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HUMAN RIGHTS

Course
INRE431 - HUMAN RIGHTS
Department
International Relations - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
6
T+P+L
3 + 3 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
-
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course aims to generate necessary conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological background to assess the different aspects of human rights from a multi-cultural perspective. To serve this main goal, the course will mainly focus on the basic concepts, theories, methods, and measures of human rights; history of ideas and institutions of human rights; international regimes of human rights, issues in human rights respectively. Within this framework, a functioning and internally consistent theoretical, methodological, and practical background are analysed to make students understand and explain the specific cases of human rights regulations and practices in the multicultural world.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

No evaluation items have been defined.

Course outcomes

  1. 01 Generating necessary conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological background to assess the different aspects of human rights (5).
  2. 02 Comparing the specific cases of human rights regulations and practices in the multicultural world (5).
  3. 03 Enabling students to discuss human rights issues from different perspectives (4).

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 The Concept of Human Rights
Week 3 A Brief History of Human Rights
Week 4 The United Nations Human Rights System
Week 5 Relative Universality of Human Rights
Week 6 Dignity in the West and Human Rights in South Asia and China
Week 7 Quiz 1 and Revision
Week 8 Mid-term
Week 9 International Human Rights Regimes
Week 10 Human Rights and Foreign Policy
Week 11 Human Rights, Democracy, and Development
Week 12 Humanitarian Intervention
Week 13 The Case of Sexual Minorities
Week 14 Quiz 2 and Review
Week 15 Final Exam

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Jack Donnelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, 3rd ed., Cornell University Press, Ithaca:2013
  2. 02 Andrew Clapham, Human Rights, Oxford University Press, 2007

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 Generating necessary conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological background to assess the different aspects of human rights SOLO 5
  2. L02 Enabling students to discuss human rights issues from different perspectives SOLO 5
  3. L03 Comparing the specific cases of human rights regulations and practices in the multicultural world SOLO 4
  4. L04 Understanding the relationship between human rights and other concept such as democracy, development, humanitarian intervention. SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 1. Recognized and applied all the learning tools and techniques learnt which they will implement throughout their lives and future careers.
  2. P02 2. Become confident in their knowledge and skills so that they can successfully study and work on their own.
  3. P03 3. Attained a high level of professionalism through the fundamental knowledge and skills gained in both marketing and digital fields.
  4. P04 4. Demonstrated a solid understanding of core business principles in the primary areas of digital marketing, web technologies, new media and management, as well as the interconnectedness of these disciplines in the running of an organization.
  5. P05 5. Been able to critically implement their knowledge and skills in both written, oral and digital forms to an intended audience, based on creative and analytical approaches.
  6. P06 6.Demonstrated their understanding of the ethical and protected use of various new media such as social media, mobile technology, web analytics, search engine optimization, and viral advertising in both their studies and careers.
  7. P07 7. Implemented best practices in business for planning, decision-making, and problem-solving based on collaborative work and studies.
  8. P08 8. Demonstrated effective communication skills in addition to in-depth of analysis and synthesis which are essential in multicultural educational and work contexts.
  9. P09 9. Demonstrated critical thinking characterized by the ability to define business problems with the evidence available, discern fact from opinion, determine underlying causes, formulate and evaluate potential solutions.
  10. P10 10. Been able to implement ideas and concepts through the development and creation of digital content for effective social media marketing strategies, and designing and evaluating the effectiveness of interactive web sites to increase web traffic flows, visibility, consumer satisfaction and response rates.
  11. P11 11. Embodied integrity in their work and actions, honor confidentiality, followed generally accepted codes of conduct in the digital marketing industry.
  12. P12 12. Devoted themselves to follow the codes of ethics, improve privacy issues with social media, conflict, and citizenship in order to frame a better understanding of digital marketing.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11 P12 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L03 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L04 - - - - - - - - - - - - -