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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 Academic Advisors AJ Corner (corner@uwm.edu) and Aparna Datey (datey@uwm.edu). Because courses change, are not always offered, and new courses are introduced each semester, please consult the course catalog 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: The Quest for Social Justice
- Anthropology
- 150 Multicultural America
- Communication
- 192 Freshman Seminar: “Communication and Conflict”
- 350 Intercultural Communication
- 363 Communication in Human Conflict
- 365(520)* Negotiation Skills Workshop
- 631 Current Topics in Interpersonal Communication/Conflict Management: “Genocide and Communication”
- 662 Seminar in Communication: “Communication and Civility”
- 665* Introduction to Mediation
- 675* Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding
- Comparative Literature
- 230 Literature and Society: "Existentialism"
- 230 Literature and Society: “Children/Youth as War Casualties”
- 231 Literature and Religion: (all subtitles)
- 232 Literature and Politics: “Contemporary Women Writers and the Ethics of Violence”, “Gender and the Historical Novel”, “Women and War”
- 233 Literature and Film: “Film and War”
- 433 Comparative Mythology
- Conservation and Environmental Science
- 210 Introduction to Conservation and Environmental Science
- 471 Principles of Natural Resource Management
- 490 Senior Seminar: Conservation and Environmental Science
- Criminal Justice Program
- 416 Domestic Violence Research
- 420 Violence and the Criminal Justice System
- 592 Critical Issues in Criminal Justice: “Restorative Justice”
- Economics
- 353 Economic Development
- Educational Policy and Community Studies
- 411 Conflict and Change in Community-Based Organizations
- 520 Peace Education
- 521 Nonviolence in Education
- 522 Abusive Relationships: Community Problems, Community Solutions
- 579 Current Topics in Cultural Foundations of Education: “Antiracist Education”
- English
- 150 Multicultural America
- 192 Freshman Seminar: “Vietnam in American Culture”
- 247 Literature and Human Experience: "Literature of the Ecological Vision", "Whitman and Ginsberg – Liberating American Bards"
- 293 Literature and Media: “African American Literature on Film”, “Vietnam in American Culture”
- Ethnic Studies
- 250 Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: “Ethnic Groups – Processes in Contemporary Russia”, “Speaking in Tongues – Language, Race, and Power”, “Starbucks, Ethnicity, and Globalization”, “Women as Migrants and Workers”
- 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
- 311 Contexts for Global Management
- 351 Language, Media and Social Practice in Global Communications
- 371 Rethinking Global Security
- 442 Humanitarianism in Global Perspective
- 447 The Global Politics of Human Rights
- 451 Access, Security and Intercultural Contexts in Global Communications
- 471 Strategies for Realizing Security in Global Contexts
- 499 Ad Hoc: “Gender and Globalization”, “Global Security I: Rethinking International Security”
- 541 Cross-Cultural Management
- 551 Global Communications Capstone: Future Trends
- HCA
- 245 Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
- Hebrew Studies
- 238 Topics in Hebrew/Jewish Literature, Art, and Culture: “The Holocaust in Literature and Film”, “The Arab-Israeli Conflict”, “The Holocaust in Words and Images”
- 254 Studies in Hebrew Culture: “The Arab-Israeli Conflict”, “A Home for the Jews”, “Judaism, Christianity, Islam – Three Religions, One God”
- History
- 150 Multicultural America
- 200 Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: “The Civil Rights Movement in America”, “Civil Strife in Northern Ireland”
- 249 The Second World War in Europe
- 280 Islamic Civilization: The Formative Period, ca. 500-1258
- 281 Islamic Civilization: The Middle Period, ca. 1200-1805
- 282 The Modern Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries
- 283 Arab-Israeli Relations: The Search for Peace
- 286 The Korean War
- 287 The Vietnam War
- 358 The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture
- 363 Germany: Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship
- 364 The Holocaust: Anti-Semitism and the Fate of the Jewish People in Europe, 1933-1945
- 370 Topics in the History of Religious Thought: “Buddhist Thought”, “Introduction to Buddhist Thought”
- 385 Political Islam to Zionism: Middle Eastern Intellectual History, 789-1990
- 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
- 594 Methods and Theory in the Historical Study of Religion: “Women, War and Religion in Early Medieval Europe”
- 600 Seminar in History: “Incarcerated – Japanese-Americans and World War II”, “The Cold War as History”, “World Wars and Anti- Socialist Politics”
- Honors
- 200 Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind – “War Stories—Art and Experience from the Front Lines”
- International Studies
- 550 Senior Seminar in International Studies: (w/appropriate subtitle)
- JAMS
- 661 Seminar in Media Communication and Society: “War and the Media”
- Peace Studies
- 201* Introduction to Conflict Resolution and Peace
- Philosophy
- 204 Introduction to Asian Religions
- 244 Ethical Issues in Health Care: all topics
- 271 Philosophical Traditions: “Western Great Lakes American Indian Philosophy”
- 355 Political Philosophy
- 475 Special Topics in Indian Religious Thought: “Gandhi and Nonviolence”
- Political Science
- 175* Introduction to International Relations
- 316 International Law
- 333 Seminar in Comparative Politics: “Collective Violence and the State”
- 337 International Organization and the United States
- 338 Seminar in International Relations: (all subtitles)
- 339 European Integration
- 340 Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- 359 Problems In American Foreign Policy
- 361 History of International Political Thought
- 362 Ethics and International Relations
- 365 Theories and Methods in International Politics
- 370 International Conflict
- 371 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
- 464 Women and the Law
- Psychology
- 611 Current Topics: “Psychology of Conflict, War, and Peace”
- Sociology
- 150 Multicultural America
- 215 Religion and Society
- 325 Social Change
- 450 Environmental Sociology
- Urban Studies
- 350 Social Justice, Urban Planning and the New Multicultural America
- 360 Perspectives on the Urban Scene: “The Urban Riot”, “Crime and Violence in the City”
- Womens Studies
- 150 Multicultural America
* If not selected as a required course.