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This is a list of courses that have been approved as electives for the Peace Studies Certificate. This is not an exhaustive list and new courses can always be approved as electives with the permission of the Certificate Coordinator (aherbert@uwm.edu). Because courses change, are not always offered, and new courses are introduced each semester, please consult the course catalogue for the relevant semester(s) to see the full range of courses that might be applied toward a Peace Studies Certificate.

Africology
218 Conflict and Cooperation in Black-White Relations
265 Psychological Effects of Racism
300 Urban Violence
322 Order and Disorder in the Quest for Social Justice
Biological Sciences
471 Principles of Natural Resources Management
Conservation and Environmental Science
210 Introduction to Conservation and Environmental Science
490 Senior Seminar: Conservation and Environmental Science
Communication
350 Intercultural Communication
363 (263)* Communication in Human Conflict
500 Communication and Community Service (w/appropriate project setting)
665 Introduction to Mediation
675 Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding
Comparative Literature
230 Literature and Society: Existentialism
231 Literature and Religion: Literature of the Holocaust
232 Literature and Film: Film and War
433 Comparative Mythology
Criminal Justice Program
416 Domestic Violence Research
420 Violence and the Criminal Justice System
Economics
353 (474) Economic Development
Educational Policy and Community Studies
411 Conflict and Change
520 Peace Education
521 Nonviolence in Education
522 Abusive Relationships: Community Problems, Community Solutions
English
247 Literature and Human Experience: ("Literature of the Ecological Vision" subtitle)
293 Literature and Media: Southern Film and Fiction
Environmental Studies
210 Environmental Dynamics
490 Senior Seminar: Biological Aspects of Conservation
Exceptional Education
617 Cooperative Learning: Creative Conflict
Geography
120 Our Physical Environment
125 Introduction to Environmental Geography
350 Conservation of Natural Resources
Global Studies
101 Introduction to Global Studies I: People and Politics
201 Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment
202 Introduction to Global Studies III: Globalization and Technology
371 Rethinking Global Security
471 Strategies for Realizing Security in Global Contexts
499 Ad Hoc: (w/appropriate subtitle)
History
200 Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: ("Civil Strife in Northern Ireland" subtitle)
249 The Second World War in Europe
275 Introduction to Middle Eastern and Western Religions
280 Islamic Civilization: The Formative Period, ca. 500-1258
282 The Modern Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries
286 The Korean War
287 The Vietnam War
363 Germany: Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship
434 The United States as a World Power in the 20th Century
440 History of American Working Classes
457 Military History of the United States
International Studies
550 Senior Seminar in International Studies: (w/appropriate subtitle)
Peace Studies
201* Introduction to Conflict Resolution and Peace
Philosophy
204 Introduction to Asian Religions
244 Ethnical Issues in Health Care: (w/appropriate subtitle)
255 Philosophy of Political Action
271 Philosophic Traditions: ("Western Great Lakes American Indian Philosophy" subtitle)
275 Introduction to Middle Eastern and Western Religions
355 Political Philosophy
475 Special Topics in Indian Religious Thought: ("Gandhi and Nonviolence" subtitle)
Political Science
175* Introduction to International Relations
316 International Law
333 Seminar in Comparative Politics: ("Collective Violence and the State" subtitle)
337 International Organization and the United States
338 Seminar In International Relations: (Subtitle)
340 Politics of Nuclear Weapons
359 Problems In American Foreign Policy
361 History of International Political Thought
365 Theories and Methods in International Politics
370 International Conflict
371 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
419 Constitutional Interpretation
464 Women and the Law
Psychology
Psych 611 Current Topics: ("Psychology of Conflict, War, and Peace" subtitle)
Sociology
215 Religion and Society
325 Social Change
450 Environmental Sociology

* if not selected in Section I.