BA Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies
Course Overview
This major provides a critical examination of the root causes of violence and conflict while equipping students with practical strategies for peaceful resolution. You will master theoretical frameworks for peacebuilding and human rights advocacy, applying them to real-world situations through an required internship. The program is further enhanced by opportunities for international study and an accelerated path to a law degree.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze the origins of interpersonal, communal, and international conflict
- Apply practical strategies for advocacy, consensus-building, and conflict resolution
- Complete a professional internship with a peace, justice, or conflict resolution organization
- Gain global perspective through international study abroad programs
- Accelerate your career with a combined 3+3 BA/JD degree program
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Course Overview
This major provides a critical examination of the root causes of violence and conflict while equipping students with practical strategies for peaceful resolution. You will master theoretical frameworks for peacebuilding and human rights advocacy, applying them to real-world situations through an required internship. The program is further enhanced by opportunities for international study and an accelerated path to a law degree.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze the origins of interpersonal, communal, and international conflict
- Apply practical strategies for advocacy, consensus-building, and conflict resolution
- Complete a professional internship with a peace, justice, or conflict resolution organization
- Gain global perspective through international study abroad programs
- Accelerate your career with a combined 3+3 BA/JD degree program
Requirements
The requirements may vary based on your selected study options.
Modules
- TOPICS: TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
- TOPICS: TOOLS TO SUPPORT JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PEACEBUILDING
- INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING
- SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
- CONFLICT: STORYTELLING, INTERVENTION, NEGOTIATION
- HUMAN RIGHTS: PROMISE AND PROBLEMATICS
- INTERNSHIP IN PEACE, JUSTICE, AND CONFLICT STUDIES
- TOPICS SEMINAR
- THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENT ACTION
- TOPICS IN MIGRATION AND FORCED MIGRATION
- BEYOND CONFLICT RESOLUTION: THE EVOLUTION OF GRASSROOTS PEACEBUILDING
- PRINCIPLES AND PRACTCES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
- THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: ORIGINS AND CONTROVERSIES
- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: CHALLENGES AND INTERVENTIONS
- LITERATURE OF WAR IN THE 20TH CENTURY
- TOPICS IN NONVIOLENCE
- TOPICS IN PEACE BUILDING
- TOPICS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
- TOPICS IN CONFLICT INTERVENTION
- TOPICS IN ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY
- TOPICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- LIBERATION THEOLOGY
- GENDER, VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE
- TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- WOMEN, WAR AND RESISTANCE
- POLITICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- CAPSTONE IN PEACE, JUSTICE & CONFLICT STUDIES
- WORLD REFUGEE CRISIS
- ROMAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT IN CONTEXT
- RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PRISON
- MASCULINITY, JUSTICE AND LAW
- LAW AND POLITICS: PRISON POLICIES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
- VOICES OF WAR AND PEACE; ART, LITERATURE AND FILM
- PICTURES OF INJUSTICE: NARRATIVE ARTS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
- NATIVE LITERATURE
- RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
- GEOGRAPHY, FOOD AND JUSTICE
- HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1800
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1800-1900
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1900 TO PRESENT
- ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1871-1917
- ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1941
- ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR, 1917 - 1953
- MIGRATION AND FORCED MIGRATION
- GLOBAL EMPIRES
- RACE, SEX, DIFFERENCE
- NATURE, SOCIETY AND POWER
- CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY
- HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
- LAW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANZIATIONS, NGOS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
- THE LONG LIFE OF EMPIRE
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
- RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
- FOUNDING MYTHS AND CULTURAL CONQUEST IN LATIN AMERICA
- STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA
- INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES
- LGBTQ POLITICS
- SEXUAL JUSTICE: LESBIANS, GAYS AND THE LAW
- EVERYDAY CONFLICT: ANALYSIS, EVALUATION, AND PRACTICES FOR MOVING FORWARD
- CHICAGO AND STRATEGIC NONVIOLENCE
- CHICAGO JUSTICE AND THE WORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
- COMMUNITIES WORKING FOR SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE AND PEACE: SERVICE IN CHICAGO AND THE U.S.
- FRAMEWORKS FOR PEACE: PRACTICAL MODELS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
- ACTIVE NONVIOLENCE: PRACTICAL AND CREATIVE APPROACHES
- SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
- TRANSNATIONAL GRASSROOTS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- IDENTITY, PRIVILEGE, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
- ANALYZING POVERTY, ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
- THE ETHICS OF POVERTY
- VOICES OF WAR AND PEACE: ART, LITERATURE AND FILM
- PICTURES OF INJUSTICE: NARRATIVE ARTS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
- VISUALIZING POVERTY THROUGH FILM AND NARRATIVES
- FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION
- DESPAIR AND HOPE
- DISABILITY JUSTICE STUDIES: AN INTRODUCTION
- GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS
- DISABILITY JUSTICE, RIGHTS, AND POLICY
- TOPICS ON JUSTICE AND PEACE
- INDEPENDENT STUDY
- NATURE, SOCIETY AND POWER
- TOPICS IN CRITICAL THEORY, PHILOSOPHY, POLICY
- TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- PRINCIPLES AND PRACTCES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
- THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: ORIGINS AND CONTROVERSIES
- LIBERATION THEOLOGY
- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: CHALLENGES AND INTERVENTIONS
- WOMEN, WAR, AND RESISTANCE
- INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES
- CAPSTONE IN PEACE, JUSTICE & CONFLICT STUDIES
- TOPICS IN WAR AND PEACE
- TRAUMA, ART & RESILIENCE
- LITERATURE OF WAR IN THE 20TH CENTURY
- TOPICS IN GLOBAL JUSTICE
- TOPICS IN PEACE, JUSTICE AND RELIGION
- TOPICS IN LAW, JUSTICE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- INTERNSHIP IN PEACE, JUSTICE, AND CONFLICT STUDIES
- INDEPENDENT STUDY
- PHILOSOPHY, CONFLICT AND PEACE
- PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUES OF COLONIALISM
- INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
- RIGHTS-BASED SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- URBAN POVERTY
- SLAVERY, RACE AND RELIGION
- FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION
- DESPAIR AND HOPE
- COLONIZATION, RELIGION AND RESISTANCE
- LIBERATION THEOLOGY
- RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE CITY
- RESISTING WHITE SUPREMACY
- CRIMINALIZATION, PUNISHMENT, & RESISTANCE
- REVOLUTIONS AND PEASANT REBELLIONS
- GENDER, SEXUALITY AND VIOLENCE
- BLACK FEMINIST THEORIES IN A U.S. CONTEXT
- GENDER, VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE
- WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST: BEYOND THE VEIL
- ANTIRACIST FEMINISMS
- TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- QUEER PIONEERS: CULTURE, GENDER, AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM
- WOMEN, WAR AND RESISTANCE
- GENDER, COMMUNITY, AND ACTIVISM: COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING IN WGS
- GLOBALLY QUEER: TRANSNATIONAL LGBTQ POLITICS
- POLITICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- INTERNSHIP
- GENDER AND COMMUNICATION
- PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION
- EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY
- LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PSYCHOLOGY
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