A minor must contain at least 9 hours of upper- division course work. Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas I through V may not be counted as course work in the minor. Courses taken to satisfy Core Area VI may be counted as course work in the minor.
The minor in International Human Rights and Security provides both theoretical and practical knowledge in the human rights and security fields. Students will understand the history and current structure of institutions designed to protect basic human rights and human security, as well as the causes and consequences of human rights abuse.
For more information about minor course work, contact: Paul Welch Director of Student Affairs pdwelch@uga.edu (706) 542-4114
15 hours
| INTL 4620 | Human Rights | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| INTL 2002 | Networks in International Affairs | 3 |
| INTL 4000 | Research Design and Quantitative Analysis in International Affairs | 3 |
| INTL 4004 | Data Analytics for International Policy | 3 |
| INTL 4005 | Social Experimentation Around the World | 3 |
| INTL 4006 | Qualitative Methods for International Affairs and Policy | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| INTL 4425R | Advanced Research in International Security Policy | 3 |
| INTL 4622R | GLOBIS Human Rights Research | 3 |
| INTL 4721 | International Affairs Internship Research | 4 |
| INTL 4722 | International Affairs Internship Analytical Essays | 4 |
| INTL 4960R | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | 1-6 |
| INTL 4990R | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | 1-6 |
Choose at least two of the following courses, with at least three hours from each category. One course must be outside of the INTL prefix. Additional courses may satisfy this requirement with approval from the SPIA faculty and advisor.
Choose a minimum of 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
| CMLT 4270/6270 | Transnational Literatures | 3 |
| COMM 4360/6360 | Communication Strategies in Social Movements | 3 |
| COMM 4380 | The Rhetoric of War | 3 |
| ENGL 3330 | Literature and Human Rights | 3 |
| GEOG 3640 | The Geography of Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST 2705 | Refugees, Immigrants, and Deportable Workers: The Global History of International Migration | 3 |
| HIST 3775 | Crime, Punishment, and Human Rights | 3 |
| INTL 4210 | International Law | 3 |
| INTL 4211 | Advanced International Law | 3 |
| INTL 4215 | International Humanitarian Law | 3 |
| INTL 4240 | International Organization | 3 |
| INTL 4290 | Modern Warfare: Terrorism, Ideology, and Identity | 3 |
| INTL 4316 | Democratic Erosion | 3 |
| INTL 4475 | War and Gender | 3 |
| INTL 4610 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4650 | Women and World Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4684 | Repression and Dissent | 3 |
| INTL(AFST) 4680 | Peace Studies | 3 |
| INTL(HPAM) 4615 | Politics of Disease Control | 3 |
| JURI 3400 | Introduction to Global Governance | 2-3 |
| SOCI(INTL) 4560 | Globalization and Work | 3 |
| SOWK 5370 | Global Social Work: Issues and Practice | 3 |
Choose a minimum of 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
| ANTH(NAMS) 3410 | Contemporary Native America | 3 |
| CMLT 3140 | Women Writers of the East and West | 3 |
| CMLT 3220 | Women and Writing in East Asia | 3 |
| CMLT 4170/6170 | Israel or Palestine? Culture and Conflict in the Middle East | 3 |
| CMLT 4230/6230 | African Cinema | 3 |
| CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS) 4260/6260 | The Black and Green Atlantic: Crosscurrents of the African and Irish Diasporas | 3 |
| CMLT 4630/6630 | Holocaust Literature and Film | 3 |
| CMLT 4640/6640 | War in East Asian Film and Literature | 3 |
| CMLT 4680/6680 | Law and Culture in East Asia | 3 |
| COMM 3330 | Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| COMM 4370/6370 | Women and United States Public Discourse | 1-4 |
| ENGL 3880S | The Modern Civil Rights Movement in Literature and Culture | 3 |
| GEOG(INTL) 4694 | Politics and the Modern European State | 3 |
| HIST 3010 | United States Immigration History | 3 |
| HIST 3090 | The American South | 3 |
| HIST(AFAM) 3102 | Modern African American Experience | 3 |
| HIST 3270 | History of Argentina and Chile in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HIST 3570H | Religion, Nationalism, and Revolution in the Middle East, 1900 to the Present (Honors) | 3 |
| HIST 4120/6120 | The Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| HIST(AFAM) 4125/6125 | The New Jim Crow: The Criminalization of Black People in America | 3 |
| INTL(LACS) 4270 | Inter-American Relations | 3 |
| INTL 4330 | Post-Industrial Democracies | 3 |
| INTL 4335 | Far Right Politics in Western Democracies | 3 |
| INTL 4340 | Post-Communist Politics | 3 |
| INTL(AFST) 4355 | African Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4360 | East Asian Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4361 | Chinese Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4364 | Politics of Japan | 3 |
| INTL 4366 | Southeast Asian Politics | 3 |
| INTL(POLS) 4367 | Politics, Society, and Culture of Scotland | 3 |
| INTL 4370 | Middle Eastern Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4371 | Israeli Politics | 3 |
| INTL(LACS) 4380 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4390 | European Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4625 | The Holocaust and Contemporary German Politics | 3 |
| INTL 4627 | The Holocaust in Italy | 3 |
| INTL 4640 | European Union | 3 |
| INTL 4644 | Human Rights in the European Union | 3 |
| LACS(INTL)(SOCI) 4111/6111 | Citizenship and Social Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| POLS 4710 | Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties | 3 |
| POLS(INTL) 4362 | Government and Economy of China | 3 |
| POLS(INTL) 4363 | Politics, Society, and Culture of China | 3 |
| RELI 4204/6204 | Martin Luther King, Jr. and Religion | 3 |
| SOCI(INTL) 4570S | South African Society | 3 |