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 350 | FOUNDATIONS 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 320 | ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | 4 sh |
| ARH 330 | THE UN/ETHICAL MUSEUM | 4 sh |
| ARH 333 | JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, & ISLAMIC CULTURES: CONTACT & CONFLICT | 4 sh |
| ART 339 | ECO ART | 4 sh |
| COR 359 | MEDIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST | 4 sh |
| COR 416 | WEALTH AND POVERTY | 4 sh |
| COR 443 | POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| ENG 255 | TOPICS IN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 230 | THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA | 4 sh |
| GBL 240 | HOLOCAUST JOURNEY | 4 sh |
| GBL 251 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE: DAILY LIFE IN A TIME OF WAR | 4 sh |
| HSS 311 | SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY | 4 sh |
| HSS 349 | VIOLENCE IN FAMILIES | 4 sh |
| HSS 350 | INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SERVICES | 4 sh |
| HSS 351 | GLOBAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | 4 sh |
| HST 139 | FASCISM AND PROPAGANDA | 4 sh |
| HST 140 | THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY | 4 sh |
| HST 339 | A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST | 4 sh |
| HST 349 | COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD | 4 sh |
| HST 354 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 365 | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN POST-CIVIL WAR AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 392 | NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY | 4 sh |
| IDS 224 | DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT | 4 sh |
| PCS 121 | INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MEDIATION | 2 sh |
| PCS 122 | MANAGING CONFLICT ACROSS DISCIPLINES | 2 sh |
| PHL 112 | HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? | 4 sh |
| PHL 212 | ETHICAL PRACTICE | 4 sh |
| PHL 320 | RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY | 4 sh |
| PHL 341 | PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | 4 sh |
| PHL 356 | RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| PHL 363 | RAP, RACE, GENDER, AND PHILOSOPHY | 4 sh |
| PHS 302 | GLOBAL HEALTH | 4 sh |
| POL 141/IGS 141 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| POL 343 | INTERNATIONAL LAW | 4 sh |
| POL 345 | INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | 4 sh |
| POL 346 | INTERNATIONAL SECURITY | 4 sh |
| POL 348 | INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS | 4 sh |
| POL 362 | INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA | 4 sh |
| POL 366 | MIDDLE EAST POLITICS | 4 sh |
| POL 368 | LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | 4 sh |
| POL 392 | TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE | 4 sh |
| PSJ 110 | INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES | 4 sh |
| PSY 324 | STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE | 4 sh |
| PSY 357 | CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR | 4 sh |
| REL 181 | BUDDHIST TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 311 | BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| REL 312 | RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS | 4 sh |
| REL 344 | CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| REL 348/PHL 348 | ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | 4 sh |
| SOC 220 | SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY | 4 sh |
| SOC 341 | ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 357 | (RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS | 4 sh |
| SPN 362 | RACE, 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