Minor in Justice and Peace Studies
Faculty
Program Director: Jane Russell, O.S.F.
Program Mission
The Interdisciplinary minor in Justice and Peace Studies offers students an opportunity to develop knowledge of many of the world’s major problems and a responsible social conscience guided by Catholic social teaching. Courses included in the concentration incorporate the broader perspectives of just action, the common good, and environmental concern, and focus on at least one of the following:
- Socio-economic conditions or potential changes in those conditions affecting justice/peace (e.g., SO351 Social Problems).
- Socio-political philosophies or movements (e.g., PO402 Modern Political Philosophy).
- The relationships between individual human existence and the larger social or natural world (e.g., PC360 Social Psychology).
The minor, which consists of 15 credit hours of upper-level courses, is introduced by TH340 Catholic Social Teaching; concludes with an internship placement, and includes three (3) elective courses (drawn from Biology, Business, Economics, Education, English, Government and Political Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, and Theology). The minor is open to students of any major. Interested students should contact one of the co-directors of the program. It is the student’s responsibility to see that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
Curriculum Requirements
Total Required Credits: 15
Minor Program Requirements
| TH340 | Catholic Social Teaching: God and the Good Society | 3 |
| Internship | 3 |
Three (3) elective courses approved by the Co-Directors of the Justice and Peace Minor (12 hours)
| BI312 | Animal Behavior | 3 |
| BU410 | Business and Society | 3 |
| CJ365 | Juvenile Justice | 3 |
| CJ403 | Ethics in Criminal Justice Systems | 3 |
| TH375 | | |
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| PO355 | Political Economy I | 3 |
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| PO356 | Political Economics II | 3 |
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| ED308 | Perspectives in Education | 3 |
| EN303 | American Literary Tradition | 3 |
| EN400 | Special Topics | 3 |
| EV300 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 4 |
| ET401 | Social Ventures | 3 |
| HI412 | The Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| PC360 | Social Psychology | 3 |
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| PO401 | Classical Political Philosophy | 3 |
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| PO402 | Modern Political Philosophy | 3 |
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| SO313 | Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SO351 | Social Problems | 3 |
| TH330 | Introduction to Moral Theology | 3 |
| TH345 | Theology of Sexuality and Marriage | 3 |