Minor in Peace and Conflict Studies
Why study Peace and Conflict Studies?
This multidisciplinary program enables students to examine conflict within and between societies as well as ways that humans address conflict through war, mediation, law, diplomacy, institutions, and peaceful resistance.
Requirements for the Minor
Students selecting this minor must complete each of the following:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | ||
| Satisfied by: | ||
| PCS 120 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 |
| Peace and Conflict Studies Core Knowledge and Skills | ||
| Satisfied by 2 courses (6 hours) from the following: | 6 | |
| Anthropology of Violence | ||
| Social Justice Perspectives and Experiences | ||
| Mass Media and Politics | ||
| Theoretical and Historical Foundations of Criminology | ||
| Ethics, Ideas and Nature | ||
| Global Environmental Justice | ||
| Environmental Geopolitics | ||
| Environmental Geopolitics | ||
| Environmental Geopolitics | ||
| Globalization: History and Theory | ||
| International Women's Rights | ||
| Environmental Geopolitics | ||
| Transnational Terrorism | ||
| Anthropology of Violence | ||
| Globalization: History and Theory | ||
| Ethics, Ideas and Nature | ||
| Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Management | ||
| Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation | ||
| The Refugee Experience: Stories of Statelessness and Citizenship | ||
| Transnational Terrorism | ||
| International Law: The State and the Individual | ||
| Mass Media and Politics | ||
| Global Justice and Foreign Policy | ||
| International Conflict | ||
| Women and Violence | ||
| American Racial and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Competing Perspectives on Crime and Deviance | ||
| Perspectives in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | ||
| International Women's Rights | ||
| Women and Violence | ||
| Peace and Conflict Studies Required Elective | ||
| Satisfied by 3 courses (9 hours) from the following or from the core courses listed above: | 9 | |
| Modern Africa | ||
| Intercultural Communication: The Afro-American | ||
| Global Ethnic and Racial Relations | ||
| Global Ethnic and Racial Relations | ||
| Language, Gender, and Sexuality | ||
| Genocide and Ethnocide | ||
| Advanced Organizational Communication | ||
| Communication and New Media | ||
| Communication in a Diverse World | ||
| Intercultural Communication: The Afro-American | ||
| The Literature of Human Rights | ||
| Environment, Power, and Justice | ||
| Magic, Murder, Monsters: German Literature and the Modern Era | ||
| The German Transatlantic Experience | ||
| Hitler and Nazi Germany | ||
| Immigrants, Refugees, and Diasporas | ||
| Muslim Lives: Politics, Culture, and Society | ||
| The Vampire in Literature, Film, and Television | ||
| Graphic Novels as Memory | ||
| Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An Introduction | ||
| Modern Africa | ||
| History, Women, and Diversity in the U.S. | ||
| The History of the Second World War | ||
| The American Way of War Since World War II | ||
| Immigrants, Refugees, and Diasporas | ||
| Hitler and Nazi Germany | ||
| Hitler and Nazi Germany | ||
| The Holocaust in History | ||
| Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An Introduction | ||
| Hitler and Nazi Germany | ||
| Study Abroad in Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies: _____ | ||
| Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies: _____ | ||
| Directed Study in Peace and Conflict Studies | ||
| The Literature of Human Rights | ||
| Comparative U.S. State Politics | ||
| Introduction to Public Policy | ||
| Populism and Nationalism | ||
| Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An Introduction | ||
| Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An Introduction | ||
| United States Foreign Policy | ||
| International Organization | ||
| International Cooperation | ||
| International Law: Laws of Armed Conflicts | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Muslim Lives: Politics, Culture, and Society | ||
| Graphic Novels as Memory | ||
| The Language Landscape of Eastern Europe | ||
| War and Violence Russian Literature and Film | ||
| Principles of Social Problems | ||
| Sociology of Immigration | ||
| Environment, Power, and Justice | ||
| Global Ethnic and Racial Relations | ||
| Language, Gender, and Sexuality | ||
*With the permission of the PCS Coordinator in the department of Slavic, German and Eurasian Studies, courses that have significant content related to peace and conflict but are not listed here may be counted towards the Peace and Conflict Studies minor.
Minor Hours & Minor GPA
While completing all required courses, minors must also meet each of the following hour and GPA minimum standards:
Minor Hours
Satisfied by 18 hours of minor courses.
Minor Hours in Residence
Satisfied by a minimum of 9 junior/senior (300+) hours of KU resident credit in the minor.
Minor Junior/Senior Hours
Satisfied by a minimum of 12 hours from junior/senior courses (300+) in the minor.
Minor Graduation GPA
Satisfied by a minimum of a 2.0 KU GPA in all departmental courses in the minor. GPA calculations include all junior/senior courses in the field of study including F’s and repeated courses. See the Semester/Cumulative GPA Calculator.
Note: Only 3 hours can be shared between the minor and any other minor or major. Students may not count more than 9 hours of course work from any one department toward completion of the minor.