Coursework

Regardless of your major, you can easily add a minor in peace, justice and conflict studies. In its current form, this minor combines selected courses in multiple disciplines and a research project (which may be done in conjunction with a senior seminar in another major or as a separate project). Because the minor requires only 17-19 additional hours from multiple departments, you will have a good deal of choice in which courses you take. If you’re interested in a major with a peace, justice and conflict studies emphasis, you might want to explore the possibility of an Individualized Major.

Required courses:

• SSC 235 Introduction to Peace Studies

And three of the following:

• BRL 330 Christian Social Ethics
• BRL 372 Nonviolence: Theory and Practice
• SSC 250 Intro to Conflict Management
• SSC 344 Case Studies in Collective Violence

One elective (partial list):

• BIO 110 Environmental Science
• COA 313 Gender, Race, Class, and the Media
• HIS 347 Race and Ethnicity in American History
• LIT 123 Nonwestern Literatures
• PSY 260 Social Psychology
• SSC 222 Principles of Sociology
• SWK 364 Social Development and Social Justice

See course catalog for additional approved electives.