Human rights relating to policy and advocacy in these changing times, is a global subject area which is at the heart of all learning, yet treated as taboo in the classroom. This session provides content information concerning a highly effective UC Berkeley course comprising a diverse group of advanced EAP students from conflicting countries who chose to research international human rights issues. Each student selected which human rights issues he/she was most passionate about and analyzed history, policy reform, and reparation within both a national and international context. Students developed self-critical thinking skills in applying methods from required texts, coursework, lectures, classmates, victims of oppression, and fieldwork co-workers to heighten awareness.

Participants in this session will review the following course learning objectives (LO's) as applicable to their own context:

• (LO1) - Explore Human rights course curricula in American and other universities, using diverse methods to promote equality.
• (LO2) - Review Articles of United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and critique human rights abuses in one's own country through Amnesty International and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights
• (LO3) - Study ethical foundations of social analysis related to human rights in: law, politics, corporate social responsibility, public education, film, literature, direct action, art, music, social media, and the Internet.
• (LO4) - Individually examine course's methods applied to selected topics in different parts of the world.
• (LO5) - Review and evaluate recommended: texts, films, lectures, library data base searches for authoritative sources supporting human rights research
• (LO6) – Actively participate in 10 hours of fieldwork, conducting interviews, volunteering
• (LO7) – Review the UC Berkeley International Human Rights self-critique platform of historical etymology
• (LO8) - View student coursework samples

Syllabus and course materials will be provided for all attending the information session.