Core Courses

Justice and Peace Studies is an interdisciplinary department to prepare students to be responsible critics of contemporary societies and effective agents for positive change. Core courses for the major and minor, and the pattern of the department in general, make use of the four stages of the Circle of Praxis.

Core Courses:

All majors and minors take the following courses:

1. JPST 250: Introduction to Justice and Peace Studies
2. JPST 280: Active Nonviolence
3. THEO 421: Theologies of Justice and Peace

In addition:

All majors take all three of the following "signature courses" from our three concentrations.
All minors take one of these courses.  

1. JPST 355: Public Policy Analysis and Advocacy
2. JPST 365: Leadership for Social Justice
3. JPST 375: Conflict Analysis and Transformation