Recent Peace and Justice Courses

The Peace and Justice minor typically offers approximately 10-15 course options per semester. 

Spring 2026 Electives

• ENV144.01 Global Environment
• FR332 Trauma and Testimony
• HS242.01 History of Civil Rights & Human Rights Law
• HS242.02 History of Civil Rights & Human Rights Law
• HS265 The First World War
• HS368 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
• MG333 Global Strategy for Sustainability
• PL210.01 Philosophical Perspectives: Politics & Society
• PL210.02 Philosophical Perspectives: Politics & Society
• PL210.03 Philosophical Perspectives: Politics & Society
• PL210.04 Philosophical Perspectives: Politics & Society
• PL306.01 Ethics of Race and Gender
• PL306.02 Ethics of Race and Gender
• PL401.01 Peace and Justice Studies Capstone
• PS304.01 Politics of the Middle East
• PS363 Nationalism & Ethnic Conflict
• PS365.01 International Politics
• TH396 War, Health and Peacebuilding
• WR200 Intro to Creative Nonfiction
• WR343 Special Topics: Writing about Food
• WR386 Rhetoric in America

Fall 2025 Electives

• AH315.01 African American Art
• CH114.01 and CH114.01S Global Environment
• HS319.01 Nazi Germany& the Holocaust
• HS372.01 Vietnam War Film & Literature
• PL210.01 Politics and Society
• PL228.01 Philosophy and Genocide
• PL315.01 Ethics after Auschwitz
• PL346.01 Philosophy of Peace
• PL365.01 International Politics
• SN366.01 Latin American Testimony
• TH310.01 and TH310.02 The Ethics of War and Peace
• WR200.01 Intro to Creative Nonfiction
• WR323.01 Writing Center Practice and Theory
• WR327.01 Civic Literacy MWF 11-11:50
• WR354.01 Writing about the Environment

Spring 2025 Electives

• CH114D.01 Global Environment 
• EC360.01 Environmental Economics 
• EN208 Black Women Writers
• EN488 Seminar in Multi-Ethnic Literature 
• HS251.01/HS*398.01 Global Histories of Disability 
• HS372.01 Vietnam War Film & Literature 
• ML307D Topics in Comparative Cultures
• PL210 Politics & Society
• PL228.01 Philosophy and Genocide 
• PL305.01 Ethics/Politics of Humanitarian Intervention 
• PL306 Ethics of Race and Gender 
• PL401.01 Peace and Justice Studies Capstone
• PS304.01 Politics of the Middle East
• PY425.03 Why Couples Fight
• SC100 Introduction to Sociology
• SC348/HS357/HS452 Racial Justice and Truth Telling: Baltimore and Beyond
• TH395.01 Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation 
• WR200 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

Fall 2024 Electives

• CH114D.01 Global Environment 
• HS389.01/441.01 Gender and Power in Modern Africa 
• PL210.01 and PL210.02 Politics & Society 
• PL228.01 Philosophy and Genocide 
• PL315.01 Ethics After Auschwitz
• PS363.01 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 
• SC203.01 and SC203.02 Globalization and Society
• SC339.01 Conflict and Peace Studies

Spring 2024 Electives

• CH114D.01 Global Environment
• CL232.01 / TH*232.01 Food, Hunger, and the Bible
• EC360.01 Environmental Economics
• FR335.01 The Algerian War (1954-1962)
• HS492.01 Seminar: Minority Identity Citizenship in the Modern World
• PL210.01T / PL*210.02T / PL*210.03 / PL*210.04 Politics & Society
• PL305D.01 Ethics & Politics: Humanitarian Intervention
• PL306.01 Ethics of Race and Gender
• PS423.01 Genocide, Trauma, and Memory: Atrocities in the 21st Century
• SC100D.04 / SC*100D.05 Introduction to Sociology
• SC441.01 Seminar: Construction & Reconstruction in a Divided Society
• TH307.01 Liberal Theology: Roots, Branches, Critiques
• WR200.01 Intro to Creative Nonfiction
• WR354.01 Writing about the Environment

Fall 2023 Electives

• CL350.01 Prophets and Peacemakers
• EN376.01 Postcolonial Literature
• FR332.01 Trauma and Testimony
• PL210.01, PL 210.02 Politics and Society
• PL315.01 Ethics after Auschwitz
• SC203D.01, SC 203D.02 Globalization and Society
• SC377.01 Social Movements & Social Protest
• TH310.01 The Ethics of War and Peace
• TH350.01 Prophets and Peacemakers
• WR200.01, WR 200.02 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
• WR323D.01 Writing Center Practice & Theory
• WR327.01 Civic Literacy
• WR354.01 Writing about the Environment
  

Spring 2023 Electives

• AH 305.01 African American Art and Race and Racism in the American Imagination
• CL307.01, HS228.01 Peace and War in Ancient Rome
• EN373D.01 African American Literature                
• PL210 Philosophical Perspectives : Politics and Society
• PL228D.01 Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
• PL305D.01 Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
• PL306 Ethics of Race and Gender
• PL342.01 Philosophy of Human Rights
• SC373.01 Sociology of Human Rights
• SC430.01 Seminar: Gender and Justice
• TH232.01 Food, Hunger, and the Bible
• WR200.01 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
• WR385.01 Special Topics: Poetics of Social Justice
• WR323D.01 Writing Center Practice and Theory

Fall 2022 Electives

• CH 114.1 Global Environment
• HS372D Vietnam War Film & Literature
• HS383 Violence & Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador
• HS441D Gender & Power in Modern Africa
• PL210 Philosophical Perspectives: Politics & Society
• PL228D Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy & Genocide
• PL315 Ethics After Auschwitz
• PS310 Protest & Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
• SC376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, & Peacebuilding
• SN308 Violence & Culture: Colombia in the 20th Century
• TH310 Ethics of War & Peace
• WR323D Writing Center Practice and Theory