This course provides a comprehensive overview of the quest for peace, tracing major issues in the field of peace studies and introducing a variety of strategies to achieve peace. Students are encouraged to explore the numerous dimensions of violence and the prospects for peace in our world today. By gaining a deeper understanding of the global dialogue on the meaning of peace, students will be able to participate in creative thinking about how humankind might build societies based on non-violence, social, political, and economic well-being, social justice, and ecological balance.

Fulfills GEL Social Science – Organizations and Polities & Global Studies requirements
Fulfills GEN Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement