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Peace & Justice Studies Area of Study

• Minor in Peace and Justice Studies

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Peace & Justice Studies Minor

Some courses have prerequisites or require consent of the instructor. Check description before registering for any course.

I. Required Courses

• PHIL 230 Philosophies of Nonviolence (4 credits)
• PJST 210 Global Peace & Justice Issues (4 credits)
• PJST 211 Integrative Seminar (May be taken for credit up to three times) (1 credit)
• PJST 470 Integrative Tutorial (2-4 credits)
• SOC 260 Social Change (4 credits)

Subtotal: 15-19 credits

II. Elective Areas

Complete two of the following elective areas.

*NOTE: Some courses are included in more than one area, but a course can count for credit in only one area.

Area I: Achieving Ecological Balance

• ENVR 200 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
• Plus two of the following:
  • BIOL 261 General Ecology (4 credits)
  • ECON 333 Environmental Economics (4 credits)
  • GEOG 201 Introduction to Physical Geography (4 credits)
  • GEOG 301 Applied Physical Geography (4 credits)
  • GEOG 309 Conservation of Natural Resources
    or BIOL 362 Environmental Conservation (4 credits)
  • MASC 200 Persuasion in the Media
    or MASC 292 International Communication
    or SOWK 201 Intercultural Communication (3-4 credits)
  • SOC 324 Population and Ecology (4 credits)
  • SOC 305 Society and Environment (4 credits)

Subtotal: 10-11 credits

Area II: Achieving Economic Well Being

• INTL 230 The Global Economy (3 credits)
• Plus two of the following:
  • ECON 331 International Trade & Factor Movements (3 credits)
  • ECON 332 International Finance (3 credits)
  • ECON 335 Comparative Economic Systems (4 credits)
  • ECON 351 American Economic History (4 credits)
  • GEOG 321/ INST 321 American Indian Lands (4 credits)
  • GEOG 400 Geography of Population and Settlement (4 credits)
  • MASC 200 Persuasion in the Media
    or MASC 292 International Communication
    or SOWK 201 Intercultural Communication (3-4 credits)
  • PHIL 320 Marxist Philosophy (4 credits)
  • SOWK 214 Introduction to Social Welfare (4 credits)
  • SOC 320 Inequality I - Perspectives (4 credits)

Subtotal: 9-11 credits

Area III: Achieving Sociopolitical Justice

• PHIL 325 Political Philosophy
  or POL 202 Development of Political Thought (4 credits)
• Plus two of the following:
  • GEOG 202 Human Geography (4 credits)
  • GEOG 402 Urban Geography (4 credits)
  • HST 212 American Indians in the 20th Century (4 credits)
  • HST 215 U.S. Ethnic and Minority History (4 credits)
  • HST 220 Women and History (4 credits)
  • HST 223 Colonialism and Modernization in the Non-Western World (4 credits)
  • MASC 200 Persuasion in the Media
    or MASC 292 International Communication
    or SOWK 201 Intercultural Communication (3-4 credits)
  • MASC 344 Minority Affairs Reporting (3 credits)
  • PHIL 209 Ideas About Women (3 credits)
  • POL 320 International Politics (4 credits)
  • POL 321 International Law (Peace) (3 credits)
  • POL 333 Women in the Legal System (3 credits)
  • POL 405 Federal Indian Law (4 credits)
  • SOC 223 Ethnic and Minority Group Relations (4 credits)
  • SOC 320 Inequality I - Perspectives (4 credits)
  • SOWK 214 Introduction to Social Welfare (4 credits)
  • SOWK 219 The American Indian: Social Work Perspectives (3 credits)
  • WMST 222 Women's Issues (4 credits)

Subtotal: 10-12 credits

Area IV: Achieving Peace

• SOC 310 Violence I - Perspectives (4 credits)
• Plus two of the following:
  • HST 222 War & History (4 credits)
  • POL 207 International Conflict (4 credits)
  • POL 220 United Nations (4 credits)
  • POL 321 International Law (Peace) (3 credits)
  • POL 322 International Law (Conflict) (3 credits)
  • MASC 200 Persuasion in the Media
    or MASC 292 International Communication
    or SOWK 201 Intercultural Communication (3-4 credits)
  • SOC 303/SOWK 303 Family Violence (4 credits)

Subtotal: 10-12 credits

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS FOR MINOR: 34-43 CREDITS