Peace, Justice, and Human Rights: Minor

• PJHR 150 Conflict Resolution OR 230 – Building Peace after Empire OR EN267 or EN287 Irish Literature or EN280 Israeli and Palestinian Literature. Multidisciplinary study of the dynamics of conflict and peacemaking in South Africa, Northern Ireland, and other sites. Focus on the historical and cultural roots and persistence of conflict; the contestedness of history; peacebuilding, conflict transformation, reconciliation, and social restoration; and artists’ and writers’ role in creating just peace. Materials include histories, narratives, poems, and films.
• HS 230 or PJHR 101 – Introduction to Human Rights (3 credit hours). Survey of thinking on human rights from antiquity to the present, with special attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other post-1945 developments. Case studies may vary, but will generally include such key human rights concerns as slavery, humanitarian intervention, refugees and displaced persons, post-conflict reconstruction, human trafficking, torture, and the death penalty.
• SC 111 – Introduction to Social Justice (3 credit hours). Overview of the theories of social justice, including discussion and analyses of social inequalities both domestic and global, and issues related to civic engagement, social responsibility, and change. Service learning component required. (Any course with an Issues in Social Justice (ISJ) core designation can be substituted by permission of director.)

These courses are normally from at least two different disciplines or departments and must be taken from a list of PJHR-approved listed each semester on the registrar’s page for PJHR. See below for Spring 2021 courses:

• Optional: PJHR 400 (3 credit hours). This course explores research techniques commonly used to study issues related to peace, justice, and human rights, and the politics of knowledge production. Topics include historical research, literature reviews, critical analysis, interviewing, using survey data, ethics and reducing power differences in research. Students will have the opportunity to choose a field they would be interested in working in, and propose research on a related topic. This course helps students develop the skill set to successfully complete an independent study on the topic of their choosing.
• Optional: PJHR410. INTERNSHIP AND SEMINAR (3 credit hours). By permission of Program Director. Capstone experience involving an internship or advanced research project in a setting which aligns with the student’s interests, skills, or career goals. This may include internships in non-profit, social justice, legal, heath, human service, or research settings. A weekly seminar will also be held with ongoing reports, reflections, and analysis about their field experiences.
• PJHR 250 Issues in Social Justice (Arrupe only)                                              
• PJHR 350 Social Justice Research (Arrupe only)                                             
• PJHR 400 Critical Inquiry
• PJHR 410 Internship and Seminar                                                                  
• PJHR 450B Advocacy and Action (Arrupe only)                                            
• PJHR 499 Independent Study                                                                         
• BL137 Global Climate Change                                                           
• BL331  Global Climate Change                                                                       
• COM 210 Intro to Advocacy                                                    
• COM 303 Crafting the Message
• ED 253 School & Society                                                                               
• ED 350 Multicultural Ed in a Pluralistic Society                                             
• EN 291 Environmental Literature                                                                  
• ER 120 Poverty & Social Entrepreneurship                                                    
• ER 304 Social Entrepreneurship                                               
• GEND 101 Introduction to Gender Studies                                      
• HS 235 African American History                                                                  
• HS 245 U.S. Foreign Relations                                                                       
• HS 257 U.S. Military History                                                                          
• HS 273 Latin American Dictators                                                                   
• HS 278 Cuba: Past and Present                                                                       
• HS 285: African History Through Autobiography
• HS 473 Nazi Germany                                                                                   
• LP 135 Leadership and Social Justice                                                              
• PL 311 Business Ethics                                                                                  
• PL 315 Applied Ethics
• PL 338 Philosophy of Love and Sex                                                               
• PO 103 International Relations                                                                       
• PO 213 Wrongful Convictions                                                                       
• PO 243 Global Debt and Justice                                                                    
• PO 311 U.S. Foreign Policy                                                                            
• PO 328 The Middle East in Film and Media                                                   
• PO 331 International Conflict and Security                                                    
• PS 100 Intro to Psych: Perspectives in Social Justice                                      
• PS 326 Psychobiology                                                               
• SC 220 Criminal Justice Systems                                               
• SC 257 Social Inequalities in Society                                                               
• SC 290 Environmental Sociology                                             
• SC 353 Latino/a Transnational Experience                                                    
• SC 364 Ethnicity, Crime, and Criminal Justice                                                
• SC 385 Poverty, Welfare, and Social Justice                                                    
• SC 440 Violence and Society                                                                          
• TRS 210.51 Intro to Judaism
• TRS 201.52 Intro to Judaism
• TRS 240.51 Intro to Islam
• TRS 253.51 Chinese Religions
• TRS 253.52 Chinese Religions
• TRS 253.53 Chinese Religions
• TRS 260.41 Moral Decision Making (H)
• TRS 262.51 Religion, Freedom, and Law
• TRS 262.52 Religion, Freedom, and Law
• TRS 263.51 Ecology, Religion, & Justice
• TRS 272.51 Soul Food
• TRS 341.51 Islam in America
• TRS 341.52 Islam in America
• TRS 359.51 ST: Rights & Rites in Asia (H)
• TRS 366.51 Social Justice & the Economy
• TRS 369.51 ST: Church & Racial Justice
• TRS 369.52 ST: Church & Racial Justice (H)

