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 

Course List

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

Course List

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