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The Master of Human Rights is an interdisciplinary program with Thesis or Practicum Stream options.
Master of Human Rights
Expected duration: 12-24 months
Tuition and fees: one year tuition, then continuing fees in subsequent years (refer to Graduate tuition and fees)
In addition to the minimum course requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, students must complete:
- 18 credit hours of study (9 required credit hours, 9 elective credit hours)
- A practicum and major research project (Practicum Stream) or a thesis (Thesis Stream)
Sample course offerings
Program-approved graduate-level elective courses are available through various faculties supporting the MHR program.
Mandatory courses:
- HMRT 7100: Theory and Practice of Human Rights: Critical Perspectives
- HMRT 7200: Selected Topics in Human Rights Research and Methods
- HMRT 7300: Human Rights Law
Elective options samples:
- ANTH 7080: Museums, Memory, and Witnessing (3 credit hours)
- DS 7020: History of Disability (3 credit hours)
- EDUB 7212: Critical Applied Linguistics in a Global Context (3 credit hours)
- GEOG 7550: Political Ecology, Power and Discourse: Understanding Contemporary Environmentalism (3 credit hours)
- HIST 7772: Imperialism, Revolution, Democracy: Latin American History since the Cuban Revolution (3 credit hours)
- NATV 7240: Issues in Colonization (3 credit hours)
- PEAC 7126: Ethnic Conflict Analysis and Resolution (3 credit hours)
- POLS 7790: International Relations Theory (3 credit hours)
For full course descriptions, please visit the Academic Calendar.
Admission requirements
The following are minimum requirements to be considered for entry into the Master of Human Rights program. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee acceptance into the program.
To be considered for admission to the Master of Human Rights program, you must have:
- A four-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a recognized college or university with a minimum 3.0 GPA in the last 60 credit hours of study.
One undergraduate-level course in human rights or equivalent field experience is preferred.
Applicants who expect to complete their undergraduate degree before September may be conditionally accepted into the program.
In addition to the admission requirements described here, all applicants must meet the minimum admission and English language proficiency requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
How to apply
The Master of Human Rights program has only one application deadline per year, and applications are accepted for September entry only. Applications must be completed online and include several parts:
- Application fee (non-refundable)
- CV
- Statement of Interest
- Two letters of recommendation
- Thesis proposal (if entering the Thesis Stream)
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Room 500 UMSU University Centre
65 Chancellors Circle
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
graduate.admissions@umanitoba.ca
Phone: 204-474-9377
Monday to Friday
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University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
mhradmissions@umanitoba.ca
Phone: 204-474-6130
Fax: 204-474-7580