Summer 2014  |  SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (89231)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GLOS 4104 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014
Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law; criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on the Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs.
Class Description:
This course is designed to 1) provide the students with basic knowledge of the history of and discourse around human rights and human rights violation and 2) introduce students to sociological critiques of the construction of human rights and responses to its violation. The course will engage a series of complex questions, such as: What are human rights? What crimes constitute human rights violation? What are the similarities and differences between human rights violation and other types of crime? Why do such crimes happen and how do they unfold? What are the possible responses to human rights violations? What are the consequences of such responses? This course will be discussion-based. We will all be learning through conversations in and outside the classroom.
Grading:
20% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
There could be an alternative take-home final exam if the student opt to write fewer reflection papers (the default number is four).
Class Format:
30% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
10 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89231/1145
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
26 March 2014

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