Human Rights Studies: Thematic Specialization Course I

Our specialisation course is closely linked to the current research conducted at our division. The theme varies from year to year, providing you with a chance to become familiar with our latest research in Human Rights Studies. You will explore various topics and gain a deep understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of one of our research areas in Human Rights Studies. After the course, you will have gained a specialisation within a research theme in the multidisciplinary field of human rights studies.

So far, we have offered courses on topics such as

• Human Rights Monitoring in an Anthropological Perspective
• Human Rights in Images and Media
• Land and Housing Rights
• Feminist Political Philosophy
• Foreign Policy
• Participatory Research for Grassroots Perspectives
• Sex, Gender and Human Rights
• Historical Human Rights: Enlightenments and Revolutions
• Political autonomy and societal development - the case of modern Iran
• Hidden Populations: European Children Born of War after 1939.  

Course syllabus

The syllabus contains the formal and legal details of the entire course. It’s a legal document outlining the course structure and requirements, intended mainly for administrative use.

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

The course uses an interactive teaching style, and the teaching can include lectures, seminars, workshops, group work and oral presentations, where you will engage with advanced research in human rights studies. 

The course can normally be included in a first or second cycle degree. If you want to continue studying human rights, you can study stand-alone courses in Human Rights Studies up to 60 credits.

Prerequisites

To be admitted to the course, students must have a first cycle degree in a humanities or social sciences discipline including a degree project focusing on human rights, as well as English B from Swedish upper secondary school or the equivalent.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 15,625
First payment: SEK 15,625

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.