Peace and Social Justice Studies B.A.

Degree Requirements

A major in Peace and Social Justice Studies is achieved by completion of the following requirements, in addition to the General Education and electives required for a degree:

Required Core Courses

PSJ 100	Fnd of Peace & Social Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 205	Movements & Commnty Organizing	1 Course Credit
PSJ 218	Voices of Non-violence	1 Course Credit
PSJ 305	Peacebuilding	1 Course Credit

Required Capstone Course

PSJ 450

Sem. in Peace & Social Justice

1 Course Credit

Required Research Methods Course

One course, chosen from PSJ 300 or SOC 335

PSJ 300	Ethnographic Methods	1 Course Credit
SOC 335	Methods of Social Research	1 Course Credit

Required PSJ Distribution Courses

Three (3) additional courses, at least one from each category, and at least one of which must be 300 or 400 level.

Building Peace

Choose from

APS 215/SENS 215	Sustainable Appal Comm (SENS)	1 Course Credit
	or
SENS 215/APS 215	Sustainable Appal Comm (APS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 305/COM 305	Interracial Communication(COM)	1 Course Credit
	or
COM 305/AFR 305	Interracial Communication(AFR)	1 Course Credit
COM 206	Interpersonal Communication	1 Course Credit
COM 207	Intercultural Communication	1 Course Credit
ECO 370	Envr Issue Public Pol (SENS)	1 Course Credit
	or
SENS 370	Envr Issue Public Pol (ECO)	1 Course Credit
HIS 175/PSC 175	His & Pol of Arab-Isr (PSC)	1 Course Credit
	or
PSC 175/HIS 175	His & Pol of Arab-Isr (HIS)	1 Course Credit
LES 215	American Law Principles	1 Course Credit
PSC 250	International Relations	1 Course Credit
PSC 351	International Organizations	1 Course Credit
PSC 355	Foreign Policy Analysis	1 Course Credit
PSJ 112	Nonviolent Communication (COM)	1 Course Credit
	or
COM 112	Nonviolent Communication (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 113/COM 113	Conflict and Mediation (COM)	1 Course Credit
	or
COM 113/PSJ 113	Conflict and Mediation (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 301	Restorative Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 302	Topics in Peacebuilding	1 Course Credit
PSJ 395	Internship	1 to 3 Course Credits
	or
PSJ 495	Internship	1 to 3 Course Credits
	(internship in PSJ or related discipline)
SOC 110	Prob of American Institutions	1 Course Credit
SOC 341	Soc of Dev & Social Change	1 Course Credit

Social, Economic and Environmental Justice

Choose from

AFR 201	Food/Agriculture Africa (ANR)	1 Course Credit
	or
ANR 201	Food/Agriculture Africa (AFR)	1 Course Credit
AFR 250	Patriotic Gore (HIS)	1 Course Credit
	or
HIS 250	Patriotic Gore (AFR)	1 Course Credit
ANR 318/CFS 318	Food Policy (CFS)	1 Course Credit
	or
CFS 318/ANR 318	Food Policy (ANR)	1 Course Credit
APS 229	Contemporary Issues-Appalachia	1 Course Credit
APS 330/SOC 330	Comm Analysis:Appal Case(SOC)	1 Course Credit
	or
SOC 330/APS 330	Comm Analysis:Appal Case(APS)	1 Course Credit
AST 229/HIS 229	Modern Imperialism (HIS)	1 Course Credit
	or
HIS 229/AST 229	Modern Imperialism (AST)	1 Course Credit
CFS 350	Family Law and Policy	1 Course Credit
CFS 362	Cont Family Issues & Poverty	1 Course Credit
ECO 248	Economics of Immigration	1 Course Credit
PHI 104	Morality, Law & Philosophy	1 Course Credit
PHI 244/PSC 204/PSC 244	Political Philosophy (PSC)	1 Course Credit
	or
PSC 244/PHI 244/PSC 204	Political Philosophy (PHI)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 103/WGS 103	Intro Latina/o/x Studies (WGS)	1 Course Credit
	or
WGS 103/PSJ 103	Intro Latina/o/x Studies (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 200	Latino Migrations to the U.S.	1 Course Credit
PSJ 210	Diversity and Social Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 225/AFR 225/APS 225/SENS 225/WGS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/APS/SENS/WGS)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 303	Topics Soc, Econ, Env Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 395	Internship	1 to 3 Course Credits
	or
PSJ 495	Internship	1 to 3 Course Credits
	(internship in PSJ or related discipline)
REL 235	Christian Ethics	1 Course Credit
SOC 223	Soci Stratification & Inequal	1 Course Credit
WGS 124	Intro: Decolonizing Feminism	1 Course Credit

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