• Poverty and Social Justice
  Required:
  PJHR100 Poverty and Social Justice OR
  EN291 Poverty and American LiteratureElectives
  BL240 Epidemiology
  BL260 Poverty and Disease
  CO389 Social Issues Journalism
  EC321 Labor and Human Resource Development
  EC343 Economic Development
  ED253 School and Society
  ED350 Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society
  ER120 Poverty and Social Entrepreneurship
  ER 304 Social Entrepreneurship
  GEND101 Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
  PL370 Philosophy and Social Justice
  PO205 51 Healthcare Access: Latin America
  PO336 International Political Economy
  PS261 Child Development
  SC111 Introduction to Social Justice
  SC195 Global Debt and Justice
  SC201 Social Problems
  SC225 Sociology of the Family
  SC240 Criminology
  SC271 Public Health in U.S.
  SC275 Family Violence
  SC385 Poverty, Welfare, and Social Justice in U.S.
  TRS302 The Bible through the Eyes of the Hungry
  TRS361 Liberation Ethics
  TRS362 Religion, Ethics, and Public Policy
  TRS368 Christian Social Justice
  TRS406 New Testament Ethics for Contemporary Culture
  TRS431 Readings in Feminist Theology
  PJHR1 Shepherd Internship
• Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution
  EN231 Peacebuilding after Empire
  EN278 Irish Literature
  EN280 Israeli and Palestinian Literature
  HS231 Peacebuilding after Empire
  PJHR250 Conflict Resolution and Transformation
  PJHR350 Transitional Justice
  SC205 Conflict/Cooperation: War and Peace
  SC440 Violence and Society
  TRS245 Islam & Islamism
  TRS249 Faiths of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  TRS350 Inter-Religious Dialogue
  TRS367 Religion, Terror, and the Culture Wars
  TRS323 Life, Times & Theology of MLK
• Racial Justice
  EN472 African American Literature
  HS 131 Survey of African American History
  HS343 Slavery and Abolition
  PL390 Philosophy of Race and Racism
  PS 342 Psychology of Prejudice
  PO213 Wrongful Convictions
  PO295 Politics of Blackness
  SC235 African American Experience in U.S.
  SC255 Prejudice & Discrimination
  SC257 Social Inequalities
  SC353 Latin/a Transnational Experience
  SC355 Race and Ethnic Relations
  TRS223 African-American Religion
  TRS261 African-American Christian Social Ethics
  TRS262 Religion, Freedom, and Law
  TRS315 The Holocaust and Its Meaning
  TRS323 Life, Times & Theology of MLK
  TRS369 Justice and the Economy
  TRS372 Theology of African-American Sacred Music
• Environmental Justice
  BL137 Climate Change
  BL222 General Ecology (requires 2 semesters of Biology)
  BL331 Global Climate Change (requires 2 semesters of Biology)
  CL103 Environmental Chemistry (non-majors)
  EC315 Environmental Economics (requires 2 semesters of Economics)
  EN291 Environmental Literature
  PH115 Environmental Earth Science
  SC380 Environmental Justice Movements
  TRS337 Globalization, Theology, & Justice
  TRS342 Islam and the Environment