Peace and Justice Minor Requirements and Course Descriptions

Peace and Justice minor requirements and course descriptions

Peace and Justice minor (6 courses):

PEAC 200 Introduction to Peace and Justice
PEAC 400 Capstone in Peace and Justice
Two courses from ONE of the following three areas:

A. Economic and Environmental Justice:

ECON 350 Environmental Economics

ECON 357 Economics of Globalization

ECON 375 Growth, Development and International Trade

ENVP 100 Environmental Issues and Policies

ENVS 300 Environmental Science

IDIS 363 Poverty and Social Justice

PHIL 325 Ethics: International Issues

POLI 348 Environmental Politics

POLI 362 North-South Relations in the Contemporary World

RELS 347 Theology and the Concern for Justice

SSCI 301 Environmental Studies

B. Cultural Dimensions of Peace and Justice:

EDUC 340 Education and World Development

GENS 408 Social Inequalities: Race and Minority Relations

GENS 418 International Inequalities

IDIS 363 Poverty and Social Justice

RELS 318 Feminist Theology

RELS 333 Christian Ethics: Theology and Society

SOCI 260 Gender and Culture

SOCI 289 Globalization and Society

SOCI 360 Feminist Theory

C. Issues in War and Peace:

HIST 340 Israel/Palestine: The Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

HUMA 262 War and Peace in the American Literary Tradition

INTL 400 World Issues and Conflict Resolution

POLI 355 International Organizations

Two additional courses from those above or from the following three courses chosen by the student with the approval of a Peace and Justice advisor.
- PEAC 389 Special Topics
- PEAC 490 Independent Study
- PEAC 494 Internship

Experiential Component: Students complete 40 hours of approved and monitored field experience. This may be done through a College-sponsored trip, or a course or internship, or a semester-long commitment to a social service project or agency.

Course descriptions:

PEAC 200 Introduction to Peace and Justice
Peace and Justice is an interdisciplinary field of study that includes courses from a wide variety of academic areas. The first course clarifies the meaning of peace and justice and the relation between them. The course also introduces the Catholic Church's tradition of social teaching on peace and justice. The major part of the course consists of an introduction to each of the three major topic areas in the minor: economics and environmental justice, cultural dimensions of justice and issues in war and peace. Guest speakers will be a regular part of the course, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the minor.

PEAC 400 Capstone in Peace and Justice
Through lectures and selected readings, the early portion of the class will serve to integrate the different areas of the minor: economic and environmental justice, the cultural dimensions of justice and peace and conflict issues. Throughout the semester, students will pursue capstone project papers, which will be the focus of the latter portion of the course. These researched and reflective papers will be presented as a part of the class format and will integrate the experiential component of the minor. Students will also be encouraged to present their papers at the Student Conference of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies held each April on different campuses around the state. This course will be offered in alternate years for junior and senior Peace and Justice minors.