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Human rights scholarship cuts across disciplines. This Interdepartmental Committee identifies a core of Columbia faculty members from different disciplines who have established interests in the field and who counsel graduate students in the selection of courses and research topics. The Committee guides students in selecting courses that cover the major conceptual, historical and humanistic questions from the perspective of different disciplines. The program is designed to complement a student's disciplinary preparation for the M.A. or Ph.D. degree. It offers a certificate upon the completion of twenty-four points of study. Participation is appropriate for students with career objectives related to human rights teaching, research, and professional practice and who have been admitted to and meet the degree requirements of the participating departments, namely Philosophy, Political Science, History, Sociology, Law, Social Work, and Public Health. 

Students in the certificate program have access to the activities of the Center for the Study of Human Rights.
These include human rights events which are listed at http://hrcolumbia.org/calendar/, such as Brown bag lectures given by CSHR's Human Rights Advocates, and lecture series and projects on Indigenous Peoples' Issues: International Perspectives & Global Challenges, Towards Sustainable Peace in Darfur, and The Battle of Ideas Still Rages: Attacks on Academic Freedom in the 21st Century

Further details may be obtained from one of the Committee's members or from the Center for the Study of Human Rights located on the 7th floor of Riverside Church tower, at 91 Claremont Ave, between W. 120 St. and W. 122 St.  

Applicants interested in a program of study leading to the Master of Arts should consider the Master of Arts in Human Rights Studies. For more information see Liberal Studies.