PJHR - Peace, Justice & Human Rights
Program Title
College
Department(s)
Program Level
Program Type
Degree Designation
Peace, Justice, and Human Rights, B.A.
Program Learning Goals in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
Students will:
Describe, explain, and critically analyze the complex and systematic nature of peace building, justice, and human rights.
Identify global, national, or local situations affected by violence, injustice, and oppression; explain their causes and consequences; and explore possible solutions.
Articulate a worldview that demonstrates concern for victims of violence, injustice, and/or human rights violations.
Apply this worldview to peace building; social justice, and human rights both on and off campus.
College of Arts and Sciences Professional Development Program
All majors in the Humanities and Social Sciences must complete CE 2001, a 0-credit, professional development course as one of their degree requirements. The course introduces students to resources and strategies for finding internships, articulating transferable skills, and preparing for employment or graduate/professional schools after graduation. Students typically complete this course in their sophomore year. The course provides a good foundation for further training.
Major Requirements
Required Courses (12 credits)
Choose one (3 credits):
HS 1025 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
PJHR 1010 | INTRO TO HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
PL 2082 | SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
SC 3800 | ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
Choose one (3 credits):
EN 2280 | CONTEMPORARY IRISH LITERATURE AND FILM | 3 |
EN 2080 | ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LITERATURES | 3 |
PJHR 1000 | CONFLICT RESOLUTION | 3 |
PJHR 1750 | NONVIOLENT THEORY AND ACTION | 3 |
Additional Required Courses (6 credits):
PJHR 4000 | CRITICAL INQUIRY | 3 |
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PJHR 3500* | ARRUPE: SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH | 3 |
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PJHR 4100 | INTERNSHIP AND SEMINAR | 3 |
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PJHR 4500* | ADVOCACY & ACTION (ARRUPE) | 3 |
PJHR 4501* | ADVOCACY AND ACTION: ADVOCACY PROJECTS (ARRUPE) | 0 |
*Arrupe students will take PJHR 3500 and must take both PJHR 4500 and PJHR 4501.
Professional Development (0 credits):
CE 2001 | CAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 0 |
Seven Elective Courses (21 credits)
Student will take an additional seven 3-credit courses drawn from the list below of approved courses. Normally, these courses will be chosen from three different disciplines or departments and may include a four-course specialization in peacebuilding and conflict resolution, poverty and social justice, environmental justice, or racial justice.
PJHR 1020 | POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 3 |
PJHR 1500 | CRITICAL SOCIAL JUSTICE | 3 |
PJHR 1750 | NONVIOLENT THEORY AND ACTION | 3 |
PJHR 2500 | ISSUES IN SOCIAL JUSTICE | 3 |
PJHR 2750 | MODERN SOCIAL PROBLEMS | 3 |
PJHR 4990 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 3 |
Biology
BL 1370 | CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL IMPACTS | 3 |
BL 3310 | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | 3 |
Communication
COM 3113 | CAMPAIGN ISSUES AND IMAGES | 3 |
COM 3131 | PERSUASION | 3 |
Education
ED 2110 | SCHOOL & SOCIETY | 3 |
ED 3120 | MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY | 3 |
English
EN 1610 | DREAMWORLDS | 3 |
EN 1710 | POVERTY IN AMERICAN LIT | 3 |
EN 2282 | LITERATURE OF WORLD WAR I | 3 |
EN 2635 | ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE | 3 |
EN 2681 | WOMEN, VIOLENCE, AND LITERATURE | 3 |
EN 2682 | MIGRATION, DISPLACMNT, IDENTITY | 3 |
EN 2686 | LITERATURE OF TRAUMA | 3 |
Some sections of EN 2990 may also be approved to count for the PJHR major and minor. Students should check the semester course offerings upon registration.
