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Twin Cities Campus
Human Rights M.H.R.Global Studies Department
Graduate School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Master of Human Rights will be a two-year interdisciplinary professional master's degree to prepare students to work in the field of human rights or to advance their knowledge and skills in the field. This degree will equip graduate students with core professional and conceptual knowledge and analytical tools necessary to operate on the professional level in the field of human rights, along with the in-depth academic and professional training needed for the specific human rights area in which they practice or intend to practice. Students will follow a core curriculum that includes the study of human rights norms and law, methodology, critical views of human rights, and human rights policy that will equip them with the skills needed to address the problems.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Complete application will include a University of Minnesota application, personal statement, resume or C.V., transcripts, GRE scores, TOEFL scores (if applicable), at least three letters of recommendation, and an optional diversity statement.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan C: Plan C requires
45
major credits and
up to
credits outside the
major.
There is no final exam.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project: Students will participate in a three-credit capstone seminar rather than a thesis. The capstone seminar is one of the required core courses.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 1 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
Students will be required to complete 45 credits, including 21 credits of core human rights courses, 12 credits in an approved concentration, 2 credits in a first-year cohort seminar, and 3 credits in either a professional paper or capstone project in their second year, and a professional internship of 400 hours, completed before graduation and preferably during the summer after the first year. The internship would be supervised by the Human Rights Program, and would be a non-credit program.
The Masters in Human Rights will require all students to take courses in the following framework, as outlined below:
Human rights core (9 credits), professional/social science/humanities core (minimum 12 credits), concentration (minimum 12 credits), a capstone or professional paper (3 credits), cohort seminar (1 credit per semester x 2 semesters=2 credits) and electives (remaining credits) and the aforementioned 400 hours in a non-credit professional internship
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