Minor in Peace Studies
Requirements
A minor in peace studies requires a minimum of 15 credits. Online writing intensive versions of 1050 are available. It is recommended that the credits be distributed among the five areas outlined below.
A minor consists of at least 15 credits, including at least 6 credits numbered 2000 or above, 9 of the required credits must be taken in MU course work. This requirement can be reduced from 9 to 6 at the discretion of an individual department. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.
| Required | 3 | |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | ||
| Area 1: Nationalism and Conflict | 3 | |
| PEA_ST 2016 | Authoritarian Societies, States, and the Prospects for Democracy | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2021 | The U.S. - Afghanistan War | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2150 | Amish Community | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2200 | Nuclear Weapons: Environmental, Health and Social Effects | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2322 | Rise of Hitler: Politics and Society in Germany | 2 |
| PEA_ST 2410 | Philosophies of War and Peace | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3230H | Terrorism and Conflict Resolution - Honors | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4331 | Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4685 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| PEA_ST 7685 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| Area 2: International and Comparative Studies | 3 | |
| PEA_ST 1051 | International Conflict Resolution and Group Reconciliation | 3 |
| PEA_ST 1052 | Global Warming, Climate Change, Catastrophic Climate Destabilization | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2100 | The Vietnam and Iraq Wars: Lessons for the Future | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2022 | Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the "Great Powers" | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2550 | Human Rights, Law, War and Peace | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2560 | Modern Military History | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3022 | Peacebuilding and Peacemaking in the Modern Caribbean | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3780 | World Political Geography | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4260 | The Age of Ascendancy: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1945-Present | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4410 | Politics and War | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4810 | Case Studies in an Inter/Multicultural World | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4980 | Peace Studies Abroad - Social Sciences | 3-6 |
| PEA_ST 7980 | Peace Studies Abroad | 3-6 |
| Area 3: The History of Global Activism | 3 | |
| PEA_ST 2140 | ART: Visual Culture and The Iconography of Social Intent | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2182 | Critical Dialogues: Nonviolence in Peace/Democracy Movements | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2287 | Conspiracies, Popular Imagination, Evidence | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2288 | Sports, Protest Movements, and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2293 | Globalization, Identity and Citizenship | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2490 | Introduction to Indigenous Literatures | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3130 | Foreigners and Dangerous Women in Greek and Latin Literature | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3400 | Fake News and Media Politics | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3401 | Global Public Health and Health Care Systems | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3510 | Think Global: Fundamentals of Globalization and Digital Technologies | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3522 | New Media, Conflict and Control | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3870 | Social Revolution in Latin America | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4230 | Women, Development and Globalization | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4240 | Theory and Practice of Theatre of the Oppressed | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4331W | Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4520 | Political Sociology | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4600 | Political and Social Philosophy | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4970 | Senior Thesis I | 3 |
| Area 4: Justice and the Public Good | 3 | |
| PEA_ST 1120 | Population, Environment and Sustainability | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2000 | Exploration in Social and Economic Justice | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2285 | Large Corporations, Economic Crisis, Social Responsibility | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2286 | Technological Futures, National Security, and Civil Liberties | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2290 | Drugs, Violence and the Police in Latin America and Latina/o Communities in the United States | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2291 | Artificial Intelligence Big Data: Social, Political, Ethical Issues | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2294 | Public Health, Social Justice, Health Activism | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2600 | CAFO: Concentrated Animals, Deep Ecology | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3280 | Internship in Peace Studies | 1-3 |
| PEA_ST 3330 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| PEA_ST 3350 | Readings in Peace Studies | 1-3 |
| PEA_ST 3600 | Criminology | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4288 | Law and Society: Corporate and White Collar Crime and Malfeasance | 3 |
| PEA_ST 4550 | Gender and Human Rights in Cross Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| PEA_ST 7550 | Gender and Human Rights in Cross Cultural Perspective | 3 |