Course Listings
Conflict Transformation Studies
See also the major in Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, the minor in Peace and Justice Studies, and the Conflict Transformation certificate.
Minor in Conflict Transformation Studies
19 credit hours
- PJCS 210 Transforming Conflict and Violence3
- PJCS 325 Mediation:Process, Skills, Theory4
- PJCS 410 Senior Advanced Work1
- One of the following:3
- Choose three courses:9
- BIBL 321 Biblical Themes of Peace
- PJCS 201 Violence and Nonviolence
- PJCS 202 Spiritual Path of Peacemaking
- PJCS 310 Issues in PJCS
- PJCS 332 Religion, Conflict and Peace
- PJCS 347 Restorative Justice
- PJCS 350 Dynamics/Theology of Reconciliation
- PJCS 360 Designing for Social Change
- PJCS 370 Personal Violence and Healing
- PJCS 425 War and Peace in the Modern World
- PJCS 426 Conflict-Healthy Groups
Student learning outcomes
Students with a minor in Conflict Transformation Studies will:
- Develop and apply skills for nonviolent ways of responding to personal conflict.
- Identify, analyze, and address various forms of violence, from interpersonal through structural.
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of conflict and communication theory, process, and skills in personal and institutional settings.
PJCS 210 Transforming Conflict and Violence
Explores the potentially constructive nature of conflict, the destructive nature of violence and the relationship between the two. Examines various patterns of communication, conflict and violence and what is needed for transformation. Students will reflect on their own conflict styles,...
PJCS 325 Mediation:Process, Skills, Theory
Focuses on the third party role of the mediator. Explores the theoretical basis for mediation, its various applications in North America, and critiques of the appropriateness of mediation for certain types of conflicts. Emphasis will be on experiential learning to...
PJCS 410 Senior Advanced Work
A written project in which seniors with a Peace and Justice minor or a Conflict Transformation minor reflect on the relationship between their academic major and what they learned in their PJCS courses.