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Postgraduate CUR-CHRE502-2021

Human Rights History Across Cultures and Religions

View human rights through the lenses of religious and cultural beliefs.Return to the Enlightenment and the birth of human rights. Adopt Buddhist, Christian and Islamic approaches. Ask how these perspectives intersect with the field of education.

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$2,285 $2,535

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

14 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 19 Jul 2021
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QS RANKING 2021

13

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. describe and critique ideas of human rights from a range of cultural and religious traditions
  2. describe and critique the role and practice of dialogue as a means of overcoming barriers to universal human rights
  3. use appropriate technologies to locate and critically appraise relevant human rights literature
  4. analyse and communicate ideas of human rights from particular cultural and religious traditions
  5. demonstrate an understanding of plagiarism, paraphrasing and the principles of Academic Integrity.
Topics covered
    • Introduction - thinking about human rights, cultures and religions
    • Universalism and cultural relativism
    • Dialogue as a means of overcoming barriers to human rights across cultures/religions
    • Constructing human rights beyond the limits of the modern western view
    • Human rights and Christianity
    • Human rights - an African perspective
    • Human rights and Islam
    • Human rights and Indigenous peoples
    • Human rights and Buddhism
    • Rights to cultural identity
Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core
  • CUR-HRI-MAS-2020
  • CUR-HRI-MAS-2021
Elective
  • CUR-HRI-GCE-2020
  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2020
  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2021
  • CUR-HRI-GCE-2021
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Special requirements

  • EquipmentDetails - Audio/Visual equipment
Description

This subject provides an overview of the development of the idea of human rights and related concepts in a range of cultures and religions. The subject begins with an exploration of the development of human rights in the Enlightenment tradition and then explores debates about the foundations of human rights. Other topics include cultural relativist critiques of human rights; non-western cultural traditions of human rights; the role and practice of dialogue; ideas of human rights in different religious traditions; colonialism and human rights; and Indigenous understandings of human rights and perspectives on rights protection, practice and education.

Please Note:  If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Readings report (30%)
  • Presentation/engagement (30%)
  • Final Essay (40%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate CUR-HRI-MAS-2020

Master of Human Rights

Postgraduate CUR-HRI-MAS-2021

Master of Human Rights

Postgraduate CUR-HRI-GCE-2020

Graduate Certificate in Human Rights

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2020

Postgraduate Single Subjects

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2020

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2021

Postgraduate Single Subjects

Postgraduate CUR-HRI-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Human Rights

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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