Minors & certificates
Human Rights Minor
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Summary of required courses | Credits |
| List A | 10 |
| List B | 5 |
| Additional credits from List A or List B (at least three (3) credits in a human rights related internship, practicum, study abroad, or equivalent) |
10 |
| Total | 25 |
An option for students who are interested in the rapidly emerging field of human rights, this is a coordinated tri-campus initiative (UW Tacoma, UW Seattle and UW Bothell). Students benefit from being able to choose from many courses on different campuses, as well as meeting and collaborating with students from other programs. Students may, but are not required to, take courses from more than one campus in order to earn the minor.
Students who could benefit:
- are applying to law school.
- want to work in international human rights NGOs (non-governmental agencies) or humanitarian nonprofits.
- want to work in government.
- are interested in the relationship between culture and international law.
- are interested in women's rights as human rights and the impact of the gendered state on women and labor.
- are interested in environmental justice issues, environmental law or science in the service of human rights or international humanitarian relief.
- are Business students interested in the issue of globalization and labor.
- are Nursing students interested in health and justice issues or international health.
The IAS majors have been designed to allow a student earn a minor without additional credits beyond that required for graduation. With proper planning, most of the IAS majors will work well with the human rights minor. See your program adviser for further details.
How to declare
You can declare a minor by using the same request to declare/change major form and submitting it to Enrollment Services (GWP 102). You must have earned a minimum of 90 credits before declaring a minor. If you have any questions about this process, please see your adviser.
