Peace and Conflict - Integrative Pathway
War is among the most devastating forces in human history. It can cost communities their people, ecosystems, economies, political structures, ambitions, artistic creations, imaginations, and even their histories. As a result, one of the most vexing problems for nearly all human beings throughout time has been how to maintain peace. The Peace and Conflict Pathway explores both how communities, states, and nations thrive – resolving conflict and developing stable infrastructures for governance, artistic expression, education, health, faith traditions, and environmental and economic sustainability – and also how they can fail in these efforts, leaving conflict unresolved and at times resorting to violence, including war. It also examines the long-term consequences for politics, society, economies, technologies, and cultures of these practices of peace and conflict.
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Peace and Conflict Courses
Thematic Inquiry
Required Course
Curricular Itinerary Courses
Students will take three further courses, in which they will explore the theme of the Pathway in light of their animating questions. These courses must be from three different departments as defined by their course designations and are intended to represent a range of disciplinary approaches to the theme. Courses should be approved under the direction of the pathway coordinator or senior reflection instructor. Students may count courses toward the Curricular Itinerary that were taken prior to the Thematic Inquiry. All Itinerary courses should be completed no later than the fall semester of the senior year.
Required Course
Global Local Engagement
For more information, please contact Catherine Stock or any other member of the core faculty.
Required Course
Senior Reflection
Required Course