PJST 1101 - Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3

This course introduces students to Peace and Justice Studies. It offers a conceptual overview of the field in various national, regional, and global contexts. Students will learn about colonialism, settler colonialism, imperialism, civil wars, and inter-state wars and conflicts, with a focus on structural violence and how that poses a major challenge to achieving peace and justice. The course material will explore past and ongoing cases of structural violence across the globe by foregrounding and centralizing the quest for anti-racist, anti-imperial, and decolonial peace and justice in their learning.

GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2