, and Revolutions
LAS/AFAS/ANTH/SPAN/PORT 280: Brazilian Identity: Class, Race, and Citizenship
LAS/ANTH 308: Health, Harm, and Healing in Latin America
LAS 354: Drugs and Violence in Mexico
LAS/PA/ POL 356: Indigenous Resistance in Latin America: Democracy from Below
LAS/ANTH, SPAN, PORT, AFAS 363: #BlackLivesMatter Across the Americas
LAS/GEOG 365:Human Rights, Immigration Enforcement and the US-Mexico Borderlands Today
LAS/ANTH 422: Health Beyond Borders
LAS/GWS 460: Film and Feminism in Latin America
LAS/AFAS/ANTH 466: Racism and Resistance in Latin America
LAS 489: Central America Migration: Root Causes and Lived Experiences
MENA/ANTH/LING 337: Language and Power in the Middle East and North Africa
MENA/ANTH/HIST/JUS/POL/RELI 389: Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
MENA/ANTH/HIST/RELI 408A: Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World
MENA/POL 422: Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
MENA/GWS/PRS 471: Iranian Cinema, Gender Issues, and Social Change
MENA 485C:A History of Migrations in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, And the Mediterranean World
MENA/HIST 485P: Palestinian Culture and Society, 1900-present
MENA/ANTH/GWS 490: Women in Middle Eastern Society
SOC 345: Sociology of Rights, Justice, and Law
SOC 401: Health Disparities in Society