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Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
310 McKinley Ave.
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: (765) 285-1622
peacecenter@bsu.edu

Classes You Will Take for the Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Minor

Students must take a total of 18 hours total to complete this interdisciplinary minor.

Required Courses (6 hours)
Students must take ID 301 and either POLS 457 or COMM 442:

ID 301 - Introduction to Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.

POLS 457 - Alternative Dispute Resolution.

COMM 442 - Communication and Conflict Management.

Group I
Students must take a minimum of 3 hours from any of the following courses related to peace studies.

CJC 312 - Victimology.

GEOG 470 - World Political Geography.

HIST 215 - Women in American History.

HIST 452 - Women in Modern European History.

SOC 242 - Social Problems.

Group II
Students must take a minimum of 3 hours from any of the following courses related to conflict management.

JOURN 101 - Introduction to Mass Communication.

JOURN 326 - Media Ethics and the Workplace.

JOURN 416 - World Press Systems.

NREM 101 - Environment and Society.

PHIL 230 - Environmental Ethics.

POLS 293 - International Relations.

POLS 392 - The United Nations and International Organization.

SOCWK 400 - Social Work Practice 3.

SOCWK 410 - Social Work Practice 4.

Group III
Students must take a minimum of 3 hours of courses relating to multiculturalism.

To finish out the minor, students need to take 3 additional hours from any of the choices in Groups I, II or III; or, a 3 credit course from outside the curriculum can be chosen with approval from the director of the center.

What Do I Study First?
You will learn about a number of successful peaceful movements that caused significant social and cultural change in our introductory course to peace studies and conflict resolution. MORE...

You are the people who are shaping
a better world.
One of the secrets of inner peace
is the practice of compassion.

The Dalai Lama

His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989 for his advocacy of nonviolence in the struggle to free Tibet from control of China.