Program:Human Rights & Equity Studies
Program | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Faculty | Liberal Arts & Professional Studies |
Credential | BA | Duration | 4 Years |
Starting Month | Fall, Winter and Summer | Available for | Full-Time and Part-Time |
Program Description:
Violations of human rights occur across a broad range of social, economic and cultural areas as well as within the civil and political order. Today we are faced with local and global issues that, in one way or another, impact all of us: denial of education or basic health rights; surveillance and suppression of speech; polarization of incomes or denial of economic security; atrocities of military occupation and war.
Students in York's innovative Human Rights & Equity Studies program explore the roots of human rights violations as they occur across a broad range of social, economic and cultural areas. You'll tackle local and global issues, that, in one way or another, impact us all:
· denial of education or basic health rights;
· surveillance and suppression of speech;
· polarization of incomes or denial of economic security;
· atrocities of military occupation and war.
Admission Requirements:
Chinese High School
BA
· Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate
o Successful completion of the final year of Senior 3/Grade 12 level of student
Link to York University Official Website
http://futurestudents.yorku.ca/program/human-rights-equity-studies