War and Peace Courses

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