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SX1513: WHAT GIVES US RIGHTS? (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:35


Course Overview

We hear about human rights at every turn these days, but there is much confusion and controversy about what human rights are, how they came to be, and what they can offer us. In this course, students are confronted by approaches to human rights from across the arts and social and physical sciences, including history, politics, philosophy, anthropology, law, medicine, and environmental and development studies. They learn to consider and compare the different approaches, reaching their own conclusions about the present and future of human rights in the world.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Trevor Stack

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The past, present and future of human rights are the topic of this course. Each week students listen to a different lecturer, drawn from history, politics, philosophy, anthropology, law, medicine, and environmental and development studies, as well as attending a tutorial in which they discuss the required readings and make a group presentation. Among other tasks, students submit an essay halfway through the course and then a research-based magazine-style article on a human rights topic at the end of the course.

Further Information & Notes

This course is available only to students registered in programme years 1 and 2. Attendance at sixth century courses is compulsory. Students who do not attend all classes (including lectures) for a sixth century course, without exceptional cause, will not pass the engagement component of the course and will therefore fail the course.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 reading-based essay (30%); 1 research-based report (30%); 4 written comments on readings (20%); tutorial participation (20%).

Resit: Students will have the opportunity to submit/resubmit any assessment missed or failed.

Formative Assessment

As the students will be completing regular summative assessments, there will be no formative assessments.

Feedback

As the students will be completing regular summative assessments, they will have regular feedback throughout the course.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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