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Aug 31, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Peace and Justice Studies Program
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Anthony P. Ferzola, Ph.D., Director
The Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church (1971) reported that “action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel….” Since, the 32nd General Congregation of the Society of Jesus (1974-75) Jesuit institutions of higher education have aimed to reveal the link between the practice of faith and the promotion of justice. In this vein the University’s Peace & Justice Program was instituted to bring academic studies, including classes, community service and interdisciplinary research, into the process of building a more just and thus more peaceful society.
The Peace and Justice Concentration will be an attractive complement to the academic programs of students planning careers in law, international relations, human services, ministry and teaching — to name only the most obvious. However, any students who have a personal interest in the problems of peace and justice, regardless of their career goals, can benefit from its multi-disciplinary concentration of courses. It is open to majors from all the undergraduate schools of the University. Eight courses (24 credits) must be taken by students in order to have “Peace and Justice Concentration” added to their transcript. Courses may be taken as part of the cognate requirement (with permission of the chairperson of the major) or as part of the general-education requirements.
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A. Requirements in Theology (any two of the following):
B. Electives (any five courses listed below can be counted; others may be included with approval from the program coordinator):
- CHEM 104 - (E) Science and Society
- CHS 333 - (D) Multiculturalism in Counseling and Human Services
- CHS 338 - Poverty, Homelessness and Social Justice
- COMM 311 - Political Communication
- ECO 462 - Urban and Regional Economics
- ENLT 226 - (CL,D) Novels by Women
- ENLT 228 - (CL,D,W) Race in Anglo-American Culture 1600-1860
- ENLT 348 - (CL,D,W) Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction
- GEOG 217 - (D,S) Cultural Geography
- HIST 125 - (CH,D) Colonial Latin America
- HIST 211 - The Third World: Empire to Independence
- HIST 215 - (CH,D,W) Church and Society in Latin America
- HIST 216 - (CH,D) Race in American History
- HIST 224 - (CH,D) Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Northeastern Pennsylvania
- HIST 327 - (CH,D,W) The African Experience in Latin America 1500-1900
- INTD 209 - (D) The Holocaust
- INTD 211 - (D,E) HIV/AIDS: Biological, Social and Cultural Issues
- LIT 207 - (CL,D,W) Literature of American Minorities
- MGT 473 - Organizational Social Responsibility
- NSCI 201 - (E) Science and the Human Environment
- PHIL 213 - (P) Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 218 - (P,D) Feminism: Theory and Practice
- PHIL 227 - (P) Political Philosophy
- PHIL 410 - (P) Philosophy of Culture
- PHYS 106 - (E) Energy and the Environment
- PS 216 - (D,S) Women’s Rights and Status
- PS 227 - (D,S) Women, Authority and Power
- PSYC 220 - (S) Social Psychology
- S/CJ 210 - (S) Law and Society
- SOC 219 - Community Organization
- SOC 224 - (S,D) Race and Ethnic Relations
- SPAN 314 - (D,W) Latin-American Culture and Civilization
C. Integrative Capstone Course (required in senior year):
T/JP 310 - Toward a Just and Peaceful World
In this seminar students will assess the courses that have fulfilled their requirements for the Peace and Justice Concentration and will explore the religious, philosophical and social/ethical concerns of their undergraduate education. Each participant will prepare and present a paper which assesses how her/his courses have met the goals of the concentration and the University’s mission as it relates to the concern for justice. |
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