Human Rights Theory Units
Structuring a major or minor
To obtain a major in Human Rights Theory, students must complete eight units in total:
- A first year sequence, consisting of HRY1010 and HRY1020.
- At least four units from the list of core units.
- The remaining two units from the list of elective units.
- At least three units must be completed at 3rd year level.
To obtain a minor in Human Rights Theory, students must complete four units in total:
- A first year sequence, consisting of HRY1010 and HRY1020.
- At least two units from the list of core units.
Provisional list of units for Human Rights Theory
Because Human Rights Theory is a new area of study, the list of core and elective units at later years is still undergoing revision. The information below relating to later-year units is provisional only, to assist students in 2010 to get a sense of what units they will likely be able to study in later years.
First year units
Provisional list of second and third year core units
(Students completing a major must take at least four units from this list. Students completing a minor must take two units from this list.)
- HRY2xxx Rights, remedies, and retribution (this unit currently being developed)
- INT2100 / INT3100 The human body and the international marketplace
- INT2910 / INT3910 Poverty, ecology, and international justice
- INT2920 / INT3920 The ethics of global conflict
- PHL2330 / PHL3330 Issues in political theory
- PLT2xxx / PLT3xxx Justice and democracy (this unit currently being developed)
- HSY2xxx / HSY3xxx The struggle for justice (this unit currently being developed)
Provisional list of second and third year elective units
(Students completing a major take two units from this list.)
- AAS2020 / AAS3020 Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state
- AAS2060 / AAS3060 Indigenous legal issues
- CRI2050 / 3050 International crime and justice
- GES2660 Power and poverty: Geographies of uneven global development
- HSY2985 / HSY3985 Twentieth century America: Race, rights, and power
- PHL3610 Philosophy of law
As the major is developed, the list of officially available units will be updated here.