War & Peace is a thematic track in the War and Peace Studies program. Read more about major and the certificate .
Introductory Courses
CAS 2300X Themes in Action: War & Peace
This course explores the contemporary issues of international security and peace. Students study and critically think about topics such as terrorism, cybersecurity, weapons of mass destruction, intelligence, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. In each session, through conversations with professors and other experts, students have a chance to explore careers and possibilities related to international security and take an active part in the conversations surrounding matters of human security and national security.
For the course, students also are expected to attend at least five activities and events on campus that are associated with the War and Peace theme . After the weekly conversations and every event, students submit a one-page critical reflection paper. Students also have the opportunity to attend the relevant portions of select War and Peace theme courses in order to familiarize themselves better with the security- and peace-related courses on campus.
Theme Courses
- CAS 1300X Themes in Action?War & Peace(fall, spring)
- CAS 1425 War, Peace and Security(fall)
- HIST 1330 Introduction to World History Since 1750(fall, spring, summer)
Applied Sciences and Mathematics (Tier 2AS)
- BIOS 2210 Microbes and Humans(fall, spring, summer)
- BIOS 2250 Genetics in Human Society(fall, spring)
- GEOG 2680 Introduction to GIS and Mapping Sciences(fall, spring, summer)
- HLTH 2000 Introduction to Public Health(fall, spring, summer)
- ITS 2010 Understanding Internet Technology(fall, spring)
Cultural Perspectives (Tier 2CP)
- ANTH 1010 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology(fall, spring, summer)
- CLAS 2510 Ancient Jerusalem: From Solomon to Suleiman (spring)
- CLWR 3330 Introduction to Islam(fall, summer)
- CLWR 3340 Hinduism(fall)
- CLWR 3350 Buddhism (spring)
- COMS 1100 Communication Among Cultures(fall, spring, summer)
- HIST 1330 Introduction to World History Since 1750(fall, spring, summer)
- HIST 2460 The Rise of Modern Asia(spring, summer)
- HIST 3230 Latin American History: The Colonial Era
- HIST 3231 Latin American History: From Independence to the Present(spring, summer)
- HIST 3411 History of Africa Since 1850(fall)
- HIST 3451 Southeast Asia, c. 1750 to 1945: Change and Conflict(fall)
- HIST 3452 Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present: The Search for Stability (spring)
- INST 1100 Modern Africa(fall, spring, summer)
- INST 1400 European Studies (spring)
- INST 1600 Interdisciplinary Survey of Latin America(fall, spring)
- MDIA 3175 Gossip, Espionage, Hackers, and Outlaw Memes
Humanities and Literature (Tier 2HL)
- CLAS 2540 Rome Under the Caesars (spring)
- CLWR 2210 Difficult Dialogues: Religious Beliefs
- CLWR 2230 What is Evil? (spring)
- CLWR 2310 Human Aspirations Among the Greeks and Romans
- CLWR 3310 Old Testament(fall)
- CLWR 3320 New Testament (spring)
- PHIL 1300 Introduction to Ethics(fall, spring, summer)
Social Sciences (Tier 2SS)
- GEOG 1200 Human Geography(fall, spring)
- JOUR 1050 Introduction to Mass Communication(fall, spring, summer)
- JOUR 2050 News and Information Literacy(fall, spring, summer)
- POLS 1500 Themes in Global Politics(fall, spring)
- POLS 2300 Democracies and Dictatorships Around the World(fall, spring)
Tier III
- INST 4950 War and Peace Studies Seminar (spring)
- JOUR 4630 Media and Conflicts (spring)
- T3 4100 The Intellectual Origins of the American Revolution(spring, summer)
- MDIA 4170 Media and the Muslim World(fall, summer)
- MDIA 4176 Technology, Communication, and Culture (spring)
Other
- AAS 2540 History of Injustice in the United States(fall, spring)
