Global Peacebuilding - Certificate

The certificate provides focus on multidisciplinary academic understanding of the historical and contemporary causes of global 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 two courses (6 credits) at the 1000- or 2000-level.

PI 1010 - Introduction to Peace Building and Transformative Conflict (BHU) 3

AND one additional course from the following list below:

CMST 1330 - Introduction to Global Communication (BSS) 3 credit(s)
HIST 1510 - The Modern World (BHU) 3 credit(s)
POLS 2100 - Introduction to International Relations (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)
SW 1010 - Introduction to Social Welfare (BSS) 3 credit(s)

Upper-Division Requirements

Students must complete upper-division courses from each of the two areas (A, and B) below for a total of 15 credits.

Area A. Global Conflict, Peace and Human Rights (6 credits required)

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

ANTH 4200 - The Anthropology of War 3 credit(s)
CAI 5300 - Art and Science of Anticipation 3 credit(s)
CAI 5000 - American National Security Framework 3 credit(s)
CAI 5540 - Future Space Security 3 credit(s)
CMST 3270 - Culture and Public Discourse (DHA) 3 credit(s)
CMST 3330 - Intercultural Communication (DSS) 3 credit(s)
CMST 3730 - Culture and Global Intervention (DHA) 3 credit(s)
CMST 4270 - Communication, Culture, and Power 3 credit(s)
CMST 5500 - Communication and Leadership 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3385 - Postcolonial World Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3395 - World Literature in Translation 3 credit(s)
ENVS 4030 - Building Community Environmental Resilience 3 credit(s)
HIST 3340 - The Holocaust in History and Memory (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 4540 - Gender, Violence, and Non-violence 3 credit(s)
HIST 4720 - The Civil Rights Movement (CI/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)
IGS 3010 - Inclusive Leadership & Community Engagement (CI) 3 credit(s)
JCOM 4130 - Immersive Crisis Communication 3 credit(s)
LING 4900 - Analysis of Cross-Cultural Difference 3 credit(s)
PHIL 3530 - Environmental Ethics (DHA) 3 credit(s)
POLS 3400 - United States Foreign Policy (DSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 3410 - International Human Rights System 3 credit(s)
POLS 3430 - Political Geography (CI/DSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4220 - Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation (CI/DSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4280 - Peacebuilding After War 3 credit(s)
POLS 4464 - International Security (DSS) 3 credit(s)
POLS 4500 - The Politics of Social Movements (DSS) 3 credit(s)
RELS 4825 - Historical Roots of the War on Terror (DHA) 3 credit(s)
SOC 2650 - Globalization and International Development (BSS) 3 credit(s)
SOC 3310 - Environmental Justice 3 credit(s)
SOC 3340 - Activism, Protest, and Social Movements (DSS) 3 credit(s)
SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Environment and Natural Resources (DSS) 3 credit(s)
TCR 4220 - Technology and Activism 3 credit(s)

Area B. Peacebuilding Skills and Career Development (9 credits required)

Students must take 9 credits in this area.

All students must take:

PI 4990 - Peacebuilding Capstone 3 credit(s)

**Please note that with advisor’s approval, students may use one course not listed here to satisfy up to 3 credits of this requirement if undertaken as part of an HPI-approved study abroad experiential learning opportunity.

ANTH 3165 - Bridging Religious Difference in Theory and Practice: an Introduction to Interfaith Leadership 3 credit(s)
CMST 3600 - Communication and Conflict 3 credit(s)
CMST 5600 - Advanced Communication and Conflict 3 credit(s)
PI 3110 - Transformative Mediation 3 credit(s)
PI 4910 - Special Studies in Heravi Peace Institute 1-6 credit(s)
PI 4940 - Peacebuilding Internship 1-3 credit(s)
POLS 4410 - International Negotiations 3 credit(s)
RELS 3110 - Transformative Mediation 3 credit(s)
RELS 3165 - Bridging Religious Difference in Theory and Practice: an Introduction to Interfaith Leadership 3 credit(s)
SW 3580 - Crisis Intervention Response 3 credit(s)
SW 3850 - Spirituality and Social Work 3 credit(s)
SW 4925 - Resilience and Human Flourishing 3 credit(s)
SW 5580 - Grief and Loss in Social Work Practice 3 credit(s)
SW 5920 - Trauma and Resilience 3 credit(s)