Requirements

Major | Certificate

Required Courses for the Major

For the PJS Major, 11 total courses (8 core and 3 electives):

PJS 1 Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies

Intermediate

One course from each of the following core areas:

a) War and Peace
PJS/SOC 120 Sociology of War and Peace
PS 61 International Relations

ANTH 25 Anthropology of War and Peacemaking

b) Justice
PJS/SOC 130 Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
PJS/PHIL 141 Global Justice

c) Peace Cultures
PJS/ED 164 Education for Peace and Justice
CIS 150 Cultural Legacies of the Atomic Bomb

ANTH 140  After Violence: Truth, Justice, and Social Repair  

PJS 90 Inner Peace for Outer Acton

EXP 125F  Understanding Self for Peace and Social Change 

d) Conflict Resolution
PJS/PSY 134 Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation
UEP 230 Negotiation, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution

e) Social Activism
PJS/SOC 135 Social Movements
PJS/SOC 111 Social Change and Community Organizing

PS/PJS 114  Social Movements in American Politics

CH 99: Social Movements and Public Health

Advanced

PJS 99 Internship in Social Change Organizations
-Prerequisites: PJS 1, one intermediate course from areas a through d, and one intermediate course from core area e which may be taken simultaneously.

PJS 190 Integrative Seminar in Peace, Justice, and Social Change

PJS 198 Senior Honors Thesis in Peace and Justice Studies

Three electives on a particular theme will be chosen in consultation with a PJS advisor. See certificate program for examples.

PJS Major Documents for download:

Major Application Form
Major Progress Form
Major Concentration Checklist

* For trouble obtaining any of these forms, please email dale.bryan@tufts.edu

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Required Courses for the Certificate

Introductory

PJS 1 Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies

One of the following:

PJS/SOC 120 Sociology of War and Peace
PJS/SOC 135 Social Movements

Advanced

PJS 99 Internship in Social Change Organizations
PJS 190 Integrative Seminar in Peace, Justice, and Global Change

Four electives on a particular theme will be chosen in consultation with a PJS advisor. See examples.

PJS Certificate Documents for download:

Certificate Application Form
Certificate Progress Form
Certificate Checklist

Elective courses
PJS does not set a fixed group of electives but encourages, through close consultation with an advisor, the development of a course sequence that embodies a theme and builds toward a significant senior project. Specific themes may address local to global issues, including: global conflict; conventional and nuclear war; humanitarian assistance; women's issues; race and racism; sexuality; social policy; civil rights; human rights; ecological issues; culture and identity; and citizen action.

For example, an investigation of war and conflict resolution might include:
HIST 177 The Nuclear Age: Physics and History
ANTH 145 Power, Politics, and Protest
PS 26 Comparative Revolutions
SPN Literature and Revolution: Mexico and Cuba

A focus on women and sexism might include:
ED 162 Class, Race and Gender in the History of U.S. Education 
PHL 48 Feminist Philosophy
ENG 45 Non-Western Women Writers
SOC 30 Sex and Gender in Society

A focus on environment might include:
EC 30 Environmental Economics and Policy
PS 163 International Politics of the Environment
UEP 294F Community and Environmental Advocacy
PHL 173 Political Economy, Ethics, and the Environment

An investigation of racism might include:
PS 108 African-American Politics
ENG 149 African-American Criticism and Theory
MUS 11 African-American Music
HST 96 The African American in United States History since 1865

A focus on citizen action might include:
PS 142 Interest Groups and Democratic Theory
ENG 134 Art and Social Change in 19th C. Britain
ANTH 142 Capital, Labor, and Desire
PHL 143 Philosophy and Public Policy

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