Director:
Professor Paul Joseph, Sociology
Assistant director:
Dale Bryan, Peace and Justice Studies
Executive board faculty:
Professor Paul Joseph, Sociology
Professor Susan Ostrander, Sociology
Professor Kathleen Weiler, Education
Assistant Professor
David Arond, Public Health
and Family Medicine
Assistant Professor
Gary McKissick, Political
Science
Senior Lecturer Sinaia Nathanson, Psychology
The Peace and Justice Studies program (PJS) provides an interdisciplinary structure for examining the obstacles, conditions, and paths to achieving a just global peace. The program brings intellectual and experiential inquiry to the fundamental interrelationship of peace and justice. Four overlapping areas are emphasized: first, study of the causes of war, the techniques of war prevention, and the conditions and structures of a just peace; second, the origins, strategies, and visions of social movements seeking social justice and ecological sustainability; third, the theory and practice of conflict resolution along a continuum from individual disputes to international diplomacy; and fourth, the study of peace culture, particularly the contributions from education and literature in developing the traditions of nonviolence and ethical social behavior.
PJS nurtures an active sense of responsibility for the human condition and examines practical activities for achieving a nonviolent and peaceful future. The program encourages both experiential education, primarily through internship placements and community-service learning, and discussion of appropriate pedagogies designed to promote students participation in their own education. The program also presents a broad range of educational events that help create an engaged intellectual climate on campus and increased social responsibility of its members. In this sense, PJS complements the university's mission and the liberal arts tradition by encouraging the student's awareness, responsibility, and active engagement in the affairs of the world. The program is administered by an executive board that includes faculty, students, and staff.
PJS offers both a major and a certificate. To fulfill the requirements for the major, a student must complete eleven courses: the introductory course (PJS 1), one intermediate course in each of five core areas, an internship (PJS 99), the integrative seminar (PJS 190), and three additional elective courses on a particular theme to be chosen in consultation with the student's adviser. Students with qualifying academic records are also encouraged to enroll in a Senior Honors Thesis in Peace and Justice Studies (PJS 198).
To complete the certificate, a student must complete eight courses: the introductory course (PJS 1), an internship (PJS 99), the integrative seminar (PJS 190), one of two possible intermediate courses (PJS 120 or PJS 135), and four electives on a particular theme to be chosen in consultation with the student's adviser. Completion of the Peace and Justice Certificate will be noted on the student's transcript. Courses fulfilling certificate requirements may also be used, where applicable, to meet major concentration or distribution requirements.
Required Courses for both Certificate and Major
Introductory
PJS 1 Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies
Internship
PJS 99 Internship in Social Change Organization
Advanced
PJS 190 Integrative Seminar in Peace, Justice, and Social Change
Additional Courses for Certificate
Four electives and either PJS 120 or 135.
Additional Courses for Major
Intermediate
One course from each of the
following five core areas:
A. WAR AND PEACE
PJS/Sociology 120 Sociology of War and Peace
Political Science 51 International Relations
PJS/Anthropology 185 Anthropology of War and Peacemaking
B. JUSTICE
PJS/Sociology 130
Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
PJS/Philosophy 141 Global Justice
C. PEACE CULTURES
PJS/Education 164 Education for Peace and Justice
PJS/CIS 150 Cultural Legacies of the Atomic Bomb
PJS 90 Inner Peace/Outer Action
D. CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PJS/Psychology 134 Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation
UEP 230 Negotiation, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution
E. SOCIAL ACTIVISM
PJS/Sociology 135 Social Movements
PSJ/Political Science 114 Social Movements in American Politics
PJS/Sociology 149A Organizing Urban Communities
Electives
Three additional elective courses on a particular theme to be chosen in
consultation with the student adviser.
For more detailed information, please visit the website http://ase.tufts.edu/pjs or the program office at 109 Eaton Hall.
To view Course Descriptions, please go to: http://webcenter.studentservices.tufts.edu/courses/main.asp.