Human Rights and Global Studies (4 years)

This thematic major in Human Rights and Global Studies provides a formal structure for University of Winnipeg students who are committed to obtaining an education organized around questions of social justice, global citizenship, and human rights. The thematic major in human rights explicitly adopts an interdisciplinary approach not only in its core courses, but also within and across each of the three streams described below, from which students will choose their courses. As such, students majoring in Human Rights and Global Studies will be exposed to diverse perspectives from fields such as conflict resolution, gender studies, international development studies, culture and communication, English, politics, history, geography, philosophy, anthropology, economics, and religious studies.Students may choose from the following streams: Reading and Writing Human Rights; Society, Culture, and Economy; Institutions, Laws, and Politics. This four-year degree also offers an mandatory practicum.

Field of study: International/Global Studies