Program: Peace and Conflict Studies Minor [PCS] - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 10, 2025

Philosophy Department
Old Main, Room 138
607-753-2727

Students who choose to minor in peace and conflict studies will:

Gain an understanding of the origins of violence and human conflict.
Recognize different forms of violence and conflict.
Acquire comprehension of philosophies of non-violence.
Develop the ability to critically evaluate strategies used for peace making.

The student advisor will be the director of the Center for Ethics, Peace and Social Justice or her/his delegate.

A. Required Courses: 9 credit hours

PHI 160 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (3 cr. hr.)
FSA 250 - Foundations of Peace Education (3 cr. hr.)
Choose
PHI 330 - Philosophies of Nonviolence (3 cr. hr.) or
PHI 331 - War and Terrorism (3 cr. hr.)

B. At least 9 credits hours chosen from:

* Indicates that a prerequisite is required.

PHI 135 - Introduction to Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 170 - Philosophical Meditations (1 cr. hr.)
Students can take this one-credit-hour course up to four times.
PHI 205 - Prisons and Punishment (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 330 - Philosophies of Nonviolence (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 331 - War and Terrorism (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 307 - Marxian Economics (3 cr. hr.) *
ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 430 - The Vietnam War (3 cr. hr.) *
IST 200 - Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
POL 250 - International Relations (3 cr. hr.)
POL 456 - International Politics in the Middle East (3 cr. hr.) *
PSY 375 - Positive Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 230 - Prejudice and Discrimination (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 235 - Sociology of Globalization (3 cr. hr.) *
SOC 322 - Sociocultural Study of AIDS (3 cr. hr.) *
SOC 365 - Sociology of Violence (3 cr. hr.) *
CPV 400 - Cooperative Education (1-16 cr. hr.)
Courses with the same number are cross listed. Select only one.
AAS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.) *
HIS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.) *
AAS 352 - Early African American Writing (3 cr. hr.) *
ANT 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.) *
SOC 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.) *
HIS 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 cr. hr.) *
JST 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 cr. hr.) *
CRM 485 - Capital Punishment (3 cr. hr.) *
SOC 485 - Capital Punishment (3 cr. hr.) *

Total Credit Hours Required for the Minor: 18