Bachelor of Ethics and Human Rights | Makerere University Courses

Undergraduate or Graduate Level : Undergraduate Level

Duration of Program : 3 years

Bachelor’s degree in Ethics and Human Rightsis intends to provide a comprehensive course of study that positively responds to the above yearning of society.
Human rights have ceased to be the concern of only a few distinct organizations like United Nations, Amnesty International or American Human Rights Watch. Human right is now at the center of the broader life of human kind. Today people talk of Human Rights based approach to development, Human Rights and Democracy, Peoples’ centered approach to development in the age of globalization etc. These new needs call, not only for a better understanding of basic human rights principles, but also for need to be equipped with ethical.
The Bachelor of Ethics and Human Rights is offered by coursework, examinations and research.

Courses

Year 1

Semester 1
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Units	Level
Introduction to Ethics	EHR 1101	4	Undergraduate Level
Communication Skills	CSK 1103	4	Undergraduate Level
Introduction to Research Ethics	EHR 1105	4	Undergraduate Level
Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights	EHR 1104	4	Undergraduate Level
Introduction to Human Rights	EHR 1102	4	Undergraduate Level

Semester 2
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Units	Level
Introduction to International and Human Rights Regimes	EHR 1205	4	Undergraduate Level
History of Ethics	EHR 1204	4	Undergraduate Level
Critical Thinking	EHR 1203	4	Undergraduate Level
Evolution of Human Rights	EHR 1202	4	Undergraduate Level
Introduction to Human Rights Law	EHR 1201	4	Undergraduate Level

Year 2

Semester 2
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Units	Level
Disability and Human Rights	EHR 2207	4	Undergraduate Level
Poverty, Ethics and Human Rights	EHR 2206	4	Undergraduate Level
Minority Rights	EHR 2205	4	Undergraduate Level
Gender, Ethics and Human Rights	EHR 2204	4	Undergraduate Level
Development Ethics	EHR 2203	4	Undergraduate Level
African Traditional Justice Systems and Human Rights	EHR 2202	4	Undergraduate Level
Research Methods	EHR 2201	4	Undergraduate Level

Semester 1
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Units	Level
Ethics, Human Rights and Governance	EHR 2105	4	Undergraduate Level
Implementing Human Rights	EHR 2106	4	Undergraduate Level
African Indigenous Ethical Systems	EHR 2104	4	Undergraduate Level
Professional Ethics	EHR 2103	4	Undergraduate Level
Theories of Human Rights	EHR 2102	4	Undergraduate Level
Theories of Ethics	EHR 2101	4	Undergraduate Level
Human Rights and Environmental Management	EHR 2107	4	Undergraduate Level

Year 3

Semester 2
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Units	Level
Children’s Rights	EHR 3207	4	Undergraduate Level
International Ethics	EHR 3206	4	Undergraduate Level
Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration	EHR 3205	4	Undergraduate Level
Technology and Human Rights	EHR 3204	4	Undergraduate Level
Implementing Ethics and Integrity	EHR 3203	4	Undergraduate Level
The Human Person, Ethics and Human Rights	EHR 3202	4	Undergraduate Level
Human Rights in Africa	EHR 3201	4	Undergraduate Level

Semester 1
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Units	Level
Ethics, Property Rights and Development	EHR 3105	4	Undergraduate Level
Ethical Development of Persons and Organizations	EHR 3107	4	Undergraduate Level
Contemporary Ethical and Human Rights Issues	EHR 3106	4	Undergraduate Level
Management of Ethical and Human Rights’ Dilemmas	EHR 3104	4	Undergraduate Level
Social Ethics	EHR 3103	4	Undergraduate Level
Research Project	EHR 3101	4	Undergraduate Level
Ethics and Human Rights in Uganda	EHR 3102	4	Undergraduate Level