Peace and Conflict Studies Minor

Coordinator: Assistant Professor Pous

The Peace and Conflict Studies minor is a broad and interdisciplinary program designed to promote a critical, holistic, and intellectually rigorous understanding of:

1.     the complex nature, causes, and modes of expression of violence and conflict and the ethical debates surrounding the use of violence;

2.     the history, philosophy, and strategies of nonviolent action and resistance;

3.     the conditions to create and promote peace, justice, and conflict resolution.

Minor Requirements

Required course: 4 sh

PCS 350FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

4 sh

Select sixteen semester hours from the following: 16 sh

No more than two courses may be counted from a student’s major, and no more than two courses with the same prefix may be counted.

ARH 320ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

4 sh

ARH 330THE UN/ETHICAL MUSEUM

4 sh

ARH 333JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, & ISLAMIC CULTURES: CONTACT & CONFLICT

4 sh

ART 339ECO ART

4 sh

COR 359MEDIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4 sh

COR 416WEALTH AND POVERTY

4 sh

COR 443POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

ENG 255TOPICS IN LITERATURE

4 sh

GBL 230THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA

4 sh

GBL 240HOLOCAUST JOURNEY

4 sh

GBL 251WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE: DAILY LIFE IN A TIME OF WAR

4 sh

HSS 311SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY

4 sh

HSS 349VIOLENCE IN FAMILIES

4 sh

HSS 350INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SERVICES

4 sh

HSS 351GLOBAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

4 sh

HST 139FASCISM AND PROPAGANDA

4 sh

HST 140THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY

4 sh

HST 339A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

HST 349COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

4 sh

HST 354MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 365SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN POST-CIVIL WAR AMERICA

4 sh

HST 392NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY

4 sh

IDS 224DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

4 sh

PCS 121INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MEDIATION

2 sh

PCS 122MANAGING CONFLICT ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2 sh

PHL 112HOW SHOULD WE LIVE?

4 sh

PHL 212ETHICAL PRACTICE

4 sh

PHL 320RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY

4 sh

PHL 341PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

4 sh

PHL 356RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

4 sh

PHL 363RAP, RACE, GENDER, AND PHILOSOPHY

4 sh

PHS 302GLOBAL HEALTH

4 sh

POL 141/IGS 141INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

4 sh

POL 343INTERNATIONAL LAW

4 sh

POL 345INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

4 sh

POL 346INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

4 sh

POL 348INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

4 sh

POL 362INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA

4 sh

POL 366MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

4 sh

POL 368LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

4 sh

POL 392TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

4 sh

PSJ 110INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES

4 sh

PSY 324STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE

4 sh

PSY 357CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

4 sh

REL 201BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 311BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE

4 sh

REL 312RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS

4 sh

REL 344CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

REL 348/PHL 348ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

4 sh

SOC 220SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

4 sh

SOC 341ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4 sh

SPN 357(RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS

4 sh

SPN 362RACE, CLASS AND GENDER

4 sh

* ENG 255 only approved if offered as American Slave Narratives,  or War and Writing

The following special topics courses are offered at various times and are acceptable for this minor:
  • Wealth and Poverty
  • Writing About Poverty
  • Economic Justice
  • Animal Captivity: Zoos, Sanctuaries and Asylums
Special topics courses and core seminars relevant to peace and conflict studies may be counted toward the minor with the approval of the coordinator.

Total Credit Hours: 20

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