Peace and Conflict Studies
A minor in Peace and Conflict Studies is available to undergraduate students in all three faculties. This minor offers students flexibility in their choice of disciplinary areas of study while promoting a broad multidisciplinary understanding of peace and conflict topics.
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is a well-established, foundational degree and requires the requirements listed below alongside general graduation requirements.
Minor in Peace and Conflict Studies
As a minor, students are required to earn twenty-four (24) credit hours at the 2000 level or higher with a minimum GPA of 2.00 in Peace and Conflict relevant courses. A minimum of twelve (12) credit hours are required from the Humanities and a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours are required from the Social Sciences. Available courses will be posted each year through the Faculty of Arts web site at https://www.smu.ca/academics/departments/minor-in-peace-and-conflict-studies.html
The courses below form a partial list of approved courses for the Peace and Conflict Studies Minor. Other courses may be eligible for credit – please consult the Coordinator or the BA Advising Centre. Please note that not all courses below are offered every year, and some courses may have prerequisites.
Humanities
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Studies | ||
| ANCS/HIST 2453 | Republic and Revolution: Roman History I (formerly CLAS 2453) | 3 |
| ANCS/HIST 2500 | War and Society in the Ancient Mediterranean (formerly CLAS 2500) | 3 |
| ANCS 3411 | Great Trials of Ancient Athens (formerly CLAS 3411) | 3 |
| ANCS 3420 | International Relations Eastern Mediterranean Style (formerly CLAS 3420) | 3 |
| Education | ||
| EDUC 4461 | Language, Culture & Education | 3 |
| English | ||
| ENGL 4427/LING 3427 | Language, Gender, and Power | 3 |
| ENGL 4466 | Representations of Indigenous Womanhood | 3 |
| ENGL/LING 4493 | Doing Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| ENGL/LING 4494 | Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| History | ||
| HIST 2317 | Africa in the 20th Century: Colonialism and Independence | 3 |
| HIST 2336 | Making Britain 1688 - 1870 | 3 |
| HIST 2402 | History of Cuba | 3 |
| HIST 2420 | The World at War 1914-1918 | 3 |
| HIST 2421 | The World at War 1939-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 2440 | Revolutions in Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3110 | Women in the Two World Wars | 3 |
| HIST 3382 | China in Revolution:1800-1949 (formerly HIST 2382) | 3 |
| HIST 3385 | Late Tokugawa and Imperial Japan: 1800-1945 (formerly HIST 2355) | 3 |
| HIST 3393 | History of Vietnam (formerly HIST 2393) | 3 |
| HIST 3394 | History of Korea (formerly HIST 2394) | 3 |
| HIST 3417 | War and Memory in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| HIST 3460 | Issues in Modern Irish History | 3 |
| HIST 3475 | Histories of Indigenous and Settler Relations | 3 |
| HIST 4520 | Nazi Germany, Occupied Europe and the Holocaust | 6 |
| HIST 4572 | Memories of WW II in East Asia | 3 |
| HIST 4573 | The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire | 3 |
| Irish Studies | ||
| IRST 3325 | The Irish and Atlantic Canada | 3 |
| Religious Studies | ||
| RELS 2342 | Violence | 3 |
| RELS 2350 | Religion and Social Change | 3 |
Social Sciences
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 3334 | Warfare | 3 |
| ANTH 3474 | Human Variation | 3 |
| ANTH 3572 | Archaeology of Empire | 3 |
| Criminology | ||
| CRIM 3205 | Restorative Justice Theory | 3 |
| CRIM 3505 | Prisons & Punishment | 3 |
| CRIM 3507 | Policing in Society | 3 |
| CRIM 3509 | Victims and Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRIM 3526 | Organized Crime | 3 |
| CRIM 3610 | Practicum in Social Development | 3 |
| CRIM 4303 | Canadian Criminal Justice Seminar | 3 |
| CRIM 4420 | Genocide | 3 |
| CRIM 4610 | Community Practicum Development | 3 |
| Political Science | ||
| POLI 3001 | Politics and Peace: Northern Ireland (formerly POLI 4001) | 3 |
| POLI 3456 | Issues in International Security | 3 |
| Social Justice & Community Studies | ||
| SJCS 2220 | Race, Racism, Colonialism | 3 |
| Sociology | ||
| SOCI 3423 | Ethnic Conflict | 3 |