Minor in Human Rights in Engineering (HRE)
The Human Rights in Engineering academic minor is designed to create a human rights focused pathway through existing engineering major and CAP requirements, providing a foundation and framework that will enable engineering students to explore, discuss, and apply human rights frameworks in their personal and professional life as a globally responsible engineer. The skills, knowledge, and abilities gained from this minor prepares engineering students for careers that incorporate global development, social and corporate responsibility, sustainability, stakeholder engagement, full participation of marginalized communities, cross-cultural work environments, and equity-centered design. The Human Rights in Engineering minor features a unique interdisciplinary curriculum and a blend of coursework and experiential learning opportunities. The minor is a result of a partnership between the School of Engineering’s Ethos Center, UD’s Human Rights Center, and the Human Rights Studies Program that serves the dual purpose of applying engineering and technology to advance, promote, and increase access to Human Rights, as well as infusing human rights principle, practices and approaches into engineering research and design.
Students minoring in "Human Rights in Engineering" must complete 15 credit hours, including a foundational course in human rights studies (HRS 200 - it is recommended that this is taken the second half of freshman year or during the sophomore year); 1 to 2 approved academic courses outside of engineering; 1 to 2 approved course in engineering or a closely related field (computer science, GIS); and 1 approved course that supplements and/or is connected with an intensive experiential learning opportunity integrating human rights and engineering design methods, systems-thinking, applied research, and or data analysis and validation. Courses for this minor may double count with courses for other minors and majors and Common Academic Program requirements. Students desiring to minor in Human Rights in Engineering should notify their advisors and the Director of the Ethos Center in the School of Engineering.
| Required Foundational Course 1 | 3 | |
| Introduction to Human Rights | ||
| Examining Social Issues With Human Rights Frameworks - choose one course from the following 2 | 3 | |
| Visual Ethics | ||
| History of Photography I | ||
| Faith Traditions: Human Rights | ||
| Gender, Women’s Rights and Global Politics | ||
| Latin/x America and Performing Human Rights | ||
| Philosophy & Human Rights | ||
| Literature for the Common Good | ||
| Literature & Human Rights | ||
| History of Photography II | ||
| Anthropology of Human Rights | ||
| History of Human Rights | ||
| Foundations of Disability Studies | ||
| Sociology of Human Rights | ||
| Art and Social Practice | ||
| Art and Social Practice | ||
| Politics of Human Rights | ||
| Sustainable Development Goals | ||
| Human Rights and Development in Africa | ||
| Genocide, Mass Atrocity and Transitional Justice | ||
| Food Justice | ||
| Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy | ||
| Dangerous Work and Disaster Capitalism | ||
| Social & Cultural History of Latin America | ||
| History of Religion in Latin America | ||
| Connecting engineering knowledge generation and human rights - take one course from the following 3 | 3 | |
| GEO 451 | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Human Rights | 4 |
| Engineering Systems for the Common Good | ||
| By Design | ||
| Sustainable Energy Systems in Developing Countries | ||
| Engineering Systems for the Common Good | ||
| Renewable Energy Systems | ||
| Sustainable Energy Analysis and Economics | ||
| Sustainable Water and Waste Infrastructure | ||
| Renewable Energy Systems | ||
| Physical & Chemical Water & Wastewater Treatment Processes | ||
| Honors Thesis 4 | ||
| Engineering Systems Design 5 | ||
| Physical & Chemical Wastewater Treatment Processes | ||
| Engineering Design & Appropriate Technology | ||
| Sustainable Manufacturing & Product Design | ||
| Mechatronics | ||
| Sustainable Energy Systems in Developing Countries | ||
| Interdisciplinary systems analysis course - choose one from the following 2 | 3 | |
| GEO 451 | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Human Rights | 4 |
| Sustainable Development Goals | ||
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Human Rights | ||
| Art and Social Practice | ||
| Art and Social Practice | ||
| Food Justice | ||
| Sustainability Research II | ||
| Applied Geographic Information Systems | ||
| History of Photography II | ||
| By Design | ||
| Engineering Design & Appropriate Technology | ||
| Appropriate Technology and Design II | ||
| Sustainable Energy Analysis and Economics | ||
| Engineering Analysis | ||
| Sociotechnical Engineering for the Common Good | ||
| Human Rights and Development in Africa | ||
| Genocide, Mass Atrocity and Transitional Justice | ||
| Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy | ||
| Critical Reflection and Praxis at the Nexus of Engineering and Human Rights - must choose one course and the corresponding experiential learning opportunity 6 | 3 | |
| Engineering Design & Appropriate Technology 7 | ||
| Sociotechnical Engineering for the Common Good 8 | ||
| Appropriate Technology and Design II 7 | ||
| Human Rights and Development in Africa 9 | ||
| Genocide, Mass Atrocity and Transitional Justice | ||
| Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy | ||
| Sustainable Energy Systems in Developing Countries | ||
| Moral Courage Project 10 | ||
| Civil Engineering Design 11 | ||
| Multidisciplinary Design II 12 | ||
| Multidisciplinary Design II 12 | ||
| Engineering Systems Design 13 | ||
| Special Topics in Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 14 | ||
| Senior Project 12 | ||
| Senior Project 12 | ||
| Senior Project 12 | ||
| Engineering community-based global learning experience (through Ethos Center) 15 | 0-.5 | |
| Intro to Engineering Design and Technology 16 | ||
| Introduction to Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology 16 | ||
| ETHOS International Immersion | ||
| Total Hours | 23-23.5 | |
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Encouraged to take 2nd semester 1st year or during 2nd year.
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Students may not double count a course in this category with other categories within the Human Rights in Engineering minor.
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Requests to have other engineering courses approved will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the Ethos Center and the Academic Department overseeing the course of interest. Students may not double count a course in this category with other categories within the Human Rights in Engineering minor.
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By permission only. Must be an engineering topic that incorporates human rights.
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By permission only. Must be an engineering topic that incorporates sustainability and human rights.
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Students will take a 3 credit hour course for this category and the course must include or must be tied to an intensive experiential learning opportunity that the student must participate in - choose one from the list (other courses can be approved with permission from the Ethos Center AND the Human Rights Center).
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Must also be accepted and enrolled into the Ethos Center's International Immersion program.
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Must also be accepted and enrolled into the Ethos Center's Dayton or Domestic Immersion program (full time or part time immersion).
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Must also be accepted and enrolled in the Human Rights Center's Malawi HR Practicum program.
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Must also be accepted and enrolled to participate in the Human Rights Center's Moral Courage Project Experience.
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Must get approval from faculty member for assignment to a human rights focused senior design project. Student must also be attending Human Rights Design Seminar.
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Must get permission from Innovation Center and Ethos Center to ensure working with an Ethos Center or Human Rights-based design project; student must also be attending Human Rights Design Seminar.
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Students must get permission from the Ethos Center to get credit for this course as they work on an Ethos Center VIPER (research) project. student must also be attending UDI 290 seminar experience (0.5 credits).
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Students participating in River Stewards can take the "River Leadership" section of this course.
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Students are required to participate in one of the Ethos Center's student programs, which could be an immersion, a breakout, VIPER research, part-time immersion, remote immersion, student leader intern, human rights and vocational pathway seminars, or other as approved by Center Director. This can be double counted with other categories above.
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Students are enrolled in this to transcript their Ethos experiences.