Peace Studies Certificate
This program is available at the following location:
- Corvallis
This certificate is available as a standalone program.
The undergraduate certificate in Peace Studies offers OSU students a multi-disciplinary, integrated program focused on strategies for peace. The certificate incorporates courses from a wide variety of disciplines, including: history, philosophy, peace studies, religious studies, anthropology, communication, ethnic studies, queer studies, women, gender, and sexuality studies, sociology, environmental arts and humanities, political science, economics, and geography.
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:
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General Oregon State University requirements
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Specific school or college requirements
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Department major requirements
Contact Information
For more information, contact the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion head advisor:
David Bishop
322B Milam Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3902
Email: david.bishop@oregonstate.edu
Certificate Code: C815
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Identify, summarize, and interpret a broad range of personal and interpersonal peace leadership skills such as mindfulness, empathy, compassion, direct action, group facilitation, problem solving, nonviolence, and creating good trouble.
- Distinguish and evaluate practical peace and justice strategies, problem solving tactics, and conflict resolution efforts to name and effectively address injustices at the local community level.
- Analyze peace and justice concepts to develop or implement strategies to address social, global and environmental violence and injustices.
- Identify and evaluate historical and contemporary problems to reflect critically on injustice and violence on a structural or a technological level.
To earn the Peace Studies certificate, students must complete a minimum of 27 credits consisting of 11 credits from the core credit options and 16 credits of elective courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| Required Core | ||
| PAX 201/REL 201 | STUDY OF PEACE AND THE CAUSES OF CONFLICT | 3 |
| PAX 301 | *PEACE STRATEGIES | 4 |
| Core Electives | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 4 | |
| *WHY WAR: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| *THE HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MODERN WORLD | ||
| *HISTORY OF WHITE SUPREMACY & WHITE NATIONALISM IN THE US & OR | ||
| SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND PEACE LITERACY | ||
| *PACIFISM, JUST WAR, AND TERRORISM | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select 16 credits from the following: | 16 | |
| APPROACHES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| *GLOBAL CONFLICTS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES | ||
| WORLD CULTURES--TOPICS | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *WEALTH AND POVERTY | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| PROPAGANDA AND SOCIAL CONTROL | ||
| THEORIES OF CONFLICT AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | ||
| BARGAINING AND NEGOTIATION PROCESSES | ||
| THIRD PARTIES IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION: MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION | ||
| COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND DISPUTES | ||
| RHETORIC OF REVOLUTIONARIES AND REACTIONARIES: 1900-PRESENT | ||
| *PERSPECTIVES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN CONTEXT | ||
| *THE ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION | ||
| ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION | ||
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | ||
| ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY | ||
| MAKING ALLIANCES AND SOLIDARITIES | ||
| *ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES | ||
| THEORIES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY | ||
| QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM | ||
| *POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
GEOG 431 | ||
| *MODERN LATIN AMERICA | ||
| *LESBIAN AND GAY MOVEMENTS IN MODERN AMERICA | ||
| *HISTORY OF AFRICA | ||
| *THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | ||
| *ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION | ||
| *MODERN CHINA AND JAPAN | ||
| MODERN MEXICO | ||
| *AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY | ||
| RELIGION AND U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS | ||
| *POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST | ||
| CHINA IN 20TH CENTURY | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||
| READING AND CONFERENCE | ||
| SEMINAR | ||
| PEACE STUDIES INTERNSHIP | ||
| TOPICS IN PEACE STUDIES | ||
| *ETHICS | ||
| *RELIGIOUS ETHICS AND MORAL PROBLEMS | ||
| *POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST TRADITIONS | ||
| *ETHICS OF DIVERSITY | ||
| *GANDHI AND NONVIOLENCE | ||
| INTELLECTUAL ISSUES OF MEXICO AND MEXICAN AMERICANS | ||
| *FIRST FREEDOM: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND INTOLERANCE | ||
| *PHILOSOPHIES OF CHINA | ||
| GREAT FIGURES IN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | ||
| BUDDHISM, NON-VIOLENCE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| *YOGA AND TANTRIC TRADITIONS | ||
| *SPIRITUALITY AND ECOLOGY: GREEN YOGA | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| *WORLD VIEWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| *EUROPEAN AND EU POLITICS | ||
| *RUSSIAN POLITICS | ||
| *LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| *POLITICS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS | ||
| *MIDDLE EAST POLITICS | ||
| *CHINESE POLITICS | ||
| AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBAL POLITICS | ||
| *THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND POLICIES | ||
| *SERVING LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES | ||
| *TRANSGENDER POLITICS | ||
| TRANSGENDER LIVES | ||
| *SOCIAL INEQUALITY | ||
| RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS | ||
| THE SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION | ||
| *RESISTING GENDER VIOLENCE | ||
| *FEMINIST DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIES: SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH | ||
WGSS 324 | ||
| *SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION IN WOMEN'S LIVES | ||
| *WOMEN AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISMS | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Certificate Code: C815