| |
May 19, 2026
|
|
|
|
|
2025-2026 Course Catalog
Peace and Justice Studies Minor
|
|
 Return to: Degrees & Programs of Study
Advisors: Kelly Denton-Borhaug
The minor in religion, peace and justice is a multidisciplinary program whose objective is to encourage students to think critically and develop strategic responses that will promote positive transformation with regard to:
- the nature and causes of violence and conflict;
- racism, gender bias, inequity, degradation of the natural world, and other manifestations of human violence;
- the nature of religious understandings, values and practices as contributing to conflict and violence and as a resource for just peace-building;
- the destructive power of war and militarism;
- the sources, structures and dynamics of injustice and justice-making, the values, experiences and bases of peace and justice; and
- possibilities and strategies to encourage personal and collective transformation for the public good and individual human flourishing.
|
Required Courses in the Minor
The minor consists of five course units: Required First Course:
In addition to the courses listed in the groups below, certain special topics courses may also be approved as choices in these groups. Interested students should check with the advisor for the minor. Ideally, IDIS 165 is taken before other courses in the minor. Courses in Religion, Peace, and Justice (2 courses required)
Students will choose two (2) from among the following courses in the department of Global Religions that focus on the nexus of religion, peace and justice. Additional courses may be added to this list as they become available according to faculty interest and development: Structures and Ideas (1 course required)
Students choose one course in the applied analysis of peace and justice issues in specific social, political, economic, and cultural systems; and/or on how peace and justice are theorized. These courses may be changed and added to in accordance with faculty interest in this program. Required 5th Course:
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that he or she meets all course prerequisites before selecting courses from the above lists to complete the minor. Note:
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that he or she meets all course prerequisites before selecting courses from the above lists to complete the minor. |
Return to: Degrees & Programs of Study
|
|
