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Minor Requirements
The PCONÌýminor requires six courses.
Students must take PCON 201Ìý²¹²Ô»å PCON 202,Ìýas well as any four Cluster 2 elective offerings (see list below).
Minors may take PCON 479Ìýas one of their electives, with instructor permission.
Up to twoÌýcourses from a PCON minor can be shared with a major or any other minor.ÌýTheseÌýcourses should be approved by the student's PCON faculty adviser in order to make sure all applicableÌýrequirements are being met for successful completion and graduation. PCON minors are strongly encouraged to consult with their PCON faculty advisor at least once each semester.
Geographic Areas of Specialization
- Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
- North America
- West, East, Central, and Southern and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Europe
- The Middle East and North Africa
- Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
- Asia and the Pacific Rim
- Transregional Communities
Elective Offerings (Cluster 2)
- ANTH 245/SOCI 245Ìý-ÌýNature, Culture, and Politics Ìý
- CORE C137Ìý-ÌýPartition: The Division of British India Ìý
- CORE S138Ìý-ÌýThe Advent of the Atomic Bomb
- EDUC 303Ìý-ÌýDecolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in International Development
- ENGL 151Ìý-ÌýLiterature of Survival: Genocide, Trauma, and Memory
- ENGL 431Ìý-ÌýEthnographic Fictions: Travel Writing, Bearing Witness, and Human Rights
- ENST 321Ìý-ÌýGlobal Environmental Justice
- GEOG 318/SOCI 318Ìý-ÌýInternational Migration, U.S. Immigration, and Immigrants ÌýÌý
- GEOG 321Ìý-ÌýTransnational Feminist Geography
- HIST 206Ìý-ÌýThe Civil War Era
- HIST 231Ìý-ÌýResistance and Revolt in Latin America
- HIST 237Ìý-ÌýEmpires and Global History:1400-1700
- HIST 251Ìý-ÌýThe Politics of History
- HIST 265Ìý-ÌýWar and Violence in East Asia
- HIST 271Ìý-ÌýThe First World War
- HIST 272Ìý-ÌýWar and Holocaust in Europe
- HIST 309Ìý-ÌýCulture and Society in Cold War America
- HIST 316Ìý-ÌýThe United States in Vietnam, 1945 - 1975
- HIST 350Ìý-ÌýContemporary European History, 1945 to the Present
- HIST 358Ìý-ÌýConquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas
- HIST 380Ìý-ÌýEmancipation, Forced Labor, and Contemporary Bondage in Africa
- HIST 489Ìý-ÌýSeminar on Problems in Military History
- JWST 251/RELG 251Ìý-ÌýFaith after the Holocaust ÌýÌý
- PCON 245Ìý-ÌýOrganizing War: Technologies, Logistics, and Infrastructures of Militarization
- PCON 160Ìý-ÌýGender (In)Security
- PCON 314Ìý-ÌýMedia War: Peace and Conflict in the Digital Age
- PCON 322Ìý-ÌýWeapons and War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- PCON 329/GEOG 329Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Security Ìý
- PCON 340Ìý-ÌýTerror and Counter - Terror: Histories and Logics of Asymmetric Warfare
- PCON 341/POSC 341Ìý-ÌýWar and the Shaping of American Politics
- PCON 345Ìý-ÌýTransitional and Historical Justice
- PCON 351/MIST 351Ìý-ÌýThe Israel/Palestine Conflict Ìý
- PCON 356Ìý-ÌýIs it Genocide? The Legal Bases of Settler Colonialism Ìý
- PCON 358/POSC 358Ìý-ÌýTransnational Politics ÌýÌý
- PCON 368/ENGL 368Ìý-ÌýAfter Genocide: Memory and Representation Ìý
- PCON 499Ìý-ÌýHonors Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies
- PHIL 312Ìý-ÌýContemporary Political Philosophy
- PHIL 313Ìý-ÌýInternational Ethics
- POSC 317Ìý-ÌýIdentity Politics
- POSC 344Ìý-ÌýPolitics of Poverty
- POSC 349Ìý-ÌýThe International Political Economy
- POSC 353Ìý-ÌýNational Security
- POSC 357Ìý-ÌýInternational Institutions
- POSC 361Ìý-ÌýHumanitarian Interventions
- POSC 374Ìý-ÌýInternational Law
- POSC 390Ìý-ÌýSilent Warfare: Intelligence Analysis and Statecraft
- POSC 454Ìý-ÌýSeminar: The Cold War and After
- POSC 456Ìý-ÌýSeminar: War - Theories and Practices
- PSYC 368Ìý-ÌýPrejudice and Racism
- RELG 235Ìý-ÌýReligion, War, Peace, and Reconciliation
- RELG 240Ìý-ÌýReligion and Terrorism
- RELG 251Ìý-ÌýFaith after the Holocaust
- REST 245Ìý-ÌýRussia in War
- REST 255Ìý-ÌýThen and Now: Russia and Ukraine; Courage, Conformity, Atrocity
- REST 333Ìý-ÌýHuman Rights in Russia and Eurasia
- RELG 345Ìý-ÌýReligion and Human Rights
- SOCI 212Ìý-ÌýPower, Racism, and Privilege
- SOCI 312Ìý-ÌýSocial Inequality
- SOCI 326Ìý-ÌýNations and Nationalism
Declarations
Students can declare a PCON minor at any time. Prospective minors are strongly encouraged to take and successfully complete (with a grade of C or higher) at least one required Cluster 1 course before making the decision.
GPA Requirement
A minimum grade of C is required for all courses taken toward the minor.
Peace and Conflict Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty,Ìýtransfer credit, awards, etc.,Ìýplease visit theÌýPeace and Conflict Studies programÌýcatalogÌýpage.