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May 10, 2025
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2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Peace and Justice - Major
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The goal of this major is to explore and evaluate various
conceptualizations of peace and justice through rigorous academic study
and reflection on experience in community service. This
interdisciplinary program examines the ways human beings resolve
conflicts and work towards justice. A central question is whether peace
and justice are ends which can be achieved through violence or are
means as well as ends. The program considers various approaches to
resolving conflict and achieving peace and justice, from the
interpersonal to the international.
The program introduces students to the basic concepts and
principles of peace and justice and requires them to apply those
principles to a particular area of concentration. Core courses in
philosophy, political science, and religious studies give students the
opportunity to study the basic principles of peace and justice, ethical
theory and practice, social and political justice, liberation thought,
and conflict resolution. Students must complete a two-semester
community service internship, using what they are learning in their
other courses to reflect on the significance of the service work they
are doing. A senior seminar on nonviolence serves as the capstone
course. In this seminar, students write a thesis which addresses some
issues related to their concentration in the context of what they have
learned in the major.
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Peace and Justice Core
- RES 333/PAJ 201 Peace and Justice
- PAJ 202 Conflict Resolution (new course)
- PAJ 444 Seminar on Nonviolence (new course)
- PAJ 398 Peace and Justice Internship I (fall) (new course)
- PAJ 399 Peace and Justice Internship II (spring) (new course)
(These community service internships must be completed in tandem with: PHL/PSC 303 - fall and RES 331 - spring)
Peace and Justice Concentration
The remaining three courses for the PAJ major are electives within a particular area of concentration. Together with an advisor, students will choose from the following concentrations: Gender and Racial Justice
Peace and Justice Senior Experience
The senior experience consists of a senior seminar (PAJ 444) which employs the theme of nonviolence to reflect on peace and justice and the field’s relationship to the liberal arts core and a senior comprehensive (PAJ 499). Peace and Justice Sample Program
Freshman Year
- Modern Foreign Languages Credits: 6
- Perspectives I Credits: 6
- Math and Science Perspectives I Credits: 7
As well as: Sophomore Year
- Perspectives I Credits: 9
- Perspectives II Credits: 3
- PAJ Concentration course Credits: 3
- Liberal Arts Elective Credits:3
As well as: - PAJ 201 Conflict Resolution Credits: 3 (new course)
And one of the following three: Junior Year
- Perspectives II Math or Science Credits: 3
- Perspectives II Credits: 6
- Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3
- Electives Credits: 6
As well as: - PAJ 398 Community Service Internship I Credits: 3 (new course)
- PAJ 399 Community Service Internship II Credits: 3 (new course)
Senior Year
- Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3
- Electives Credits: 18
- Peace and Justice Concentration Courses Credits: 6
As well as: - PAJ 444 Seminar on Nonviolence Credits: 3 (new course)
- PAJ 499 Senior Comprehensive Credits: 0 (new course)
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