HRTS Courses
This is a list of courses with the subject code HRTS. For more information, see University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (College of Law) in the catalog.
HRTS:2115 Introduction to Human Rights 3 s.h.
Analysis and evaluation of the international human rights program; relationship between human rights and international law. Same as IS:2115.
HRTS:2902 The Arts and Human Rights 1-3 s.h.
Examination of emerging human rights issues in the arts from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:2902.
HRTS:2903 Technology and Human Rights 1-3 s.h.
Examination of emerging human rights issues in technology from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:2903.
HRTS:2907 Literature and Human Rights 1-3 s.h.
Examination in human rights in literature from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:2907.
HRTS:2908 Governance and Human Rights 1-3 s.h.
Examination of emerging human rights related to governance issues from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:2908.
HRTS:2909 Human Rights Lab 1-3 s.h.
Discussion-based examination of emerging human rights issues from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:2909.
HRTS:3904 Business, Labor, and Human Rights 1-3 s.h.
Examination of emerging human rights issues in labor and business from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:3904.
HRTS:3905 Topics in Human Rights 1-3 s.h.
Examination of emerging human rights issues from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Same as IS:3905.
HRTS:3906 Global Crises and Human Rights 3 s.h.
Exploration of human rights in context of global challenges; multidisciplinary; topics may include military conflict, nuclear war, human trafficking, environmental disasters, and other international human rights crises.
HRTS:3910 Approaches to Advocacy: From Theory to Practice 3 s.h.
Examine the application of advocacy models to the practice of human rights advocacy. Students explore real-life human rights and humanitarian advocacy initiatives, learn to apply a variety of advocacy models, and critically analyze challenges faced by practitioners working in the field of human rights advocacy. Same as IS:3910.
HRTS:3920 Advocacy in Action: From the Classroom to Congress (Washington, D.C.) 3 s.h.
Supervised, organized internship; focus on collaborative design and implementation of human rights-based advocacy plan for imprisoned scholar; includes three-day field experience in Washington D.C.
HRTS:3930 Peer Assistantship 1-2 s.h.
Designed to foster student and faculty collaboration in the classroom through a supervised mentoring internship; creates a credited opportunity for the student to work with the faculty member in a course they have previously taken by providing peer assistance and mentoring to currently enrolled students.