As a Human Rights minor, quite a few of my courses are being rewritten and challenged on a daily basis. Here’s a few- and how they’ve been in the news.
INTSTDS 5801: Children & War Currently, the war in Syria has displaced many- including children, who are assumed to be more “resilient”- as in, capable of picking themselves up after extreme trauma.
INTSTDS 5050: Two Koreas North Korea has an interesting place within American culture- often the subject of jokes (and controversial comedies), its unique and rare context makes it a dazzling prospect for ongoing social research.
WGSST 5450: Global Human Trafficking I come from a town where not once, but twice, major trafficking rings were busted. While trafficking is seen unquestionably as a horror, the question has to be asked- what are we doing about it?