PEACE AND JUSTICE
STUDIES | PLV
The 3-credit approved elective courses are:
BIO 170
COM 213
ECO 266
The Peace and Justice Studies (PJS) Program on Pace University’s Pleasantville campus offers a 15-credit
interdisciplinary minor focusing on peace-building, social and restorative justice, conflict resolution, and
sustainability. Since attaining global peace and social justice is intertwined with economic, socialpolitical, and environmental sustainability, the courses cover a broad range of topics. The program is
highly flexible – with only one required course – allowing students to select courses most suited to their
interests. The program is highly experiential and hands-on, with students working at local organizations, and
organizing and participating in co-curricular events and discussions on campus.
FACULTY
Fran Delahanty, PhD, associate professor of Psychology and director of the Peace and Justice
Studies program, has been a trainer in the field of nonviolent communication for more than
seven years, and is a trainer-candidate with the Center for Nonviolent Communication in
Albuquerque, NM. She is also a lead trainer with the Alternatives to Violence Program and has
trained in restorative practices with the International Institute of Restorative Practices.
Joan Katen, adjunct professor of Political Science and Peace and Justice Studies specializes in Middle East
politics and is the author of Love at the Edge, a novel based on issues of conflict in the Middle
East. Katen is frequently asked to give talks about her book, and is writing the screenplay based
on it.
Narinder Kakar, adjunct professor of Peace and Justice Studies, is the executive director of the United
Nations Liaison Office for the University of Peace in Costa Rica, and its permanent delegate
to the UN. Kakar is also the permanent UN delegate for the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, the largest conglomerate of non-governmental organizations focused
on conservation and the environment. He served for many years as a staff member of the United
Nations Development Program and is well-known and respected in diplomatic circles.
REQUIREMENTS
Required Course: (3 credits) PJS 101 – Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies – 3-credit hands-on,
experiential course introducing students to the field of peace and justice studies.
Elective Courses: (12 credits) – Students can choose either one 6-credit approved Learning Community
(LC) plus two 3-credit courses, or four 3-credit courses from the list of approved electives below.
The approved 6-credit Learning Community courses include:
INT 296 HR 200 – Keys to Global Peace: Nonviolent Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Development
BIO 170 – Spaceship Earth, when it is paired with another course as an LC
INT 298I – The Good Life, an LC combining a philosophy and psychology course on this topic
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Spaceship Earth
Intercultural Communication
Economics of Gender, Race and
Class
ECO 296 Topics in Economics: Globalization,
Trade and the Environment
ENV 111 Environmental Studies: Economic,
Ethical and Political Perspectives
ENV 221 Web of Life
HIS 113 The American Experience: American
Diversity, Immigration, Ethnicity
and Race
HIS 131
Global Crossings: The Asian World
HIS 216 History of Human Rights
HIS 271 Culture and History of Black America
LIT 211V Literature of War and Peace
MGT 340 International Management
PHI 223
Environmental Ethics
PJS 203
Nonviolence: Theory and Practice
PJS 296A The U.N. as an Instrument of Peace
POL 114
Introduction to International Relations
POL 303A or 303C Model UN
POL 110 Leadership and Advocacy
POL 207 Empowerment
POL 214 Revolution or Reform
POL 296
Resource Wars, Political Economics
and the Search for Sustainability
POL 256
Middle Eastern Politics through Film
PSY 215 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
PSY 304 Social Psychology
PSY 243 Applied Social Psychology
PSY 332 Group Relations/Interviewing
Techniques
RES 106 Religions of the Globe
SOC 209 Ethnic and Racial Minorities
SOC 222 Gender and Social Change
WS 215 Introduction to Women’s Studies
WS 266 Gender, Race and Class
WS 270
Historical & Modern Sexual
Revolutions