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Peace Studies Certificate
The Certificate in Peace Studies is designed to expose students to the central ideas and work in the field, and to supplement study in other academic and professional fields. It is flexibly structured, interdisciplinary, and meant to broaden and strengthen any major in any school. The certificate may be taken by undergraduate students in degree granting programs. Some students may want to focus primarily on peace studies as a personal, intellectual endeavor. Others may be seeking a career in some area relevant to peace studies and will use the peace certificate as a way of enhancing their credentials and expertise.
Undergraduate Peace Studies Certificate students learn:
- Critical thinking related to issues of justice, conflict resolution, security and peace;
- Knowledge of ways to effect desired outcomes and goals through strategies and skills for peacemaking at all levels,local to international;
- Knowledge of the creation and evaluation of policies relevant to the fields of peace and conflict resolution;
- Knowledge of the major theoretical foundations of the fields of conflict resolution and peace studies.
How to Apply
You can apply by contacting the Matsunaga Institute for Peace, (808) 956-4237 and asking for an Institute faculty member who will provide you with a list of current classes and assist you in finding an advisor, or you can enroll in a peace studies course and try it out.
To view a downloadable informational brochure, please click here.
Formal Requirements
To receive a certificate, students must take:
- PACE 310 Survey Peace & Conflict Studies
- PACE 447 Mediation Skills: UH Basic
- PACE 495 Practicum & Internship (or a faculty approved substitute), and
- Six (6) credit hours from any of the remaining courses on the approved course list.
At least one course should come from a discipline other than PACE (Peace and Conflict Education).
Maintenance of an overall GPA of 2.5, with no grade below a C, is required in prerequisite and certificate courses.
Approved Course List*
- ANTH 423 Social & Cultural Change
- BIOL 310 Environmental Issues
- COM 340 Intercultural Communication
- ECON 466 Growth & Crisis in the Global Economy
- FAMR 350 Leadership & Group Process
- GEOG 336 Geography of Peace & War
- PACE 247 Survey of Conflict Management
- PACE 315 Personal Peace
- PACE 340 Negotiation
- PACE 345/ANTH 345 Aggression, War & Peace
- PACE 373/POLS 396 Nonviolent Political Alternatives
- PACE 399 Directed Reading
- PACE 410 History of Peace Movements
- PACE 412 Gandhi, King & Nonviolence
- PACE 413 Terrorism
- PACE 477 Culture and Conflict Resolution
- PACE 478 International Law and Disputes
- PACE 485 Topics in Peace & Conflict Resolution
- POLS 201 Problems of War & Peace
- POLS 319 International Organizations
- POLS 375 Public Law & Judicial Behavior I
- POLS 394 Democracy in Organizations
- SOC 433 Analysis in Law & Social Change
- SOC 451 Analysis in Marriage & the Family
- SP 455 Conflict Management
- WS 304 Women, War & the Military
*List of courses based on previous offerings by the departments. Other courses may apply. Please consult with your academic advisor.
