Peace and Conflict Studies Courses

Peace and Conflict Studies

Courses

Peace and Conflict Studies

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  PCS 101 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

  4 credits (Fall or Spring)

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  This course will introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Peace and Conflict studies. We will take multiple disciplinary perspectives to understand the factors that lead to conflict or aggression, from the individual to a group and to a societal level.  We will explore how identities, ideologies, and values, as well as political, social, economic or environmental structures and conditions foster conflict or peace and the mechanisms through which they are sustained.
  
  Prerequisite: None.
  Instructor: Staff
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  PCS 230 - Conflict Analysis

  4 credits (Spring)

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  This course examines theories and perspectives on issues of conflict, violence, and conflict management in contemporary societies, with attention to the role of third parties in conflict resolution and peacemaking. Topics include alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques, restorative justice, peace processes in wars and ethnic conflicts, and principles of conflict management at the micro and macro levels.
  
  Prerequisite: ANT 104 , POL 101 , or SOC 111 .
  Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
  Instructor: Staff

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  PCS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Realizing the Right to Food: Social Movements, Innovation and Conflict

  1 credits (Spring)

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  Grinnell College is near the US center of power and discourse about agricultural innovation. However, there are other important centers and different types of innovation. This short course briefly reviews ideas about hunger, and moves on to explore sites of innovation involving social movements. For examples, peasant farmers and indigenous peoples are leading debates on the right to food at the United Nations while social movements have begun to end hunger in Belo Horizonte Brazil. Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership.
  
  Prerequisite: None.
  Note: Dates: February 26 to March 14. Short course deadlines apply.
  Instructor: Staff