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 3500FOUNDATIONS 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 3200ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

4 sh

ARH 3300THE UN/ETHICAL MUSEUM

4 sh

ARH 3330JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, & ISLAMIC CULTURES: CONTACT & CONFLICT

4 sh

ART 3390ECO ART

4 sh

COR 3590MEDIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4 sh

COR 4160WEALTH AND POVERTY

4 sh

COR 4430POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

GBL 2300THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA

4 sh

GBL 2400HOLOCAUST JOURNEY

4 sh

GBL 2510WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE: DAILY LIFE IN A TIME OF WAR

4 sh

HSS 3110SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY

4 sh

HSS 3490VIOLENCE IN FAMILIES

4 sh

HSS 3500INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SERVICES

4 sh

HSS 3510GLOBAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

4 sh

HST 1390FASCISM AND PROPAGANDA

4 sh

HST 1400THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY

4 sh

HST 3390A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

HST 3490COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

4 sh

HST 3540MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 3650SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN POST-CIVIL WAR AMERICA

4 sh

HST 3920NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY

4 sh

IDS 2240DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

4 sh

PCS 1210INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MEDIATION

2 sh

PCS 1220NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS

2 sh

PHL 1120HOW SHOULD WE LIVE?

4 sh

PHL 2120ETHICAL PRACTICE

4 sh

PHL 3200RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY

4 sh

PHL 3410PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

4 sh

PHL 3560RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

4 sh

PHL 3630RAP, RACE, GENDER, AND PHILOSOPHY

4 sh

PHS 3020GLOBAL HEALTH

4 sh

POL 1410/IGS 1410INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

4 sh

POL 3430INTERNATIONAL LAW

4 sh

POL 3450INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

4 sh

POL 3460INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

4 sh

POL 3480INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

4 sh

POL 3620INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA

4 sh

POL 3660MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

4 sh

POL 3680LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

4 sh

POL 3920TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

4 sh

PSJ 1100INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES

4 sh

PSY 3540STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE

4 sh

PSY 3850CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

4 sh

REL 1810BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 3110BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE

4 sh

REL 3120RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS

4 sh

REL 3440CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

REL 3480/PHL 3480ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

4 sh

SOC 2200SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

4 sh

SOC 3410ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4 sh

SPN 3570(RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS

4 sh

SPN 3620RACE, CLASS AND GENDER

4 sh

ENG 2590LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

HSS 3590CRIMINAL JUSTICE

4 sh

PHL 3330MODERN PHILOSOPHY

4 sh

PHL 3450SEX, GENDER, POWER

4 sh

SOC 2200SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

4 sh

SOC 2210RETHINKING RACE: INEQUALITY, COLORBLINDNESS, AND THE "POST-RACIAL" ERA

2 sh

SOC 3550CRIMINOLOGY

4 sh

SOC 3340ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY

4 sh

GEO 3450GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

4 sh

HST 3530COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 3570AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR

4 sh

POL 1610COMPARATIVE POLITICS

4 sh

POL 3610POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN

4 sh

POL 3920TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

4 sh

REL 3360RELIGION AND WAR IN AMERICA

4 sh

REL 1850JEWISH TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 3820JEWISH ETHICS

4 sh

REL 4610SPECIAL TOPICS

IDS 2220THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA

4 sh

SPN 3560TEXTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

4 sh

ENG 3351NARRATIVES OF SLAVERY BEFORE AND AFTER EMANCIPATION

4 sh

PHL 3300ECONOMIC JUSTICE

4 sh

POL 3280RACE AND ETHNICITY IN AMERICAN POLITICS

4 sh

POL 3660MIDDLE 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

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