Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration
The Peace and Conflict Studies concentration is a multidisciplinary program for students who wish to complement their major field of study with courses focused on the causes of domestic and international conflict as well as the ways of preventing conflict and fostering peace. By thinking through the historical, political, social, and structural factors that lead to inequality and conflict, as well as the means and possibilities for resolution and peace, students develop the knowledge and skills necessary for responsible citizenship.
Requirements
To complete the concentration, a total of six courses is necessary from the lists below, representing at least three disciplines. Students can choose between two concentration tracks: Peace and Conflict Studies or Peace and Conflict Studies/Social Justice. See the Peace and Conflict Studies website for more details about the guidelines for the concentration.
Students must take at least one course in each of three categories listed below. No more than two courses from your other plan(s) of study may be counted toward your concentration. No more than two Study Abroad courses, with the director's permission, can be counted for concentration credit.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Ethical and philosophical courses: | |
| Mediation: Theory & Practice | |
| Seeking Justice | |
| TheClassics&Conflict in the US | |
| Pain & Suffering: US History | |
| Ethics-Military Profession | |
| Philosophical Anthropology | |
| Human Rights | |
| Humanitarianism | |
| Ethics and International Relations | |
| Science, Medicine & the Holocaust | |
| Contemporary Christian Morality | |
| Social Ethics | |
| Liberation Theology | |
| Conflicts in the Church | |
| Modern Religious Movements | |
| Religion and Violence | |
| Sexual Justice:Social Ethics | |
| Holocaust: Confronting Evil | |
| 20Th/21st Century Russian Literature | |
| Contemporary/modern large scale conflict courses: | |
| The Holocaust | |
| Lincoln, Civil War, & Memory | |
| Napoleon to the European Union | |
| World War II in East Asia | |
| Civil War and Reconstruction | |
| Th Civil Rights Movement | |
| French Rebels & Revolutionaries | |
| Imperial Russia/East & West | |
| Soviet Experiment | |
| The Soviet Union After Stalin | |
| Eur:Mass Polit/Tot War 1890-1945 | |
| Europe & Superpowers:1939-1991 | |
| Germany in Age of Nationalism | |
| Germany:Dictatorship/Democracy | |
| The Indians' New World: Native American History 1 | |
| Native American History II | |
| Imperial China | |
| Modern China | |
| South Africa & Apartheid | |
| Cultures of Cold War | |
| Collapse of Communism | |
| Rebels & Radical Thinkers | |
| Germans, Jews and Memory | |
| Resistance & Rev in Mod Africa | |
| Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | |
| Twentieth Century Novel & World War 2 | |
| Sea Power | |
| Introduction to International Relations | |
| The Constitution in Wartime | |
| Latin American Politics | |
| African Politics | |
| Politics of the Middle East | |
| East Asia in World Politics | |
| American Foreign Policy | |
| National Security Policy | |
| Structural causes of violence and conflict courses: | |
| Informal Economies | |
| Cultures and Politics of Latin America | |
| Anthropology of Africa | |
| Global Queer Activism | |
| Community Engagement and Social Responsibility | |
| Health and Development | |
| Ideological Destruction of Art | |
| Topics in Conflict Economics | |
| African American Literature | |
| Food, Power, & Environment | |
| Colonial Latin America | |
| Modern Latin America | |
| African Colonial Lives | |
| Modern Africa Since 1800 | |
| Slavery, Industry, Empire 1815-60 | |
| United States in the 20th Century 1 | |
| US in 20C II 1945-Present | |
| Hist of Capitalism: US & World | |
| Radicalism in America | |
| The Asian American Experience | |
| U.S. Mexican Border | |
| Afro-Latin America | |
| Raza e Identidad | |
| America's Colony: Puerto Rico since 1898 | |
| Modern India | |
| Making Modrn MidEast 19th Century | |
| Making of the Mod Mid East II | |
| From Blues to Rap | |
| Music & Gay Rights | |
| Latin American Politics | |
| Politics of Development | |
| European Politics | |
| African Politics | |
| South Asian Politics | |
| Democratization and Women's Rights | |
| Women, War, and Violence | |
| Psychology of Stigma | |
| Writing Under Stalin | |
| Race & Power | |
| Social Class & Power | |
| Consumer & Corp Sustainability | |
| Race, Crime, and Justice | |
| Girls and Violence | |
| Children & Violence | |
| Freedoms & Unfreedoms | |
| (Precarious) Work | |
| Topics in African Cinema | |
| Courses - no category but are PCON electives | |
| Cultures and Politics of Latin America | |
| The Black Urban Experience | |
| Britain & Empire since 1901 | |
| America's First Global Age | |
| Music of Peace and Conflict | |
| Global Governance | |
| International Law | |
| Refugees | |
| Contemp Catholic Spirituality | |