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COMM 361 - Human Rights Advocacy Seminar


Prerequisites: COMM100 or COMM101 or permission of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course is a unique experience for students interested in freedom of expression, human rights, foreign affairs, social justice, writing, and government.  In collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organization, the purpose of this “living class” is to be a case-responsible entity for people who are being persecuted.  Working with the NGO, students identify and assume a new case, conduct background research on the region, the politics of the case, and the specific issues, thus building a dossier on that case.  They then interact with the larger world and local community by developing and implementing an advocacy strategy that often includes preparing reports, developing and maintaining outreach initiatives, working with other organizations, lobbying government officials, generating public awareness, working on local press outreach, etc. As part of this learning project, students begin the conversation between expression, repression, and critical thinking. They look at questions, such as: What are the consequences and effects of the individual expression of freedom? How do styles of delivery alter the intent and reception of an individual’s statement? What does freedom of expression mean?  And, what does Academic Freedom mean? Minimum Passing Grade: C-

3 credits



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