HUMNRGHT07 Human rights
Faculty of Arts
Human rights (HUMNRGHT07) is a specialisation worth 72 credit points, listing 36 units, taught at Clayton. It is offered in 3 courses, including Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Global Studies; and Bachelor of Global Studies.
- Credit points
- 72
- Units
- 36
- Campus
- Clayton
- Offered in
- 3 courses
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Requisite map
Overview
Human rights is an interdisciplinary specialisation, examining the history and the nature of human rights and addressing basic issues such as: What are human rights? Are human rights culturally relative? How can human rights be justified? You will examine how these issues relate to pressing practical problems, for instance, how an understanding of human rights helps to address issues such as global poverty, unequal access to medicine, refugees, terrorism, warfare, children's rights, humanitarian intervention, torture, surveillance and more.
Compulsory overseas study component
A minimum of 18 points must be chosen for study abroad from the units listed below or an overseas partner institution. For more information go to Arts study abroad.
Structure
Rules
Level 1 gateway units12 credit points
Level 2 cornerstone units12 credit points
Level 3 capstone units12 credit points
Human rights elective units36 credit points
- ATS2354Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the stateNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2584Australia's black historyNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2600The HolocaustNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2624Global governanceNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2628Power and poverty: International development in a globalised worldNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2706Foreign policy analysisNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2868Anarchy, property, and the stateNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2871Environmental ethicsNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2932Struggles for justice: The history of rebellion, resistance and revoltNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2946Critical thinking: How to analyse arguments and improve your reasoning skillsNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3335International political economyNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3340International security studiesNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3354Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the stateNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3376Anthropology of human rightsNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3462International crime and justiceNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3584Australia's black historyNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3623Nationality, ethnicity and conflictNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3632Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliationNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3697Gender and international relationsNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3873Philosophical issues in applied ethicsNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3935Professional practiceNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3956Trauma and memory in the modern worldNo reviews yet6 cp
International study tours
- ATS2330State sovereignty, human rights, and the responsibility to protectNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS2465Human rights in the criminal justice sphereNo reviews yet12 cp
- ATS3064Cultural intelligence: Building competencies for global leadershipNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3208In the footsteps of refugeesNo reviews yet12 cp
- ATS3314Seeking justice: South Africa and RwandaNo reviews yet12 cp
- ATS3330State sovereignty, human rights, and the responsibility to protectNo reviews yet6 cp
- ATS3465Human rights in the criminal justice sphereNo reviews yet12 cp
Courses that offer it
Contacts
- Academic Coordinators
- Dr Linda Barclay
Common questions
Which courses offer Human rights?
3 courses in 2020: Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Global Studies; Bachelor of Global Studies; and Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Global Studies.