Master Degree
Apart from their effective role in promoting public awareness and respect for laws guaranteeing the rights of various segments within the society and increasing further concern among governmental and non-governmental organizations for protection and promotion of those rights, these studies can also play an undeniable role in upgrading the abilities of legal and international relations experts thus facilitating their participation in current serious global debates with a view to safeguarding sacred religious traditions and developing religious perspective in the field of human rights in the world.
Over the part few decades, human rights seem to have gradually evolved from a mere subject of international law into what comes to be regarded as the ‘universal law’. This view is increasingly adhered to that ‘human individual’ is the ultimate subject of rights and states can no longer be treated as the exclusive subject of rights in the international community. Bringing such a drastic change at a world level requires serious academic studies on human tights thus making the establishment of programs on human rights studies necessary. Human rights studies is a newly established academic field whereby human rights issues are studied from a comparative or legal and international relations standpoint. This program consists of two main subfields which include: Human Rights in International Relations and Comparative Human Rights Studies. Students are expected to take their elective courses and write their thesis in one of the two subfields.
Overview
The MA program on human rights studies consists of four academic semesters. Courses are offered on a credit-based system and students are required to complete a total of 28 credit hours courses within the first three semesters and successfully defend their thesis during the final semester.
Attention: Under exceptional circumstances, a students may register one course in addition to his/her thesis during the last semester.
Courses
-1. While at the program, students complete 28 credit hours courses (including 16 credit hours required courses and 12 credit hours electives courses) and a thesis (4 credit hours) leading to a total of 32 credit hours.
-2. If deemed necessary by his/her academic field advisor, a student may be required to take a few or several additional courses as prerequisites.
-3. In addition to core courses and those recommended by the field group, students are required to complete four credit hours specialized English or, in case of adequate previous knowledge, French language courses as prerequisites. Language texts studied by students in the program shall be selected from the most credible human rights literature.
-4. The total number of courses referred to in subparagraphs -2. and - 3 shall not in any case exceed 24 credit hours.
-5. The time required for completing prerequisite courses hall not count towards the period allotted for completing the program.
-6. Students may take 9 to 12 credit hours courses in each semester.
-7. During the final semester or under exceptional circumstances, students are allowed to enroll with more than 9 credit hours courses.
Entrance Examine Topics and Factors
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Title |
Factor |
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1- Public International Law |
2
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2- International Organizations |
2
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3- Constitutional Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
2 |
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4- Specialized Foreign Language |
3 |
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5- Civil law (Legal and Natural Persons, Family and General Rules of Contracts) |
1 |
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6- Principles of International Relations and Foreign Policy |
1 |
1. Required Courses of the MA Program on Human Rights Studies
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Course Title |
Number of Credits |
Credit Course Type |
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1 |
Research Methodologies |
2 |
Required |
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2 |
Fundamentals of Human Rights |
2 |
Required |
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3 |
Fundamentals of Human Rights from Islam’s Viewpoint |
2 |
Required |
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4 |
Human Rights in the Constitutional Law |
3 |
Required |
|
5 |
Human Rights in International Law |
3 |
Required |
|
6 |
Human Rights and National and International Institutions |
2 |
Required |
|
7 |
International Criminal Liability |
2 |
Required |
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Total: 16 |
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2. Specialized Courses of the MA Program on Human Rights Studies.
Specialized Courses within the Subfield of Human Rights in International Relations
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Course Title |
Number of Credits |
Credit Course Type |
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1 |
Human Rights and Foreign Policy |
3 |
Required |
|
2 |
Human Rights in World Cultures |
3 |
Elective |
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3 |
International Organizations and Violation of Human Rights in Practice |
3 |
Elective |
|
4 |
States and International Liability for Human Rights Violation |
3 |
Elective |
|
5 |
Islamic and International Human Rights Studies |
3 |
Elective |
|
6 |
Criminal Justice and Human Rights |
3 |
Elective |
|
7 |
Humanitarian Law |
3 |
Elective |
|
8 |
Regional Human Rights Arrangements |
3 |
Elective |
|
9 |
NGOs and Human Rights |
3 |
Elective |
|
10 |
Iran and International Human Rights Institutions |
3 |
Elective |
|
12 |
Latest Developments in Human Rights Studies |
3 |
Elective |
|
13 |
Independent Research |
3 |
Elective |
Specialized Courses within the Subfield of Comparative Law
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Course Title |
Number of Credits |
Credit Course Type |
|
1 |
Comparative Civil and Political Rights |
3 |
Required |
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2 |
Comparative Social and Economic Rights |
3 |
Required |
|
3 |
Comparative Rights of Vulnerable Segments |
3 |
Elective |
|
4 |
Human Rights in World Cultures |
3 |
Elective |
|
5 |
Comparative Social and Individual Rights |
3 |
Elective |
|
6 |
Islamic and International Human Rights |
3 |
Elective |
|
7 |
Criminal Justice and Human Rights |
3 |
Elective |
|
8 |
Humanitarian Law |
3 |
Elective |
|
9 |
Iran and Human Rights |
3 |
Elective |
|
10 |
Iran and International Human Rights Institutions |
3 |
Elective |
|
11 |
Latest Developments in Human Rights Studies |
3 |
Elective |
|
12 |
Independent Research |
3 |
Elective |
