Graduate Courses by Term | Institute for the Study of Human Rights

Spring 2026 GRADUATE COURSES

Pre-approved: Automatically count towards the degree as an elective human rights course.
Additional: May fulfill degree requirements with advisor approval.

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: AMST
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4697
Course: Protect the Dolls: Trans Panics and Queer Liberation
Professor(s): Joslyn, Dani
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: AMST
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4984
Course: Black Solidarities
Professor(s): Springer, Kimberly
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: ANTH
Format: LEC
Course number: GR6155
Course: Righting Wrongs
Professor(s): Scott, David
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: ARCH
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4300
Course: The Just City: Global Debates in Urban Planning and Policy
Professor(s): Smith, Nick
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: CLSL
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4012
Course: Holocaust Literature: Critical Thinking
Professor(s): Dynes, Offer
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: CPLS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4162
Course: Transnational Feminisms: China and Beyond
Professor(s): Hong Fincher, Leta
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: CSER
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4004
Course: Data, Race, Power and Justice
Professor(s): Luna Lucero, Brian
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: CSER
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4350
Course: Cinema of Subversion
Professor(s): Gamalinda, Eric
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: CSER
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4340
Course: Visionary Medicine: Racial Justice, Health and Speculative Fictions
Professor(s): Dasgupta, Sayantani
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: ECON
Format: LEC
Course number: GU4480
Course: Gender and Applied Economics
Professor(s): Edlund, Lena
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: EMPA
Format: SEM
Course number: U6452
Course: Social Justice Movements in the Age of Social Media
Professor(s): Greenberg, Richard
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRGE
Format: SEM
Course number: IA7310
Course: Climate Change, Rights, and Development
Professor(s): Medina, Monica
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRGE
Format: SEM
Course number: IA7465
Course: Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Professor(s): Klein, Jennifer
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRGE
Format: SEM
Course number: IA7740
Course: Campaigning for Change- Media, Mobilization and the Power of Persuasion
Professor(s): Worden, Mary
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HROH
Format: SEM
Course number: GR5555
Course: Oral History and Justice: Memory, Power and Trauma
Professor(s): Vijayan, Suchitra
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GR6800
Course: International Human Rights Law
Professor(s): Dugard, Jackie
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GR6990
Course: Human Rights Research Seminar
Professor(s): Molavi, Shourideh
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4270
Course: Digital Advocacy for Human Rights: Social Media and Open Source Intelligence
Professor(s): Perlmutter, Ted
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4380
Course: Advocacy for Socio-Economic Rights
Professor(s): Rosenthal, Mila
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4460
Course: Climate Justice
Professor(s): Dugard, Jackie
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4930
Course: Int'l Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Professor(s): Cronin, Bruce
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4940
Course: Human Rights and Education
Professor(s): Mitoma, Glenn
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: HRTS
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4975
Course: Borders, Surveillance, Rights
Professor(s): Molavi, Shourideh
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6123
Course: Storytelling for Social Change: Skills and Narratives
Professor(s): Chisholm, Nicole Jamiyla
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6202
Course: Internet Governance and Human Rights
Professor(s): Micek, Peter
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: INAF
Format: LEC
Course number: U6405
Course: Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality
Professor(s): Braun, Rainer
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6462
Course: Collaborative Social Justice and Health Policy
Professor(s): Goldberg, Rose
Points: 1.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U8166
Course: Rethinking Human Rights and Humanitarianism
Professor(s): Heinrich, Andrew
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U8180
Course: Human Rights Skills and Advocacy
Professor(s): Becker, Jo
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: ISDI
Format: SEM
Course number: IA7065
Course: Data and Conflict
Professor(s): Dawkins, Sophia
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: JWST
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4159
Course: Antisemitism and Resistance in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
Professor(s): Berman-Gladstone, Benjamin
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: LAW
Format: SEM
Course number: GR8829
Course: COL-INTL Human Rights Advocacy
Professor(s): Shamsi, Hina
