Social Justice and Human Rights

Overview

The Social Justice and Human Rights MA program from Arizona State University requires an internship to be completed domestically or internationally, in which students typically work alongside other advocates for social justice to help refugees, migrants, workers and survivors of violence or human trafficking.

Students may select from three degree tracks: research, advocacy, or critical trauma studies and social work. The research track prepares students for positions as researchers, analysts and advocates in governmental, intergovernmental and nongovernmental agencies. The advocacy track prepares students to be leaders in nonprofit, social movement, governmental and intergovernmental organizations. The critical trauma studies and social work track prepares students to assist vulnerable people, especially survivors of extreme violence, poverty, war, sex trafficking, human trafficking, gender-based violence and various forms of marginalization.

Career Opportunities

Graduates from this program are well poised to pursue additional graduate education such as law school or PhD programs.

Career examples include:

• advocate or lobbyist
• community organizer
• correctional officer
• grant writer
• humanitarian aid
• policy analyst or researcher
• program officer
• public defender
• social justice specialist or consultant
• social service worker