The Minor in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies is an interdisciplinary program that includes courses from fourteen departments housed in three Colleges: Applied Science and Technology, Arts and Sciences, and Business.   

The Minor provides a comprehensive and in-depth approach to peace and conflict resolution theories and methods.  Students are required to take an introductory course, as well as one course from each of five areas of inquiry (social justice, conflict resolution, violence, environment, and globalization), while also specializing in one of these areas with two additional courses.  The minor’s capstone experience is a professional practice.  

The Minor allows students to examine both the causes and prevention of war, as well as the nature of violence, including social oppression, discrimination and marginalization.  They also learn peace strategies to overcome persecution and transform society to attain a more just and equitable international community.  The inquiry encompasses micro to macro perspectives.  At the micro end of the spectrum, students investigate non-violent ethics and conflict management; inner, aesthetic, and spiritual peace; interpersonal communication and relations; intergroup relations; and diversity and gender issues.  At the macro level, students explore the dynamics of international conflict, as well approaches to peace and world order; ethnic and socioeconomic justice; multiculturalism; renewable economics; and biodiversity.