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STV-3026: Human rights and minority rights Work Load
20 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
STV-3026 is an elective course for students studying in the Master''s program in political science, Master''s in Peace and Conflict Transformation (MPCT). Master''s in Indigenous Studies, and can also be of interest as an elective for students in other Master''s programs at the university. | Contents
This course provides both a general introduction to human rights with a specific focus on the rights of minorities. On the one hand the course offers a general introduction into the substance and political significance of human rights and human rights declarations in today''s world, addressing questions on the following:
- Relationship between human arights and democracy
- Relationship between human rights and conflict
- Can human rights thinking impose a universal applicability or is it just an ''export product'' with clear Western roots and content?
On the other hand, the course offers a focus on the special problematique associated with rights for ethnic minorities, including particularly indigenous minorities. This impacts the following issues:
- How are minority raights justified?
- Relationship between the principle of individual human rights (based upon notions of universal citizenship) and the principle of collective group rights (based on the notions of diffrentiated citizenship)
- The role of human rights and minority rights within the regulation of multicultural relations and conflicts. | Form of teaching
Lectures/seminars. | Assessment
One term paper and one written exam.
The exams consist of:
- One 6 hours written university-based exam
- One term paper (approx. 4000 words or 11-12 pages) on a theme of your choice. The deadline for the paper will be determined towards the end of the course.
Grades from A-E are passing grades, and F constitutes a fail. The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester. | Examination semester
Autumn, Spring | Date(s) of written examination
14.12.2005
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester. | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Åshild Tempel | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Course overlap
STV-3006 -1 10 sp | Homepage
http://uit.no/statsvitenskap/1993/30
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=STV-3026-1 |
Teaching autumn 2005
Orienteringsmøte: tirsdag, 16. august 2005 kl. 1415
Responsible teacher:F.aman. Jarle Weigård | | Forelesning | Undervisningen er felles med STV-3006
Første forelesning: torsdag, 18. august 2005 kl. 1415
Teaching period:16.08.2005 to16.12.2005
Teach.Period:18.08.2005 to15.12.2005
Torsdag 14:15 to16:00
C 1005 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Foreleser F.aman. Jarle Weigård
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