Peace Studies Minor Degree Requirements


Peace Studies Minor ~ Degree Requirements

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 350 Gender Violence and Global Life (fall semester)
  • GS 390 Global Politics (spring semester)
  • GS 360 Religion, Violence, and Peacemaking (spring semester)
  • SBS 350 Domination and Resistance (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 340S Topics In Social Movements: Nonviolence and Social Justice (fall)
  • HCOM 404 Restorative Justice (every other spring)
  • GS 360 Religion, Violence, and 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 312 Cooperative Argumentation (every semester)
  • HCOM 412 Multicultural Conflict Resolution. (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 330 Worldviews (fall semester)
  • HCOM 309 Intercultural Communication: Relating to Whiteness (fall semester)
  • HCOM 343 Race and Gender Justice (spring semester)
  • SBS 381 Comparative Social History & Political Economy: The United States and Vietnam Since 1880

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 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 340S Topics In Social Movements: Nonviolence and Social Justice (fall semester)
  • GS 380S Global Organizations and Model UN (fall semester)
Suggested pathways for focus within Peace Studies Minor
Feminist theory Religion Multicultural
A – GS 350 A – GS 360 A – GS 360
B – HCOM 340S B – GS 360 B – HCOM 340S
C – HCOM 312 C – HCOM 312 C – HCOM 412
D – HCOM 343 D – GS 330 D –HCOM 309
E – HCOM 340S E – HCOM 340S E – HCOM 340S