Peace and Conflict Studies Major
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies
The major requires a minimum of 32 credit hours (eight courses).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PECS 110 | Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies | 4 |
| PECS 236 | Conflict Transformation for Peacebuilding and Justice (JPS 236) | 4 |
| or PECS 246 | Mediation & Conflict Intervention | |
| Two 300- or 400-level PECS courses 1 | 8 | |
| PECS 390 | Internship 2 | 4 |
| PECS 465 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
| Any two additional PECS courses or approved Interdisciplinary-elective courses 3 | 8 | |
| Total Credits | 32 | |
- 1
Must be taken at Guilford.
- 2
Taken in the junior or senior year; builds on a student’s prior coursework and incorporates peace and conflict studies analysis with site work.
- 3
Offered by other departments and contribute to the global, social or personal/interpersonal levels of peace and conflict analysis.
Interdisciplinary-Elective Courses
Global
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 238 | War and Peace: 20th-Century Europe, 1914-1999 | 4 |
| HIST 255 | The Second World War | 4 |
| IDS 435 | Understanding Poverty | 4 |
| PHIL 249 | Pacifism and Just War Theory | 4 |
| PSCI 103 | International Relations | 4 |
| PSCI 275 | Asia and the World | 4 |
| PSCI 305 | Politics of Gender | 4 |
| PSCI 345 | Avoiding War, Making Peace | 4 |
| PSCI 367 | Violence and Politics | 4 |
| PSCI 391 | Globalization and Its Discontents | 4 |
| SOAN 216 | HP:The Anthropology of Colonialism | 4 |
Social
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 215 | The Civil Rights Movement | 4 |
| HIST 308 | The Underground Railroad | 4 |
| JPS 220 | Community Building and Organizing | 4 |
Personal/Interpersonal
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| JPS 319 | Trust & Violence | 4 |
| JPS 325 | Family Violence | 4 |
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree in peace and conflict studies is 32 credits