Points: 2.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: LAW
Format: SEM
Course number: L8006
Course: Domestic Violence and the Law
Professor(s): Leidholdt, Dorchen
Points: 2.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: LAW
Format: SEM
Course number: L9383
Course: International Humanitarian Law
Professor(s): Rona, Gabor
Points: 2.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: POLS
Format: COL
Course number: GR8806
Course: Politics in the World Economy
Professor(s): Carnegie, Allison
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: POPF
Format: LEC
Course number: P8607
Course: Health and Human Rights Advocacy
Professor(s): Schaaf, Marta
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: POPF
Format: SEM
Course number: P8609
Course: Human Rights Issues in Infectious Disease Emergencies
Professor(s): Abdool Karim, Safura
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: POPF
Format: SEM
Course number: P8635
Course: Realizing Global LGBTI Health and Human Rights: Activism, Advocacy, and Humanitarian Action
Professor(s): Klindera, Kent
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: POPF
Format: LEC
Course number: P8686
Course: Human Rights Law, Accountability and Governance
Professor(s): De Vos, Christian
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: POPF
Format: LEC
Course number: P8699
Course: Abortion: Provision, Practice & Advocacy
Professor(s): Shah, Meera
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: PSYC
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4612
Course: Frontiers of Justice
Professor(s): Dixon, Peter
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: PUAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U8353
Course: Race Policy and American Politics
Professor(s): Greer, Christina
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: REGN
Format: SEM
Course number: IA6308
Course: European Union Human Rights: Law and Policy
Professor(s): Wouters, Jan
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: REGN
Format: SEM
Course number: U6149
Course: Energy, Corporate Responsibility, and Human Rights
Professor(s): Radon, Jenik
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: REGN
Format: SEM
Course number: U6410
Course: Social Movements and Citizenship in Africa
Professor(s): Prais, Jinny
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SDEV
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4670
Course: Environmental Justice: A Legal Framework for Advocacy
Professor(s): Appah-Gyamfi, Christine
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8709
Course: Seminar in Sexuality, Gender, Health, and Human Rights
Professor(s): Smith, Martez
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8904
Course: Homelessness, Public Health, and Public Policy
Professor(s): Hopper, Kim
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SUMA
Format: LEC
Course number: K5888
Course: Geographies of Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Professor(s): Williams, John
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SUMA
Format: LEC
Course number: PS4490
Course: Women in Cities
Professor(s): Blaustein, Susan
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SUMA
Format: LEC
Course number: PS5040
Course: ESG-Aligned Corporate Governance
Professor(s): Murphy, Bridget
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: SUMA
Format: LEC
Course number: PS5250
Course: Building a Sustainable Detroit: A Case Study in Urban Resilience
Professor(s): Givens Davidson, Donna
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Pre-approved
Dept.: WMST
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4330
Course: SWANA Diasporas: Culture, Politics, and Identity Formation in a Time of War
Professor(s): Moradian, Manijeh
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: ANTH
Format: LEC
Course number: G6602
Course: Questions- Anthropological Theory II
Professor(s): Povinelli, Elizabeth
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: ANTH
Format: SEM
Course number: GR6227
Course: Ethnographies at the End of the World
Professor(s): Glastonbury, Nicholas
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: ANTH
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4653
Course: Art Beyond Aesthetics: Decolonizing Approaches to Represntation
Professor(s): Povinelli, Elizabeth
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: EESC
Format: LEC
Course number: GR5013
Course: Climate Mobility
Professor(s): Desherbinin, Alexander
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: EHSC
Format: SEM
Course number: P8329
Course: Water, Sanitation, and Human Health
Professor(s): Marquez, Shannon
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: EMPA
Format: SEM
Course number: U6460
Course: Rethinking Policing in the 21st Century
Professor(s): Smikle, Basil A
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: EPID
Format: SEM
Course number: P6811
Course: Priorities in Global Public health
Professor(s): Shelbaya, Ahmed
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: EPID
Format: SEM
Course number: P8445
Course: Current and Emerging Issues in Injury and Violence
Professor(s): Pressley, Joyce
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: HIST
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4481
Course: Culture, Memory, Crisis in the US
Professor(s): Hallett, Hilary-Anne
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: HIST
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4501
Course: History of the Climate Crisis
Professor(s): Aronowsky, Leah V
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: HPMN
Format: LEC
