Semester Credits Required
Total credits in the minor: 18-20
Prerequisites
None.
Outcomes, Courses, and Assessment
Students should choose one course from Outcome A-E. These five outcomes can be met in four courses because some courses meet two outcomes. Outcomes may be met by Alternative Assessment or by completing courses identified below (and developed in the future) that have built in assessment for the outcomes. Students selecting from the list below should diversify their choices so that they are taking both GS and HCOM courses. Students may also take one course from another unit after securing permission from the advisor affirming that it meets one or another of the outcomes.
A: Demonstrate knowledge of dynamics and arenas of conflict ~ This outcome provides students the opportunity to learn case studies of conflict and various theoretical approaches to conflict.
- Complete one of the following:
- GS 350GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life (fall semester)
- GS 390GS 390: Global Politics (spring semester)
- GS 360GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking (spring semester)
- SBS 350SBS 350: Domination & Resistance: US (spring semester)
B: Demonstrate knowledge of theories and strategies for social justice and peace ~ This outcome provides students with the opportunities to study movements for social justice and peace past and present, secular and faith-based, and think critically about their relative successes and challenges.
- Complete one of the following:
- HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL (fall)
- HCOM 404HCOM 404: Restorative Justice (every other spring)
- GS 360GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking (spring semester)
C: Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities to engage in cooperative argumentation and conflict resolution ~ This outcome will be met by one of a series of courses based in the model of cooperative argumentation.
- Complete one of the following:
- HCOM 312HCOM 312: Cooperative Argumentation (every semester)
- HCOM 412HCOM 412: Multicultural Conflict Resolut (every other spring)
D: Describe and analyze gendered, classed, racialized, international and religious stratifications of power in relation to struggles for social justice and peace ~ Students will have the opportunity to study the ways that war and peace differently impact communities based on power and privilege and the ways that those stratifications impact our abilities to secure justice and peace.
- Complete one of the following:
- GS 330GS 330: World Views (fall semester)
- HCOM 309HCOM 309: Interracial Communication (fall semester)
- HCOM 343HCOM 343: Race & Gender Justice (spring semester)
- SBS 381SBS 381: US, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific
E: Define, describe, and participate in building projects for social justice and peace ~ In particular through SL curriculum (currently only the 340S is available) students will work via the SL outcomes interfaced with a focus on justice AND in peace based community projects, students will have the opportunities to serve community identified needs in building peaceful solutions. Students may also do faculty sponsored individual projects to meet this outcome.
- Complete one of the following:
- HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL (fall semester)
- GS 380SGS 380S: Int'l Organizations & SL (fall semester)
Suggested pathways for focus within Peace Studies Minor
| Feminist theory | Religion | Multicultural |
| A - GS 350GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life | A - GS 360GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking | A - GS 360GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking |
| B - HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL | B - GS 360GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking | B - HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL |
| C - HCOM 312HCOM 312: Cooperative Argumentation | C - HCOM 312HCOM 312: Cooperative Argumentation | C - HCOM 412HCOM 412: Multicultural Conflict Resolut |
| D - HCOM 343HCOM 343: Race & Gender Justice | D - GS 330GS 330: World Views | D - HCOM 309HCOM 309: Interracial Communication |
| E - HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL | E - HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL | E - HCOM 340SHCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL |