2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Peace and Conflict Studies, Minor in
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The Minor in Peace and Conflict Studies is designed for students who wish to learn about and work constructively toward transforming local, national, and transnational conflicts, ranging from hate crimes and gang violence to terrorism and warfare. Students explore many factors shaping human conflict, including the psychological, social, cultural, political, economic, religious, and historical. The Minor’s multidisciplinary curriculum examines the causes, practices, and consequences of violence as well as peaceful or nonviolent methods of conflict management, resolution, and transformation.
The Minor is housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and is associated with the Institute for Peace Studies, a unit of the Center for Civic Engagement, dedicated to fostering engaged, knowledgeable citizens in their campus, local, state, national, and global communities. The Peace and Conflict Studies Minor is designed to help students develop the knowledge and skills – such as critical thinking, deliberative dialogue, constructive disagreement, and mediation of conflict – necessary to handle disputes arising in a variety of organizational settings. The Minor also includes the possibility of engaging in internships that address direct and structural violence locally, nationally, and globally. The minor may be paired with any major as an active way of putting disciplinary tools to use to effect positive change in our communities. It is intended for highly motivated students of any ideological perspective who are committed to peace and conflict resolution in local, national, and global settings.
The minor requires the successful completion of 18 semester hours, including PCE 001 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (3 s.h.), at least 3 semester hours from a list of Restricted Electives and 12 semester hours chosen from four categories of electives, resulting in at least one course from each category.
- At least 15 semester hours must be in HCLAS.
- A maximum of 6 semester hours may overlap with a student’s major.
- A maximum of 6 semester hours may be taken from any particular prefix.
- A maximum of 9 semester hours may be taken from any particular department.
Courses related to peace and conflict studies that do not appear on this list (either at Hofstra or abroad), may be taken for credit toward the minor with approval of the program director.
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Required Core Course - (3 s.h.)
Restricted Electives (at least 3 s.h.)
1. Religious and Philosophical Approaches (at least 3 s.h.)
Choose at least one of the following options:
- GS 170 - Cultural Politics of Globalization Semester Hours: 3
- JWST 036 - (HP) The Holocaust: Memory and Representation Semester Hours: 3
- JWST 050 - (HP) Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Racisms: Global Perspectives Semester Hours: 3
- PHI 015 - (HP) Law, Philosophy, and Public Life Semester Hours: 3-4
- PHI 092 - (HP) Global Ethics Semester Hours: 3
- PHI 121 - (HP) Crime and Punishment Semester Hours: 3
- PHI 138 - (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 109 - (CC) Political Islam Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 143 - Ideas in Conflict: Modern Democratic and Totalitarian Political Thought Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 055 - Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Racisms: Global Perspectives Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 153 - (CC) Political Islam Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 160 - (HP) Religion, Secularism & Conflict Resolution Semester Hours: 3
Notes: Credit given for JWST 036 or HIST 036, not for both; credit given for JWST 050 or RELI 055, not for both; credit given for PSC 109 or RELI 153, not for both.
2. International Peace and Conflict (at least 3 s.h.)
Choose at least one of the following options:
- AFST 032 - (BH, CC) Women and Development Semester Hours: 3
- ANTH 032 - (BH, CC) Women and Development Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 005 - (BH) Population and Migration Geography Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 114 - (BH, CC) India and its Neighbors Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 036 - (HP) The Holocaust: Memory and Representation Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 037 - (HP) Genocide Semester Hours: 3-4
- HIST 131 - Europe, 1914-1939: Nazism, Stalinism and Democracy Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 132 - Europe, 1939 to Present: World War, Cold War and Beyond Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 142 - (CC) Latin America: 1810 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 154 - U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 166 - Vietnam Stories Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 170 - The Middle East and the West Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 107 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 108 - (BH, CC) Politics of the Middle East Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 130 - (BH, CC) Latin American and Caribbean Politics Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 133 - Politics of the European Union Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 134 - American Foreign Policy Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 135 - International Politics Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 136 - Terrorism in World Politics Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 137 - World Organization and International Law Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 032 - (BH, CC) Globalization, Women and Development Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 117 - (BH) Sociology of Terrorism Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 147 - (BH) World Population Semester Hours: 3
Notes: Credit given for GEOG 005 or SOC 147, not for both; credit given for HIST 036 or JWST 036, not for both; credit given for SOC 032 or AFST 032 or ANTH 032, not for each.
3. Social, Economic and Environmental Justice (at least 3 s.h.)
Choose at least one of the following options:
- AFST 134 - (BH) Race Relations in the United States Semester Hours: 3
- CRM 003 - (IS) Domestic Violence Semester Hours: 3
- ECO 143 - Economic Development Semester Hours: 3
- ECO 168 - Environmental Economics and Policy Semester Hours: 3
- ENGL 123 - 20th-Century Anglo-Irish Drama Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 006 - (BH) Resources and Energy Geography Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 106 - (BH, CC) Urbanization in the Developing World Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 122 - (BH) The Geography of Western Europe Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 140 - (BH, CC) Geography of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 145 - (BH, CC) Geography of Africa Semester Hours: 3
- GS 108 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Trafficking Semester Hours: 3
- GS 109 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Rights Semester Hours: 3
- HPR 125 - Violence in Children, Family, and the Community Semester Hours: 3
- IRE 123 - 20th-Century Anglo-Irish Drama Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 111 - Politics of Race in the United States Semester Hours: 3
- PSY 025 - (BH) Psychology of Prejudice Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 032 - (BH, CC) Globalization, Women and Development Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 134 - (BH) Race and Ethnicity in the United States Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 135 - (BH) Political Sociology Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 140 - (BH) Social Inequality Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 172 - (BH) Punishment and Society: Sociology of Correctional Institutions Semester Hours: 3
- SPAN 125 - (LT)Being Hispanic/Latino in the United States Today Semester Hours: 3
- WST 102 - (IS) Body Politics Semester Hours: 3
Notes: Credit given for IRE 123 or ENGL 123, not for both; credit given for GS 109 or SOC 153, not both; credit given for SOC 134 or AFST 134, not for both.
4. Competencies (at least 3 s.h.)
Choose at least one of the following options:
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