Course number: P8210
Course: The Untold Stories in US Health Policy History
Professor(s): Butts, Heather
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: HREG
Format: SEM
Course number: IA7420
Course: Gender Based Violence Law and Policy
Professor(s): Vogelstein, Rachel
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6089
Course: Environmental Justice and Climate Resiliency
Professor(s): Hernandez, Annel
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6124
Course: Building and Scaling Social Impact Programs
Professor(s): Ogletree, Thomas
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6129
Course: Storytelling and the Art of Creating Social Impact Campaigns
Professor(s): Friedman, Stephen
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6141
Course: Humanitarian Crisis Simulation
Professor(s): Klenk, Jeffery
Points: 1.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: LEC
Course number: U6352
Course: United Nations and Globalization
Professor(s): Naujoks, Daniel
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: LEC
Course number: U6387
Course: Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Professor(s): Gottlieb, Stuart
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: LEC
Course number: U6411
Course: Universal Food Security
Professor(s): Denning, Glenn
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6438
Course: Persistent Problems in the Global South: Policies and Politics for Sustainable Development
Professor(s): Sen, Rumela
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6442
Course: Failure and Successes of Three Decades of Policymaking
Professor(s): Guehenno, Jean-Marie
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6487
Course: The Tenets and Dilemmas of Humanitarian Action
Professor(s): Perez, Laura
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6742
Course: Gender and International Security
Professor(s): Donnelly, Phoebe
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6762
Course: Risk Management for UN Crisis and Conflict Response
Professor(s): Jacquand, Marc
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6897
Course: Writing on Policy
Professor(s): Featherstone, Liza
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: INAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6979
Course: Online Trust and Safety
Professor(s): Francois, Camille
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: ITSF
Format: SEM
Course number: 04032
Course: Project Planning & Management in International Educational Development
Professor(s): Mendenhall, Mary
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6071
Course: Law and Development
Professor(s): Pistor, Katharina
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6132
Course: American Constitutional Law
Professor(s): Ponsa-Kraus, Christina
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6183
Course: The United States and the International Legal System
Professor(s): Waxman, Matthew
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6272
Course: Land Use
Professor(s): Pelman Ostrow, Ashira
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6355
Course: Health Law
Professor(s): Jacobi, John
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6467
Course: Military Law and the Constitution
Professor(s): Paradis, Michel
Points: 2.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: LEC
Course number: L6912
Course: Transnational Litigation
Professor(s): Smit, Robert
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: LAW
Format: SEM
Course number: L8413
Course: The Theater of Change: Reimagining Justice Through Abolition
Professor(s): Squillace, Leia
Points: 2.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: POPF
Format: LEC
Course number: P8646
Course: Global Health Law in Context
Professor(s): Abdool Karim, Safura
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: POPF
Format: LEC
Course number: P8673
Course: Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings
Professor(s): Casey, Sara
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: POPF
Format: SEM
Course number: P9675
Course: Systems Thinking for Maternal Health
Professor(s): de Pinho, Helen
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: POPF
Format: SEM
Course number: P9691
Course: Lessons (Un)Learned in Humanitarian Assistance: A Historical Perspective
Professor(s): Teicher, Carrie
Points: 1.50

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: POPF
Format: SEM
Course number: P8616
Course: Public Health Aspects of Adolescent Health
Professor(s): Master, Samuel
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: PSYC
Format: SEM
Course number: GU4615
Course: Psychology of Culture and Diversity
Professor(s): Purdie-Greenaway, V.
Points: 4.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: PUAF
Format: SEM
Course number: U6228
Course: Comparative Social Welfare Policy
Professor(s): Shimabukuro, Yumiko
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8741
Course: Structural Approaches to Global Health
Professor(s): Castellanos Usigli, Anton
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8745
Course: Social and Economic Determinants of Health
Professor(s): Hopper, Kim
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8746
Course: Coercion and Persuasion in Public Health
Professor(s): Colgrove, James
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8771
Course: Community-Based Participatory Research
Professor(s): Schiavo, Renata
Points: 3.00

Course Type: Additional
Dept.: SOSC
Format: LEC
Course number: P8794
Course: Society, Health Equity and Health Communication
Professor(s): Schiavo, Renata
Points: 3.00