Course ID
042564
Course Description
This course examines the rhetorical strategies that have been used to mobilize social movements aimed at claiming human rights, including those for women, workers, immigrants, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ people. Readings will include testimonios and other forms of creative nonfiction, fiction, speeches, and political philosophy. Students will compose personal and research-based essays and a multimedia project.
In these readings and assignments, we will explore the broader history of concepts of human rights and social justice, including related discussions of empire, slavery, capitalism, and globalization. We will also examine more recent social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and immigrant rights movements. We will compare these movements to those of the 1960s to consider how new media, changing concepts of race and gender, and changing demographics have led younger Americans to view political rights and social justice in ways that differ from prior generations.
In these readings and assignments, we will explore the broader history of concepts of human rights and social justice, including related discussions of empire, slavery, capitalism, and globalization. We will also examine more recent social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and immigrant rights movements. We will compare these movements to those of the 1960s to consider how new media, changing concepts of race and gender, and changing demographics have led younger Americans to view political rights and social justice in ways that differ from prior generations.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Seminar
Optional Component
No