310681 (v.1) Human Rights Theory and Philosophy 401

Area:	School of Education, Language Studies and Social Work
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Seminar:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Definition of human rights, theories of rights, natural rights, existential rights, individual and group rights, 'negative' and 'positive' rights and the implications of this for human rights issues and responsibilities and the responsibilities of the individual, the community, the state and the global community. Human rights and human needs. Rights and ethics. The ' three generations' of human rights and alternative frameworks. Feminist critiques of conventional human rights.
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Field of Education:	090515 Welfare Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External