Entrepreneurship
ER 1120 | POVERTY AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 |
ER 3304 | SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 |
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
GEND 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO GENDER STUDIES | 3 |
History
HS 1025 | INTRO TO HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
HS 1137 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN AMERICA | 3 |
HS 1215 | TRIALS OF THE CENTURY | 3 |
HS 1131 | AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
HS 1136 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
HS 1474 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
HS 1475 | LATIN AMERICAN DICTATORSHIPS: GLOBALIZATION, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
HS 1585 | AFRICAN HISTORY THROUGH AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 3 |
HS 2225 | WORLD WAR I & MODERNITY | 3 |
HS 2145 | UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS | 3 |
HS 2157 | U.S. MILITARY HISTORY | 3 |
HS2471 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE | 3 |
HS 2478 | CUBA: PAST AND PRESENT | 3 |
HS 3030 | IMPERIALISM & DECOLONIZATION | 3 |
HS 3138 | WAR IN COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA | 3 |
HS 3207 | HISTORY OF THE POPES | 3 |
HS 3232 | BERLIN: FROM REICH TO REPUBLIC | 3 |
HS 3236 | THE HOLOCAUST | 3 |
HS 4064 | GENOCIDE AND WAR CRIMES | 3 |
HS 4273 | NAZI GERMANY: ORIGINS, STRUCTURES, CONSEQUENCES | 3 |
International Cultures
IC 2050 | INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE | 3 |
Leadership Development
LP 1350 | LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 3 |
LP 2500 | GLOBAL LEADERSHIP | 3 |
Philosophy
PL 2023 | EXISTENTIALISM & PHENOMENOLOGY | 3 |
PL 2050 | MAJOR WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS | 3 |
PL 2051 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | 3 |
PL 2052 | PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE & SEX | 3 |
PL 2070 | RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
PL 2072 | PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM | 3 |
PL 2080 | MAJOR MORAL PHILOSOPHERS | 3 |
PL 2083 | PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | 3 |
PL 2084 | INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS | 3 |
PL 2085 | CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL PROBLEMS | 3 |
PL 2086 | BUSINESS ETHICS | 3 |
PL 2099 | SPTP: VALUES & SOCIETY | 3 |
Political Science
PO 1300 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 3 |
PO 1600 | INTRO TO LAW AND SOCIETY | 3 |
PO 2210 | HEALTHCARE ACCESS IN LATIN AMERICA | 2 |
PO 2430 | GLOBAL DEBT AND JUSTICE | 3 |
PO 3130 | U.S. FOREIGN POLICY | 3 |
PO 3610 | WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS | 3 |
PO 3640 | LAW AND FILM | 3 |
PO 3250 | BERLIN SEMINAR | 3 |
PO 3340 | INT'L INST, LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
Psychology
PS 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY: PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL JUSTICE | 3 |
PS 2890 | PSYCHOLOGY OF TRAUMA: MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT | 3 |
PS 2930 | PSYCH OF GENDERED VIOLENCE | 3 |
PS 3420 | PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE | 3 |
PS 4150 | MULTICULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
Sociology
SC 1110 | INTRO TO SOCIAL JUSTICE | 3 |
SC 2200 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS | 3 |
SC 2350 | AFRICAN AMERICAN HIST & CONTMPRY EXP | 3 |
SC 2400 | CRIMINOLOGY | 3 |
SC 2430 | GLOBAL DEBT & JUSTICE | 3 |
SC 2550 | PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION | 3 |
SC 2570 | SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY | 3 |
SC 2730 | PUBLIC HEALTH IN U.S. SOCIETY | 3 |
SC 2750 | FAMILY VIOLENCE | 3 |
SC 2900 | ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
SC 3200 | SEX AND GENDER | 3 |
SC 3351 | PRISONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
SC 3530 | LATINA/O TRANSNATIONAL EXPERIENCE | 3 |
SC 3640 | RACE, ETHNICITY, CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 |
SC 4350 | LAW, ETHICS, & CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY | 3 |
SC 4400 | VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY | 3 |
Theology & Religious Studies
TRS 2120 | NEW TESTAMENT | 3 |
TRS 2410 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | |
TRS 2273 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGION | 3 |
TRS 2430 | INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM | 3 |
TRS 2450 | RELIGIONS OF INDIA | 3 |
TRS 2460 | CHINESE RELIGIONS | 3 |
TRS 2500 | MORAL DECISION MAKING | 3 |
TRS 2563 | ECOLOGY, RELIGION, AND JUSTICE | 3 |
TRS 3536 | CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING IN BUSINESS | 3 |
TRS 3272 | SOUL FOOD | 3 |
TRS 3110 | ABRAHAM FATHER OF NATIONS | 3 |
TRS 3273 | MARTIN, MALCOLM, & BLACK LIVES MATTER | 3 |
TRS 2311 | SIN, GRACE, & WHOLENESS | 3 |
TRS 3262 | RELIGION, FREEDOM, AND LAW | 3 |
TRS 3537 | GLOBALIZATION, THEOLOGY, & JUSTICE | 3 |
TRS 3415 | THE HOLOCAUST & ITS MEANING | 3 |
TRS 3441 | ISLAM IN AMERICA | 3 |
TRS 3442 | ISLAM & THE ENVIRONMENT | 3 |
TRS 2530 | SOCIAL JUSTICE & THE ECONOMY: MORALITY & MONEY | 3 |
TRS 3561 | THEO OF SEX, GENDER & IDENTITY | 3 |
TRS 3565 | JUST & UNJUST WAR | 3 |
TRS 3587 | RELIGION, TERROR, & CULTURE WARS | 3 |
TRS 3599 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS ETHICS | 1 to 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 33