International Studies Major

Concentration Area 6:

Peace Studies

December 1, 2002

International Studies majors now have a sixth field they can choose as their primary area of concentration: Peace Studies. Persons taking Peace Studies as a primary or secondary area will be required to take:

     1.  PSCI 3500 Introduction to Peace Studies

     2.  at least one course in each of three other areas:

          •   Determinants of Violence

          •   Conflict Management

          •   Issues of Justice

To complete the remaining hours required to make peace studies either a primary or secondary area, students may choose courses in any of the three areas, as well as other approved Peace Studies electives, with internships being strongly recommended to fulfill part of those elective hours. The courses that have approved for each list are as follows:

Determinants of Violence:

ANTH 4600: Topics in Physical Anthropology

(When it is The Anthropology of Terrorism, or another appropriate topic)

ANTH 4610  Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology

(When it is Anthropology of War and Conflict, or another appropriate topic)

HIST 4260    (when the topic is appropriate)

PSCI 3100    (when the topic is appropriate)

PSCI 4640    Revolution and Political Violence

PSCI 4700    (when the topic is appropriate)

PSCI 4820    (when topic is appropriate, i.e., International Conflict, Ethnic Conflict).

Conflict Management:

AECO 2120  Mediation

AECO 4120  Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

COMM 2025 Communication in Conflict Management

PSCI 4820    (when it is International Conflict Resolution, or another appropriate topic)

HIST 4260    (when the topic is appropriate)

Issues of Justice:

ANTH 2035  Urban Poverty

ANTH 4050  Contemporary Ethnic Groups

ECON 3150  Economics of Discrimination

HIST 3150    Historical and Cultural Development of the Mexican American Community

HIST 4260    (when the topic is appropriate)

HIST 4440    African American History and Culture to 1900

HIST 4450    African-American History and Culture Since 1900

HIST 4780    Indian Policy in American History

PSCI 3100    (when it is on Civil Rights, or another appropriate topic)

PSCI 4210    Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

PSCI 4490    (When topic is appropriate, i.e., Poverty in America)

PSCI 4620    Political Change

PSCI 4520    International Human Rights

PSCI 4630    Military in Politics

PSCI 4660    Democracy and Democratization

PSCI 4800    The Politics of International Organization

PSCI 4810    International Law

PSCI 4820    (when course topic is appropriate, i.e., International Conflict)

SOCI 3300   Social Stratification

SOCI 4160   Developing Societies

SOCI 4540   Race and Ethnic Minorities

Peace Studies Electives:

Any of the following courses above may also be taken to fulfill the needed hours:

AECO 4820  Dispute Resolution in the Workplace

AECO 4420  Practicum in Mediation and Dispute Resolution

PSCI 3810    International Relations

SOCI 4750   World Population Trends and Problems

ENGL 4940  When it is taught as Literature and the Holocaust

Practicums in any other field (e.g., PSCI 3910; SOCI 4920; ECON 4920; ANTH 4920) where the experience has been approved by the Director of the Peace Studies Program or the Director of International Studies, and appropriate Special Project classes as approved by the Director.