Human Rights BA(Hons)

Facts about Human Rights

Year of entry	2012
Qualification	BA(Hons) (joint honours only)
Application route	3 years full-time: apply through UCAS 6 years part-time: apply direct to the University View course combinations page for joint honours UCAS codes
Modules	Module Listing

About this course

Why choose this course?

The idea of human rights has provoked intense debates on intervention, foreign aid and the nature of the recent 'war on terror'. This course enables you to explore the global issues of human rights and examine how they can be enforced and defended.

See the course combinations section for more information about the different joint honours options.

What will you study?

You will study a broad range of approaches to human rights, including history, politics, international relations, criminology, economics and law, and gain a knowledge of the complex role that human rights play in the contemporary world. You will also analyse the influence of human rights organisations in international and national contexts.

Module listing

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.