- ANTH 4620 Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland
- ANTH 3530 Anthropology of Violence and Peace (spring)
- BIOS 3640 Forensic Biology (Lecture)
- BIOS 3640 Forensic Biology (Lab)
- BIOS 4130 Human Neuroscience
- BIOS 4230 Pathogenic Bacteriology (spring)
- BIOS 4410 Parasitology
- BIOS 4230 Pathogenic Bacteriology (spring)
- CLWR 4430 Political Islam (spring)
- CLWR 4820 Thinking About Death: Belief and Practice
- CHEM 4840 Forensic Chemistry I(Lecture) (fall)
- CHEM 4840 Forensic Chemistry I(Lab) (fall)
- CLWR 4410 Contemporary Religious Thought
- CLWR 4810 Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism
- COMS 3060 Interpersonal Conflict Management(fall)
- COMS 4100 Cross Cultural Communication(fall, spring, summer)
- COMS 4900 Topics in Communication Studies: Communication, Dialogue and Creativity (spring)
- ECON 3140 Natural Resource Economics
- ENG 2260X The Poetics/Poetry of War and Peace
- FILM 4270 Film Topics Seminar II: Terrorism and Masculinity in Screen (spring)
- GEOG 3410 Geography of Hunger and Food Security (spring)
- HIST 3000 Atlantic History(fall, spring)
- HIST 3004 Revolutionary Era (spring)
- HIST 3030 United States in World War II (spring)
- HIST 3050 The United States and the Vietnam War
- HIST 3081 The Civil War and its Aftermath(fall, spring)
- HIST 3104 United States, 1945-Present(fall)
- HIST 3148 Cultural Rebels in the Modern U.S.
- HIST 3164 History of U.S. Involvement in World Affairs, 1945-Present(fall)
- HIST 3211 American Military History, 1600-Present
- HIST 3213 War, Violence, Modernity (spring)
- HIST 3220 1960s in U.S.: Decade of Controversy(fall)
- HIST 3230 Latin American History: The Colonial Era
- HIST 3292 Ancient Rome (spring)
- HIST 3371 Middle East History 1500 to the present
- HIST 3372 The Arab Uprisings in Historical Perspectives
- HIST 3463 History of China from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era (spring)
- HIST 3641 Contemporary Europe (spring)
- HIST 3681 Germany in the 20th Century (spring)
- HIST 3682 Nazi Germany(fall)
- HIST 3731 Balkan dreams and nightmares: Southeastern Europe from 1908 to the Present
- HIST 3742 The Cold War, 1941-1989 (spring)
- HIST 3750 World War I(fall)
- HIST 3770 The Holocaust (spring)
- HIST 3790 History of Sea Power
- HIST 3822 Soviet Union
- HIST 3823 The USSR in World War II (spring)
- HIST 3840 Ethnic Cleansing in Modern European History
- HIST 3865 Churchill's Britain (spring)
- HIST 4905 Colloquium in Middle Eastern History (spring)
- PHYS 2053 Contemporary Physics: Relativity and Quantum Phenomena (spring)
- POLS 1600 Engaging Politics (spring, summer)
- POLS 3520 International Peace (spring)
- POLS 3540 Different Approaches to American Foreign Policy
- POLS 4070 Strategic Decision Making(spring, summer)
- POLS 4230 Political Leadership
- POLS 4270 Theories of American Foreign Policy (spring)
- POLS 4310 Politics in Eastern Europe (spring)
- POLS 4400 The Politics of Developing Areas(fall, spring)
- POLS 4420 Middle East Politics (spring)
- POLS 4490 Nationalism/Ethnic Conflict(fall)
- POLS 4560 International Organization
- POLS 4757 Race, Violence and Human Security
- POLS 4570 National Security in the Contemporary Era(spring, summer)
- POLS 4580 Introduction to War and Its Causes(fall)
- POLS 4590 Terrorism (spring)
- POLS 4901 Special Topics: Strategic Decision Making
- POLS 4904 Foreign Policy Analysis (spring)
- POLS 4757 Race, Violence and Human Security
- PSY 3330 Human Judgment and Decision Making (fall)
- SOC 2610 Deviant Behavior(fall, spring, summer)
- SOC 3290 Special Topics: Race and Ethnic Relations(fall)
- SOC 3640 Police and Society(fall, spring)
- SOC 4140 Contemporary Social Movements (spring)
- SOC 4670 Violence Against Women