Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Resolution

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• Course description
  In cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Studies BA Program, the Matsunaga Institute for Peace offers an undergraduate major in Peace and Conflict Resolution. The major is interdisciplinary in nature and is concerned with the academic study of war and other forms of conflict (both direct and structural). The Major focuses on conflict resolution and on ways to prevent destructive conflict. With the exception of three required courses, students are free to design their own program with the guidance of an Interdisciplinary Studies and Peace Institute faculty advisor.
  
  Core Courses
  
  PACE 310 – Survey Peace & Conflict Studies
  PACE 447 – Mediation Skills: UH Basic
  PACE 495 – Practicum & Internship (or a faculty approved substitute)
  
  The remaining 27 credit hours or nine courses to meet the major’s minimum requirement of 36 credit hours will be selected in consultation with the student’s Interdisciplinary Studies advisor and Peace and Conflict Resolution advisor.
  
  The list of courses below is meant as a guide and not an exhaustive list.
  
  ANTH 423 Social & Cultural Change
  BIOL 310 Environmental Issues
  COM 340 Intercultural Communication
  ECON 466 Growth & Crisis in the Global Economy
  FAMR 350 Leadership & Group Processes
  GEOG 336 Geography of Peace & War
  PACE 247 Survey of Conflict Management
  PACE 315 Personal Peace: Stories of Hope
  PACE 340 Negotiation
  PACE 345 / ANTH 345 Aggression, War, & Peace
  PACE 373 / POLS 396 Nonviolent Political Alternatives
  PACE 399 Directed Reading
  PACE 410 History of Peace Movements
  PACE 412 Gandhi, King & Nonviolence
  PACE 413 Terrorism (Spring 2009)
  PACE 477 Culture & Conflict Resolution
  PACE 478 International Law & Disputes
  PACE 485 Topics in Peace & Conflict Resolution
  PACE 495 Internship
  POLS 201 Problems of War & Peace
  POLS 319 International Organization
  POLS 375 Public Law & Judicial Behavior
  POLS 394 Democracy in Organizations
  SOC 433 Analysis in Law & Social Change
  SP 455 Conflict Management
  WS 304 Women, War & the Military
  

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