Dec 04, 2024

2023-2024 General Catalog

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Global Peacebuilding - Certificate of Proficiency

The certificate provides focus on multidisciplinary academic understanding of the historical and contemporary causes of conflict and efforts to create peace, while building practical skills in conflict resolution, mediation, and other forms of peacebuilding praxis.

Global Peacebuilding Certificate Requirements (21 credits)

Minimum GPA for Admissions: 2.5
Cumulative Minimum GPA in Certificate Coursework for Graduation: 2.5
Cumulative Number of Required Credits: 21
Courses may not be taken on a pass/fail basis except for those courses which are only taught pass/fail.

Lower-Division Requirements

Students must complete one course (3 credits) at the 1000- or 2000-level from the following list of courses:

CMST 1330 - Introduction to Global Communication (BSS) 3 credit(s)
HIST 1510 - The Modern World (BHU) 3 credit(s)
LING 2100 - Languages in Global and Historical Context (BSS) 3 credit(s)
LING 2500 - Language & Religion 3 credit(s)
POLS 2100 - Introduction to International Relations (BSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 2400 - Introduction of Geopolitics (BSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 2500 - Introduction to International Studies (BSS) 3 credit(s)
RELS 1070 - Religion, Violence, and Peace (BHU) 3 credit(s)
RELS 1090 - Introduction to Interfaith Leadership (BHU) 3 credit(s) / ANTH 1090 - Introduction to Interfaith Leadership (BHU) 3
SOC 2650 - Globalization and International Development (BSS) 3 credit(s)
ANTH 2010 - Peoples of the Contemporary World (BSS) 3 credit(s)

Upper-Division Requirements

Students must complete two upper-division courses from each of the three areas (A, B and C) below for a total of 18 credits.

Area A. Global Conflict (6 credits required)

Students must complete 6 credits of coursework from the following list of courses:

HIST 3340 - The Holocaust in History and Memory (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 4815 - World War I: A Global Conflict (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 4820 - World War II in Europe 3 credit(s)
HIST 4821 - World War II in Asia (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 4822 - The Vietnam War (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 4825 - Historical Roots of the War on Terror (DHA) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4220 - Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation (CI/DSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4464 - International Security (DSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4990 - Senior Research Seminar (CI) 3 credit(s)
ANTH 4200 - The Anthropology of War 3 credit(s)
HIST 3270 - The Crusades (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 3750 - Civil War and Reconstruction 3 credit(s)
HIST 3760 - The United States, 1900-1945 (CI/DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 4810 - American Military History 3 credit(s)
RELS 4825 - Historical Roots of the War on Terror (DHA) 3 credit(s)
RELS 3270 - The Crusades (DHA) 3 credit(s)

Area B. Peace and Human Rights (6 credits required)

Students must complete 6 credits of coursework from the following list of courses:

HIST 4540 - Gender, Violence, and Non-violence 3 credit(s)
HIST 4720 - The Civil Rights Movement (CI/DHA) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4210 - European Union Politics 3 credit(s)
POLS 4500 - The Politics of Social Movements (DSS) 3 credit(s)
ANTH 3200 - Perspectives on Race (CI/DSS) 3 credit(s)
RELS 3165 - Bridging Religious Difference in Theory and Practice: an Introduction to Interfaith Leadership 3 credit(s) / ANTH 3165 - Bridging Religious Difference in Theory and Practice: an Introduction to Interfaith Leadership 3
CMST 3270 - Culture and Public Discourse 3 credit(s)
CMST 3330 - Intercultural Communication (DSS) 3 credit(s)
CMST 3600 - Communication and Conflict 3 credit(s)
CMST 3730 - Culture and Global Intervention 3 credit(s)
CMST 4270 - Communication, Culture, and Power 3 credit(s)
CMST 5500 - Communication and Leadership 3 credit(s)
LING 4900 - Analysis of Cross-Cultural Difference 3 credit(s)
POLS 4410 - Global Negotiations 3 credit(s)

Area C. Peacebuilding Skills and Career Development (6 credits required)

Students must take 3 credits of each of the following courses:

Please see advisor for additional options for the Internship credits.

PI 4940 - Peacebuilding Internship 1-3 credit(s)
PI 4990 - Peacebuilding Capstone 3 credit(s)