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SMU Human Rights Education Program
The Human Rights Minor

Fall 2008 Course Offerings
ANTH 2301 701 R 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm   Various
ANTH 2301 801 TR 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm Smith-Morris
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
This course focuses on understanding the forces that shape cultures and societies, and how they adapt to a rapidly changing world.
           
ANTH 3301 001C MWF 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm Various
Health, Healing, and Ethics
Cross-cultural perspectives on sickness and society.  Explores cultures and organization of medical systems, economic development and the global exportation of biomedicine and ethical dilemmas associated with medical technologies and global disparities in health.
           
ANTH 3353 701 W 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm  Phinney
Indians of North America
A survey of American Indian and Eskimo life, past and present, with emphasis on the interaction of Indians and Whites since 1492 and contemporary American Indian problems and enterprises – reservation and urban life, gambling, health care, and legal rights.
           
ANTH 3354 701 T 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm Various
Latin America: Peoples, Places, and Power
Examines the development of Latin America in the context of global transformation since the 16th century.
           
ANTH 4303 001C R 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm Various
Political Economy of Health
Course explores topics in health and healing from a political economy perspective. Addresses social and economic factors influencing culture change, health and healing practices within a society.
           
ANTH 4305 001C W 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm Wallace
Applied Anthropology
The application of anthropological theories and methods to problems in contemporary societies, including global business, community development, health care issues, agricultural/environmental programs, urban planning tourism projects, and education policy. Prerequisites:  Advanced standing and ANTH 2301
           
ENGL 3383 001C TR 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm Holahan
Literary Executions: Imagination and Capital Punishment
The literary treatment of capital punishment in drama, poetry, novel, and biography.
           
HIST 3301 701C T 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm  Halperin
Human Rights:  America’s Dilemma
Examines certain violations of human rights within their historical context and explores America’s commission and prevention of human rights violations. 
           
HIST 3306 001C MWF 10:00 am to 10:50 am Knock
Colony to Empire: US Diplomacy 1789-1941
Examines major events in American foreign policy from the Early National period to Pearl Harbor, emphasizing 19th century continental expansions, early 20th century imperialism and American involvement in the World Wars.
           
HIST 3313 001 TR 9:30 am to 10:50 am Hamilton
African-Americans in the US 1607-1877
This course examines the people of the African continent, uprooted and enslaved, who continually grappled with the problem of how to preserve their identity in a hostile environment.
           
HIST 3322 001C TR 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Smith
Native American History
Examines the roles Native Americans played in the history of North America (excluding Mexico) from 1500 to the present.
           
HIST 3363 001C MWF 9:00 am to 9:50 am Niewyk
The Holocaust
This course examines the destruction of the European Jews as they emerged from pre-World War I anti-Semitism and Nazi racism and considers Jewish responses to genocide, the behavior of bystanders, and possibilities of rescue.
           
HIST 5340 001 T 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm DeLuzio
Seminar in American History: Women's Rights in the US
The course will explore the history of women's rights in the United States.
           
PHIL 3371 001C MWF 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm Various
Social & Political Philosophy
A historical study of philosophical formulation of the individual good (ethics) in its relation to the public good (social philosophy).
           
PHIL 3374 001C TR 3:30 pm to 4:50 pm Robinson
Philosophy of Law
An analysis of the foundations and nature of law.
           
PHIL 3377 701C W 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm Kazez
Animal Rights
An examination of the moral status of nonhuman animals, and its implications for the common use of animals as food and experimental subjects for humans.
           
PHIL 3380 001 TR 11:00 am to 12:20 pm Robinson
Ethical Theory: Doing the Right Thing
A study of contemporary ethical theory.
           
PLSC 1380 001 MWF 9:00 am to 9:50 am Various
PLSC 1380 002 TR 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm Brown
Introduction to International Relations
A basic survey of the elements of international relations, including the nation-state system, international organizations, international law, diplomacy, foreign policy and various non-state actors such as multinational corporations.
           
PLSC 4381 001 T 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm Brown
National Security Policy
The historical background and development of national security policy in the United States.  Emphasizes war powers and defense policy; the constitutional framework, precedents, and presidential-congressional authority; and Cold War and post-Cold War national security strategies and defense policy issues.
           
SOCI 3363 701 W 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm Hawkins
Crime and Delinquency
Extent of the problem, causal theories, prevention and public policy. 
           
SOCI 4364 001 MWF 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm Hawkins
Correctional Systems
The history of punishment, adjustment to incarceration, and comparison of prisons for men and women.