HRSJ Courses

 

HRSJ301 Seminar in Human Rights and Social Justice (Credits:3)

Human rights is often viewed only from the legal perspective, which could be described as a narrow view on human rights. However, human rights have historical, theoretical, philosophical, political and sociological dimensions’ worth of examination. As a core and foundation course for the MA Program, it aims at equipping students with fundamental knowledge on various dimensions of human rights, emphasizing its historical, theoretical and philosophical foundations. Students will master the key human rights concepts and vocabulary, gain knowledge on the main international human rights protection systems, as well as become knowledgeable about the recurrent debates and controversies related to human rights.

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HRSJ302 Theories of Social Justice and Community Engagement (Credits:3)

This course takes a multidisciplinary approach to the topic of social justice, allowing students to gain an understanding of how various issues and factors contribute to social justice or interfere with justice being equally given to certain racial, minority groups or classes within societies. It helps students develop broad frameworks for explaining the theories of progressive social change. The course promotes systematic, theoretical thinking about specific issues such as discrimination, climate justice, poverty, food sustainability, resilience, globalization, social movements and democratic renewal. This course will also focus on the challenges of enacting social justice ideas, principles and practices in policy-making processes.

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