Courses
PEAC 100: Introduction to Peace Studies
This course offers an overview of the program. Issues related to war, peace, and justice are analyzed. (GE - Transferable to UC and CSU)
This course offers an in-depth examination of the internal and external components of peace and conflict, and how each affects individuals, groups, nations, and the environment. Through the study of the forces that influence human relations, students analyze how the world and its inhabitants can be changed.
Exercise, simulated conflict situations, and examples from community partners are used to provide students opportunities to broaden their perspectives and develop self-awareness.
PEAC 110: Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution
This course analyzes nonviolence from all angles. We review the theories and practices of nonviolent movements. We study leaders such as the Gandhis and Martin Luther Kings of the world - those who call us to be the change we want to see in the world, and see new beginnings, when we finally recognize that cycles of violence must be broken by innovative responses of a different kind.
(GE - Transferable to UC and CSU)
PEAC 225: Mediation & Negotiation
This course presents theories and skills to address and settle conflict situations by utilizing the negotiation and mediation process. The students will learn how to assess conflict situations and determine the appropriateness of negotiation and mediation. Students will learn theory and skills through lecture, role-play, dialogue and in-class simulations.
English 110: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Through Literature: Peace Studies
Emphasis. Students will develop their critical thinking, reading, and writing abilities by engaging with a number of novels, poems, songs, and films that possess themes relevant to Peace Studies. Among the authors studied will be Walt Whitman, Leo Tolstoy, Yehuda Amichai, Hafez, and Anna Ahkmatova.