Peace Studies Certificate Requirements

The Peace Studies Program is principally an undergraduate, upper division certificate program,
although graduate students may earn a Peace Studies certificate. To earn a certificate, students must already be admitted to a school or college of Oregon State University, and have satisfied, or be in the process of satisfying, the following:

1. General Oregon State University requirements.
2. Specific school or college requirements.
3. Department major requirements.

To earn a Peace Studies Certificate, students must complete a minimum of 30 hours consisting of:

A. 12 hours minimum of core courses, and B. 18 hours minimum of elective courses.

PEACE CORE STUDIES

Core and elective courses may be taken in any order or sequence. Courses fulfilling a student's major requirements will not apply toward the Peace Studies Certificate requirements. Core Requirements consist of 12 hours minimum. Students must take:

PAX 201: Study of Peace (3)* - required course.
And 3 of the following Core Electives (9 credits):

ANTH 380: Cultures in Conflict (3)
COMM 440/540 Theories of Conflict(3)
HST 317: Why War: A Historical Perspective (4)
PHL 344: Pacifism, Just War and Terrorism (4)
PS 205: Introduction to World Politics (4)

(Substitute core courses must be approved by the Peace Studies program director)

ELECTIVE COURSES

Elective requirements consist of at least 18 hours from two separate areas of concentration. Elective courses in a student's major will not apply to the Peace Studies Certificate requirements.

The areas of concentration include lower division, upper division, and graduate level courses from a variety of departments. This course listing is tentative, subject ot approval from contributing departments and the Peace Studies program committee.

Peace , Research & Practice
PAX 402/502 Independent Study in Peace Studies (1-6)
PAX 405/505 Reading and Conference (1-6)
PAX 407-507 Seminar in Peace Studies (1-6)
PAX 410/510 Peace Studies Internship (1-6)
PAX 415/515 Topics in Peace Studies (1-6)

Communication and Peace
COMM 326 Intercultural Communication (3)
COMM 368 Propaganda and Social Control (3)
COMM 442, 542 Bargaining and Negotiation Process (3)
COMM 444/544 Third Party Dispute Resolution: Mediation (3)
COMM 446/546 Communication in International Conflict and Disputes (3)
COMM 462/562 Rhetoric of Revolutionaries and Reactionaries (3)

Cultures and Peace
ANTH 420 World Cultures (4)
ANTH 482/582 World Food & Cultural Implications of Intl Development (3)
GEO 350 Population Geography (3)
HST 495/595 China in the 20th Century (3)
PHL 308 Buddhist Traditions (4)
PHL 316 Intellectual Issues of Mexico and Mexican Americans (4)
PHL 371 Philosophies of China (4)
SOC 460/560 Comparative Societies (3)
TCS 300 World Community in the 20th Century: Development (3)
TCS 301 World Community in the 20th Century: Underdevelopment (3)

Economics and Peace
ANTH 471/571 Cash, Class and Culture: Hunter- Gathering to Capitalism (3)
ANTH 484/584 Wealth and Poverty (3)
ECON 440/540 International Trade and Policy (4)
EON 455/555 Economic Development (4)
GEO 426/526 Third-World Resource Development (3)
NFM 415/515 Global Food Resources and Nutrition (3)

Ethics and Peace
PHL 205 Ethics (4)
PHL 342 Contemporary Ethics (4)
PHL 390 Moral Theory (4)
PHL 440/540 Environmental Ethics (3)
PHL 443/543 Worldviews and Environmental Values (3)

History and Peace
HST 351 Modern Latin America (3)
HST 382 History of Africa (3)
HST 385 Regional Conflict in Global Context (3)
HST 388 Islamic Civilization (3)
HST 392 East Asia
HST 452/552 Modern Mexico
HST 465/565 American Diplomatic History (3)

Inequality and Peace
ES 451/551 Theories of Race and Ethnicity (3)
ES 456/556 Theories of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (3)
HST 368 Lesbian and Gay Movements in Modern America (3)
PHL 280 Ethics of Diversity (4)
PHL 417/517 Feminist Philosophies (3)
PS 375 The Civil Rights Movement and Policies (4)
WS 270 Violence Against Women (3)
WS 414/514 Systems of Oppression in Women's Lives (3)
SOC 426/526 Social Inequality (3)
SOC 437/537 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
SOC 466/566 International Development: Gender Issues (3)

Politics and Peace
PHL 207 Political Philosophy (4)
PS 340 Eastern and Central European Politics (4)
PS 341 Politics of Western Europe and the European Union (4)
PS 343 Russian Politics (4)
PS 344 Latin American Politics (4)
PS 345 The Politics of Developing Nations (4)
PS 349 Chinese Politics: 1976 to Present (4)
PS 451/551 American Foreign Policy (4)
PS 452/552 Alternative International Futures (4)
PS 454/554 International Law and Organizations (4)

For more information, please contact Dr. Joseph Orosco, Acting Director at joseph.orosco@oregonstate.edu