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:
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.
Course Substitution Policy:
The Peace and Conflict Studies minor allows course substitutions for the unrestricted electives. However, no substitutions are allowed for the Core Courses.
INTE-UE 1013 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies - (4 credits)
INTE-UE 1028 Comparative Politics, Education, and Conflict - (4 credits)
INTE-UE 1010 International Human Rights Activism and Education - (4 credits)
Choose additional courses from the list below to total 8 credits. Courses are grouped into themes; students may take courses from one theme or many. You may select from the lists below or from Global Sites. 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 Advisor.
1) 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)
2) 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)
3) 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)
4) 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)
The Peace and Conflict Studies minor takes advantage of NYU coursework around the world – complete up to two of your restricted 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.
NYU Accra
CORE-UA 9534 Cultures & Contexts: The Black Atlantic (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 9110 Inequality (4 credits)
NYU Berlin
POL-UA 9994 Topics: Analyzing EU Politics through its Migration Policy (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9943 Transnational Migration (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9133 Comparative Modern Societies (4 credits)
NYU Buenos Aires
CORE-UA 9515 Cultures & Contexts: Latin America (4 credits)
JOUR-UA 9503 Journalism & Society: Leaks and Whistleblowers (4 credits)
POL-UA 9780 Interamerica Relations: Latin America & The US (4 credits)
SPAN-UA 9400 Advanced Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture Terrorismo y Cultura (4 credits)
NYU Florence
HIST-UA 9186 Environmental History of Migration in Europe and the Americas (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9283 Hist of the Jews in 20th Cent Europe: Comparative Perspectives-Italy, Germany/France (4 credits)
LWSOC-UA 9251 Topics in Law & Society: International Perspectives on Human Rights (4 credits)
MCC-UE 9452 Global Media Seminar: Media Activism and Democracy (4 credits)
POL-UA 9512 Italian Politics (4 credits)
POL-UA 9721 United States & European Relations since WWII (4 credits)
SCA-UA 9180 Topics in Africana Studies: Race and Racialization in Italy (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9506 The Politics of Organized Crime (4 credits)
NYU London
CORE-UA 9400 Texts and Ideas: Power, Political Leadership and the Renaissance (4 credits)
CORE-UA 9534 Cultures & Contexts: The Black Atlantic (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9452 Immigration (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9012 Modern Europe (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9156 Europe Since 1945 (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9198 Modern Imperialism: 19th & 20th Centuries (4 credits)
MCC-UE 9403 Postcolonial Visual Culture (4 credits)
NYU Madrid
ANTH-UA 9252 Contemporary Perspectives on the Civil War and the 'Recovery of Historical Memory' in Spain (4 credits)
ARTH-UA 9417 Art and Social Movements in Spain: 1888 - 1939 (4 credits)
POL-UA 9167 Spain and the European Union: Political and Economic Issues (4 credits)
POL-UA 9726 Political Economy of Developing Countries (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9709 Comparative US and European Human Rights (4 credits)
SPAN-UA 9466 Islam and Spain (4 credits)
SPAN-UA 9475 Migration and Cultural Diversity in Spain: Anthropological Approaches (4 credits)
SPAN-UA 9260 Cultural History of Spain (4 credits)
NYU Paris
CORE-UA 9400 Texts and Ideas Topics: On Liberation (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9141 Topics in French History Modern France from the Revolution to the Present (4 credits)
FREN-UA 9163 French Civilization in the Making: From the Gauls to the Revolution (4 credits)
FREN-UA 9806 France and Islam (4 credits)
FREN-UA 9809 Movements in France (4 credits)
FREN-UA 9902 German Occupation in French Literature and Cinema (4 credits)
FREN-UA 9936 Gender and Sexuality in France (4 credits)
SCA-UA 9914 French/African Relations (4 credits)
NYU Prague
ANTH-UA 9200 From "Gypsies" to "Roma": Ethnic Politics in a Global Prague (4 credits)
EURO-UA 9157 European Security After The Cold War (4 credits)
EURO-UA 9301 Modern Dissent in Central Europe (4 credits)
HIST-UA 9176 Hist of Nationalism in Cent & Eastern Europe (4 credits)
POL-UA 9515 Germany and East Central Europe (4 credits)
POL-UA 9598 European-American in The 21St Century (4 credits)
POL-UA 9994 Topics: Central Europe, NATO & the EU (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9413 Law & Human Rights in Central Europe (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9970 Topics: Collective Identity in a Totalitarian Regime (4 credits)
NYU Tel Aviv
HIST-UA 9553 Tpcs in Mideast History: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (4 credits)
POL-UA 9720 Diplomacy & Negotiation Conflict & Resolution in the Middle East (4 credits)
POL-UA 9994 Topics: Comparative Radical Politics (4 credits)
POL-UA 9994 Topics: Democracy, Dictatorship and Regime Change (4 credits)
NYU Washington DC
HIST-UA 9629 Topics: American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (4 credits)
POL-UA 9540 Politics of Near & Middle East (4 credits)
SCA-UA 9186 Black Lives Writing Washington, DC. (4 credits)