Peace and Conflict Studies Minor
Better understand the world today, and contribute to global peace efforts. The 16-credit interdisciplinary minor in Peace and Conflict Studies gives you the tools to analyze global conflicts and the skills to understand and contribute to efforts to build peace. You’ll have opportunities to explore pressing issues from political violence and terrorism to civil resistance through cross-school coursework across the NYU global network.
This minor is open to all undergraduates across NYU, who have completed at least one semester and have an overall GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Prepare for careers in
The Peace Corps and other international development work
Peacebuilding and peacekeeping
Human rights monitoring and advocacy
Local and international transitional justice
Civil-military relations
Social justice and community building
Migration and refugees
Education in emergencies
This minor can also be a good foundation for graduate study in peace and conflict studies, international relations, human rights, law, international development, political science, or international education, among other disciplines.
For more information about this minor, please contact:
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor Requirements
Required core courses and restricted electives are offered once per year through the Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities. There is no required sequence of courses, although we suggest taking INTE-UE 1013 first.
For help planning your schedule or questions about the minor requirements, please contact the PACS adviser.
A. Required Core Course (4 Credits)
INTE-UE 1013 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (4 credits)
B. Restricted Electives (4 Credits)
Choose at least one of the two following options:
INTE-UE 1028 Comparative Politics, Education, and Conflict (4 credits)
INTE-UE 1010 International Human Rights Activism and Education (4 credits)
C. Unrestricted Electives (8 Credits)
Choose additional courses to total 8 credits from a wealth of options across the university, both on Washington Square and at NYU’s global sites. Courses are grouped into themes; students may take courses from one theme or many.
You may select from the lists below, or visit our Global Options page to see how you can include study abroad experiences in your coursework.
If you would like to take courses related to peace and conflict studies that do not appear on this list, you may request credit toward the minor with approval of the PACS Adviser.
Analyzing and Explaining Conflict and Violence
MCC-UE 1351 War as Media (4 credits)
POL-UA 700 International Politics (4 credits)
POL-UA 710 US Foreign Policy (4 credits)
GT-UF 201 Global Violence: Vulnerable and Targeted Peoples (4 credits)
SOC-UA 472 The Sociology of Conflict and War (4 credits)
HIST-UA 569 Topics: Empire and Decolonization (4 credits)
UPADM-GP 430 Intelligence and National Security Policymaking (4 credits)
Peace, Justice, and Development
MCC-UE 1413 Cultural Memory (4 credits)
FOOD-UE 1210 Introduction to Food History (4 credits)
GT-UF 201 Topics: NGO Narratives: Global Humanitarianism: From Development to Disaster (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 66 Global Perspectives in International Social Policy (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 67 Social Justice and Peacemaking (4 credits)
Human Rights and Advocacy
GT-UF 201 Topics: International Human Rights (4 credits)
SCAI-UF 401-001 Justice and Rights Movements: Let Them Lead the Way (4 credits)
UPADM-GP 269 How to Change the World: Advocacy Movements and Social Innovation (4 credits)
SCAI-UF 401 Youth in Revolt: Case Studies in Global Activism (4 credits)
GT-UF 201 Trauma Studies in the Age of Globalization (4 credits)
International and Area Studies
MCC-UE 1341 Middle East Media (formerly Islam, Media and the West) (4 credits)
HIST-UA 750 US-Latin American Relations (4 credits)
MEIS-UA 697 Palestine, Zionism, Israel (4 credits)
HIST-UA 277 Worlds of World War One (4 credits)
SCA-UA 721 Issues and Ideas: Challenges, Issues and Ideas in Covering Sub-Saharan Africa (4 credits)
SCA-UA 161 Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (4 credits)
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor Global Options
The Peace and Conflict Studies minor takes advantage of NYU coursework around the world – complete up to two of your unrestricted electives in a range of locations that provide you with global context. If you would like to take courses related to peace and conflict studies that do not appear on this list, you may request credit toward the minor with approval of the PACS Adviser.
Please visit the Office of Global Programs for more information about semester and academic study abroad opportunities.
POL-UA 9994 Comparative Radical Politics (4 credits)
POL-UA 9720 Diplomacy and Negotiation: Conflict Resolution in the Middle East (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9553/HBRJD-UA 9948/MEIS-UA 9751 Topics in Middle East Politics: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (4 credits)
POL-UA 9741 War, Peace and World Order (4 credits)
POL-UA 9994/SOC-UA 9970 Comparative Human Rights (4 credits)
ANTH-UA9252/HIST-UA9264 Contemporary Perspectives on the Civil War and the “Recovery of Historical Memory” in Spain (4 credits)
FREN-UA 9965 France, US, and Arab World: Past and Present (4 credits; taught in French)
FREN-UA 9865 France and Islam (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9629 American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (4 credits)