Human Rights

Description

An Essex undergraduate human rights course provides a first-class academic education in human rights. We encourage our students to not just better understand the world, but also develop some of the skills required in order to help make the world a better place. Essex human rights graduates are to be found working in many of the worlds human rights organisations, from the United Nations to grass-roots non-governmental organisations. In addition to lectures and seminars, studying human rights at Essex extends to include many extra-curricular opportunities to develop your commitment to improving human rights.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 11950 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

Our courses are characterised by choice and flexibility. Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory ('core') and optional modules to ensure you gain key knowledge in the discipline while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our modules change from year to year in response to new developments and innovation, but our module directory can show you which modules are available to our current students.

Example structure

Because of our interdisciplinary approach, many of our courses offer a wide selection of available modules, often including options from departments other than your own. Your course content will therefore depend on your own unique interests, but the structure below gives an example of what’s available to you.

Year 1

• Foundations of Human Rights (core)
• Human Rights Institutions (core)
• The Enlightenment (core)
• Race, Class and Gender (optional)
• Philosophy and Religion (optional)

Year 2

• Issues and Methods in Human Rights (core)
• Ethics (core)
• Public International Law (core)
• International Relations (optional)
• Human Rights and Political Theory (optional)

Year 3

• Human Rights Colloquium (core)
• Rights Skills for Rights (core)
• Dissertation (core)
• Art, Politics and Human Rights (optional)
• Welfare, Human Rights and States’ Protection (optional)

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• A-levels: ABB-BBB
• GCSE English: C
• IB: 32-30 points (we consider IB certificates at the Higher Level on a case-by-case basis)
• Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 6 level three credits at distinction and the remainder at merit (or above) or achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 45 level three credits at merit (or above).

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each component (or equivalent). Different requirements apply for second year entry.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Essex.

Funding

For up-to-date information on funding opportunities at Essex, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance.