The specialization in Human Rights and Sustainability is a joint program between the College of Engineering, the Human Rights Institute, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) major with Specialization in Human Rights and Sustainability requires a student to be enrolled in the College of Engineering. In addition to providing students with a broad background in numerous engineering fields, this specialization aims to emphasize a human rights-based approach to engineering. Students will complete a minimum of 24 Human Rights credits, chosen from the courses outlined in the catalog, and will design a capstone project that follows a human-rights based approach to engineering.
Please see the UConn Catalog for required courses and plan of study. Please scroll to the bottom to review specializations.