Minor in Peace and Human Rights at ECSU

Hope K. Fitz, Coordinator

The Peace and Human Rights Studies minor is a 15-hour interdisciplinary program compatible

with any undergraduate major. The program draws on all disciplines which have peace and human rights

components including anthropology, art, business, history, literature, philosophy,

political science, sociology and woman’s studies. Students are encouraged to think

critically and to broadly explore issues of fundamental significance in today’s world relating

to peace and human rights.

The Peace and Human Rights minor consists of a minimum of 15 credits.

Required Courses: six credits

PHI 200 Peace & Human Rights

PHI 400 Peace & Human Rights Seminar

A 400-level Independent Study, in a variety of disciplines, may substitute for PHI 400

only when approved by the Peace and Human Rights Coordinator prior to enrolling in the

course.

Electives: nine credits

Select from the following. Substitutions may be made only with the prior approval of the

Coordinator.

ANT 358 Anthropology of Violence

ART 369 African American Art

BUS 466 Nonprofit Management

HIS 243 Churches and the Modern Civil Rights Movement

HIS 346 Central America

HIS 391 Religion, War, & Peace in Early Modern Europe

PHI 220 Ethics

PHI 340 Philosophy of War

PHI 370 Human Rights: Natural and Civil

PSC 314 Modern Social and Political Thought

PSC 315 American Social and Political Thought

PSC/WST 326 Politics of Gender, Race, Class and Ethnicity

SOC/WST 208 Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Lives