The Certificate Program of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice is open to graduate students enrolled in a degree granting program in any of the university’s graduate schools.
Requirements
The Certificate requires that the student has:
- Followed a curriculum within his or her graduate studies that emphasizes human rights and international justice issues, including at least three human rights related courses within own discipline.
- Widened his or her interdisciplinary understanding of these issues by completing at least one course designated by the Center in an academic department or discipline that is not his or her own.
- Completed the Center’s Interdisciplinary Seminar in Human Rights and International Justice.
- Written a research paper under the Center’s auspices or completed a practicum supervised by the Center. This is an independent study with Center affiliated faculty.
Programs of Study
Below are sample Programs of Study for students enrolled in some specific graduate programs and a generic program of study to be completed by all others.
- Law
- Political Science
- Social Science (including graduate programs in the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, the Graduate School of Social Work, and Lynch School of Education).
- Theology
- All Other Disciplines
Approved Courses
Click here for a list of Center approved Certificate courses.
Application
Each student will need to get his or her Program of Study and Independent Study approved by the Center Directors prior to admission to the Certificate.
Submit application form, program of study (see above), and independent study forms to anjani.datla@bc.edu.
If you have questions about the Certificate Program, contact CHRIJ Assistant Director, Anjani Datla via email: anjani.datla@bc.edu. Or stop by her office in 21 Campanella Way, 312R during regular work hours to set up a meeting. Certificate Program applications are considered on a rolling basis. If you are however enrolled in a one year Masters program, please submit your application early in the Fall semester.