UMass Boston

Applicants must meet general graduate admission requirements in addition to the following program-specific requirements:

• Statement of purpose - Please discuss in 1,200 words or less your reasons for pursuing a graduate certificate in human rights, and your academic, personal, and professional goals.
• Transcripts - Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended. Applicants must possess a four-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university, and must have a GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Letter of recommendation - This letter should come from someone who can speak to your academic and professional preparation for program success.
• Résumé or curriculum vitae - Please make sure all educational background and professional history is current with degrees earned, institutions attended, majors, and GPAs.

Deadlines: June 15 for fall, November 1 for spring

Application Fee: The nonrefundable application fee is $75. UMass Boston alumni and current students that plan to complete degree requirements prior to graduate enrollment can submit the application without paying the application fee.

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Program Cost Information: For more detailed information on costs, please visit the Bursar's website.

Core Courses (9 Credits)

• WGS 110 - Gender in Global Context 3 Credit(s)
  
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  ENGL 293L - Literature and Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
  
  
• WGS 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 401 - Advanced Topics in Human Rights 3 Credit(s)

Electives (9 Credits)

Take three electives from the list below. At least two courses must be at the 300-level or higher.

• CINE 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• ENGL 293L - Literature and Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 346 - Women & Gender in African History 3 Credit(s)
• LABOR 315 - Labor, Community, and Social Justice Organizing 3 Credit(s)
• LABOR 335 - Globalization and Labor 3 Credit(s)
• LATAM 270 - Human Rights in Latin America 3 Credit(s)
• PHIL 450 - Rights 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 252 - Modern Political Thought (D) 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 265L - World War II Internment of Japanese Americans (A) 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 332 - Civil Liberties in the United States (A) 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 369 - Politics of the Middle East (C) 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 404 - The Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 406 - Politics of Food Security 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 450 - Decolonial Theory 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 451 - Queer Theory & Politics 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 230 - Race, Incarceration, and Deportation 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 268 - Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 270 - Native American Women in North America 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 345L - Gender, Religion, and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 360 - Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 490 - Internship in Women’s Studies 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 491 - Internship Placement 3 Credit(s)

Complete 18 credits from six courses including three core courses and three electives.

Pass/fail:No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency:At least three courses applied toward the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.

Graduate Program Director Kaitlyn Siner
kaitlyn.siner [@] umb.edu
(617) 287-3070