Peace and Conflict Studies Minor
Coordinator: Associate 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 3500 | FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES | 4 sh |
Peace in Practice: 4 sh
Students must complete a total of 4 sh from the following:
| PCS 1210 | INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MEDIATION | 2 sh |
| PCS 1220 | Communication Across Differences | 2 sh |
| PCS 4985 | INTERNSHIP IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES | 1-4 sh |
| PCS 4991 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 1-4 sh |
| PCS 4999 | RESEARCH | 1-4 sh |
Select twelve semester hours from the following: 12 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 3200 | Issues in Contemporary Art | 4 sh |
| ARH 3300 | The Un/Ethical Museum | 4 sh |
| ARH 3330 | Jewish, Christian, & Islamic Cultures: Contact & Conflict | 4 sh |
| ART 3390 | Eco Art | 4 sh |
| COR 3590 | Media and the Middle East | 4 sh |
| COR 4160 | Wealth and Poverty | 4 sh |
| COR 4430 | Poverty and Social Justice | 4 sh |
| GBL 2300 | THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA | 4 sh |
| GBL 2400 | HOLOCAUST JOURNEY | 4 sh |
| GBL 2510 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE: DAILY LIFE IN A TIME OF WAR | 4 sh |
| HSS 3110 | SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY | 4 sh |
| HSS 3490 | VIOLENCE IN FAMILIES | 4 sh |
| HSS 3500 | INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SERVICES | 4 sh |
| HSS 3510 | GLOBAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | 4 sh |
| HST 1390 | FASCISM AND PROPAGANDA | 4 sh |
| HST 1400 | THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY | 4 sh |
| HST 3390 | A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST | 4 sh |
| HST 3490 | COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD | 4 sh |
| HST 3540 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 3650 | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN POST-CIVIL WAR AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 3920 | NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY | 4 sh |
| IDS 2240 | DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT | 4 sh |
| PCS 1210 | INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MEDIATION | 2 sh |
| PCS 1220 | Communication Across Differences | 2 sh |
| PHL 1120 | HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? | 4 sh |
| PHL 2120 | ETHICAL PRACTICE | 4 sh |
| PHL 3200 | RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY | 4 sh |
| PHL 3410 | PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | 4 sh |
| PHL 3560 | RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| PHL 3630 | RAP, RACE, GENDER, AND PHILOSOPHY | 4 sh |
| PHS 3020 | GLOBAL HEALTH | 4 sh |
| POL 1410/IGS 1410 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| POL 3430 | International Law | 4 sh |
| POL 3450 | INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | 4 sh |
| POL 3460 | INTERNATIONAL SECURITY | 4 sh |
| POL 3480 | INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS | 4 sh |
| POL 3620 | India and South Asia | 4 sh |
| POL 3660 | Middle East Politics | 4 sh |
| POL 3680 | Latin American Politics | 4 sh |
| POL 3920 | TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE | 4 sh |
| PSJ 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES | 4 sh |
| PSY 3540 | STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE | 4 sh |
| PSY 3850 | CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR | 4 sh |
| REL 1810 | BUDDHIST TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 3110 | BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| REL 3120 | RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS | 4 sh |
| REL 3440 | CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| REL 3480/PHL 3480 | ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | 4 sh |
| SOC 3410 | Racism and Race in the United States | 4 sh |
| SPN 3570 | (RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS | 4 sh |
| SPN 3620 | RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | 4 sh |
| ENG 2590 | Literature of the Holocaust | 4 sh |
| HSS 3590 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| PHL 3330 | MODERN PHILOSOPHY | 4 sh |
| PHL 3450 | SEX, GENDER, POWER | 4 sh |
| SOC 2210 | RETHINKING RACE: INEQUALITY, COLORBLINDNESS, AND THE "POST-RACIAL" ERA | 2 sh |
| SOC 3550 | CRIMINOLOGY | 4 sh |
| SOC 3340 | ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | 4 sh |
| GEO 3450 | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| HST 3530 | COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 3570 | AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR | 4 sh |
| POL 1610 | Comparative Politics | 4 sh |
| POL 3610 | POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN | 4 sh |
| POL 3920 | TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE | 4 sh |
| REL 3360 | RELIGION AND WAR IN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| REL 1850 | JEWISH TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 3820 | JEWISH ETHICS | 4 sh |
| REL 4610 | SPECIAL TOPICS | |
| IDS 2220 | THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| SPN 3560 | TEXTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| ENG 3351 | Narratives of Slavery Before and After Emancipation | 4 sh |
| PHL 3300 | ECONOMIC JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| POL 3280 | Race and Ethnicity in American Politics | 4 sh |
| POL 3660 | Middle East Politics | 4 sh |
The following special topics courses are offered at various times and are acceptable for this minor:
- Wealth and Poverty
- Writing About Poverty
- Animal Captivity: Zoos, Sanctuaries and Asylums
- Issues in African Art
- Gender/Sexuality in Latin America
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
Program Outcomes
Students will be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the theoretical and operational aspects of conflict genesis, resolution, and post-conflict reconciliation. Students can demonstrate this knowledge through traditional academic writing, interpersonal mediation skills, and other applicable projects.
Students will be able to integrate the methods and essential questions of different fields – the social sciences, humanities, and behavioral sciences - in an interdisciplinary effort to produce research in the field.
Students will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate the theoretical foundations of peace and justice. Students will also have the ability to demonstrate peace advocacy, mediation, and non-violent resolution techniques that can be used in and beyond the classroom, and in our local and global communities.
Students will be assessed on their ability to conduct in-depth analysis on the course material, resulting, but not limited to, independent research on their chosen projects.