About this Program

This interdisciplinary minor is focused on the exploration of child rights within and across diverse disciplines and in the U.S. and internationally. This perspective challenges approaches in the various disciplines that have in their study of children traditionally denied or failed to recognize children’s human rights and dignity. In place of the traditional perspectives, courses in this interdisciplinary minor frame the study of children within the larger framework of human rights, more specifically, children’s rights and status as a group within society in social science research and theory, literature, the arts, humanities, education, counseling, law and public policy.

Program Highlights

  • UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS 1400+

  • FULL-TIME FACULTY 22

  • PH.D STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED 14

Available In-Person and Online
AT A GLANCE
College of Arts & Letters
Sociology & Criminal Justice
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Degree Earned
Minor
Delivery Modes
On-Campus

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Requirements

What are the requirements to apply for Children's Rights at ODU?
Students entering the Minor program in Children's Rights should meet the minimum university admission requirements Undergraduate Admission.

  • The children's rights interdisciplinary minor requires 12 credit hours of 300/400-level courses selected from at least two different disciplines with a maximum of six credits from any one discipline. For completion of the interdisciplinary minor, students must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses required for the minor exclusive of lower-level courses and prerequisite courses. At least six hours of 300/400 upper-level courses must be taken through courses offered by Old Dominion University. Three credit hours may [be used for both major and minor] be in the major, if a major course is listed as an option for the interdisciplinary minor. As such, it will be credited toward both the major and the interdisciplinary minor.

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Transfer

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Cost

Estimated rates for the 2024-25 academic year. Rates are subject to change. Other fees are assessed for special services and certain academic programs. Anyone that is not a current Virginia resident will be charged non-resident rates. That includes international students.

Active Duty Military Rate
Cost Per-Credit $250
Virginia Resident
Cost Per-Credit $408
Technology Delivered Courses Outside Virginia and/or the United States
Cost Per-Credit $439
Non-Resident
Cost Per-Credit $1,109

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Contact

Jeehye Kang
Associate Professor
757-683-4977

6004 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, 23529

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Undergraduate Admissions

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admissions@odu.edu
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International Admissions

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757-683-3651 fax
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