Resource Extraction, Development, and Human Rights

Overview

Subject area

HR

Catalog Number

32005

Course Title

Resource Extraction, Development, and Human Rights

Description

This course evaluates the human rights impacts of investment and development projects, including projects in extractive industries (oil, gas, metals and minerals), manufacturing (such as the garment industry) and large-scale infrastructure (such as dams). The course critically examines the role that international financial institutions, development agencies, and the private sector often play in perpetuating extreme wealth inequality and entrenching human rights abuses.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

029777

Course Schedule