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Human Rights Program Committee
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
2201 Dunton Tower
520-2600 ext 2368
carleton.ca/iis/human_rights.html

This section presents the requirements for:

Graduation Requirements

In addition to the requirements listed below, students must satisfy:

  1. the University regulations, including the process of Academic Performance Evaluation (see the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar),
  2. the common regulations applying to all B.A. students including those relating to First-Year Seminars. (see the Academic Regulations and Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree ).

Students in the Human Rights program are exempt from the B.A. Breadth Requirement.

Students should consult the Human Rights Program Committee when planning their program and selecting courses.

Some of the Human Rights Electives have prerequisites that are not explicitly included in the program. Students should plan to have credit for the prerequisites of each course in their program or ask to have the prerequisite waived.

Course Categories

Thematic Groups
Laws and Institutions
LAWS 2105, LAWS 2601, LAWS 3401, LAWS 3509, LAWS 3602, LAWS 3604, LAWS 4601, LAWS 4606, LAWS 4607, PSCI 2601, PSCI 3600, PSCI 4109
Critical Principles
HUMR 2202, HUMR 3202, HUMR 4201, HUMR 4203, LAWS 2105, LAWS 4101, LAWS 4102, LAWS 4105, PHIL 2101, PHIL 2103, PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, PHIL 2408, PHIL 3320, PHIL 3330, PHIL 3340, PSCI 3109, PSCI 3307
Marginalized Groups, Diversities & Identities
SXST 2101, SXST 4101, HIST 3403, HIST 3710, HUMR 2301, HUMR 3301, HUMR 3302, HUMR 3303, HUMR 4301, HUMR 4302, HUMR 4303, LAWS 3503, LAWS 3504, LAWS 4001, LAWS 4002, LAWS 4504, PSCI 2500, PSCI 3805, PSCI 4205, PSCI 4206, PSCI 4208, PSCI 4403, PSCI 4605, SOWK 4102, SOWK 4300, SOCI 2020, ANTH 2020, SOCI 2045, SOCI 3020, ANTH 3020, SOCI 3040, SOCI 4020, ANTH 4020, SOCI 4040, ANTH 3600, ANTH 4610, WGST 2800, WGST 2803
Political Violence, Persecution and Repression
HUMR 2401, HUMR 2402, HUMR 3401, HUMR 4402, HUMR 4403, HUMR 4404, LAWS 4106, LAWS 4304, LAWS 4309, LAWS 4603, LAWS 4607, PSCI 3107, PSCI 3702
Social and Economic Justice
ANTH 2850, ANTH 3025, HUMR 2502, HUMR 3501, HUMR 3502, HUMR 3503, HUMR 4501, HUMR 4503, HIST 3506, HIST 3702, LAWS 4800, PSCI 2102, PSCI 2602, PSCI 3100, PSCI 3105, PSCI 3204, PSCI 3502, PSCI 3802, PSCI 4104, PSCI 4105,PSCI 4500, SOCI 2010, SOCI 2045, SOCI 3010/ANTH 3010, SOCI 3027, ANTH 3027, SOCI 3040, SOCI 3044, SOCI 3430, ANTH 3430, SOCI 4010, SOCI 4040, SOCI 4730, ANTH 4730, SOCI 4750, ANTH 4750, SOWK 2101, SOWK 3101, SOWK 3207, WGST 2800, WGST 2801, WGST 4901, WGST 4902
Human Rights Electives
HUMR 3001, HUMR 4905, HUMR 4906, HUMR 4907, HUMR 4908
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Program Requirements

Human Rights
B.A. Honours (20.0 credits)

  1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (9.0 Credits):
  1. 1.0 credit from HUMR 1001 [1.0] , FYSM 1104 [1.0], or FYSM 1502 (specifically the section on Global Governance and Human Rights), or approved FYSM;
  2. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2001;
  3. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2202;
  4. 0.5 credit from LAWS 2105, PHIL 2103, PSCI 3307;
  5. 2.5 credits, comprised of 0.5 credit from each of the five Thematic Groups (see list under Course Categories);
  6. 1.0 credit at the 4000-level from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  7. 3.0 credits from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (11.0 credits):
  1. 11.0 credits in free electives.
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Human Rights
B.A. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)

  1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 Credits):
  1. 1.0 credit from HUMR 1001 [1.0], FYSM 1104 [1.0], or FYSM 1502 [1.0] (specifically the section on Global Governance and Human Rights), or approved FYSM;
  2. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2001;
  3. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2202;
  4. 0.5 credit from LAWS 2105, PHIL 2103, PSCI 3307;
  5. 2.5 credits, comprised of 0.5 credit from each of the five Thematic Groups (see list under Course Categories);
  6. 1.0 credit at the 4000-level from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  7. 1.0 credit from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  1. Additional Credit Requirements (13.0 credits):
  1. The requirements for the other discipline must be satisfied;
  2. Sufficient free electives to make 20.0 credits total for the program.
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Human Rights and Law with Concentration in Transnational Law and Human Rights
B.A. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)

  1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 Credits):
  1. 1.0 credit from HUMR 1001 [1.0], FYSM 1104 [1.0], or FYSM 1502 [1.0] (the section on Global Governance and Human Rights), or approved FYSM;
  2. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2001;
  3. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2202;
  4. 2.5 credits, comprised of 0.5 credit from each of the five Thematic Groups (see list under Course Categories);
  5. 1.0 credit at the 4000-level from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  6. 1.5 credits from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  1. Additional Credit Requirements (13.0 credits):
  1. The requirements for the other discipline must be satisfied;
  2. Sufficient free electives to make 20.0 credits total for the program.
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Human Rights
B.A. General (15.0 credits)

  1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 Credits):
  1. 1.0 credit from HUMR 1001 [1.0], FYSM 1104 [1.0], or FYSM 1502 [1.0] (specifically the section on Global Governance and Human Rights), or an approved First-Year Seminar);
  2. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2001;
  3. 0.5 credit in HUMR 2202;
  4. 0.5 credit from LAWS 2105, PHIL 2103, PSCI 3307;
  5. 2.5 credits, comprised of 0.5 credit from each of the five Thematic Groups (see list under Course Categories);
  6. 1.0 credit at the 3000- or 4000-level from Thematic Groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  7. 1.0 credit from Thematic groups and/or Human Rights Electives (see lists under Course Categories);
  1. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (8.0 Credits):
  1. 8.0 credits in free electives.
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