Minor Requirements

The Minor in Justice and Peace is a 6-course undergraduate endeavor. The requirements include:

– three foundational courses;

-three JUPS electives

-Social Action Requirement (see below).

Foundational Courses (3 courses total)

Introduction to Justice and Peace (JUPS 1010) is offered every fall and spring and online in the summer semesters.

Nonviolence in Theory and Practice (JUPS 2010) is offered every semester.

Conflict Transformation (JUPS 2710) is offered every semester.

Electives (3 courses total)

Students will take three courses chosen from core JUPS electives or courses cross-listed with JUPS.

Social Action Requirement: There are several ways that JUPS Minors can engage in meeting the requirement for “Social Action.”

1. Take a CBL-designated course (typically 3 or 4 credits) offered by any Georgetown Department/Program in the fall/spring/summer semesters. You can search for these courses by selecting the attribute for CBL. 
2. Take JUPS 4951, a 2-week faculty-led course “Social Transformation in South Africa” (3 credits). This course will count towards one JUPS core elective AND fulfill the social action requirement. 
3. Sign up for UNXD 1130 CBL Social Action (fall or spring semester), a 1-credit course through Georgetown University’s Center for Social Justice (CSJ).
4. Sign up for UNXD 1030 CBL Intersections of Social Justice (summer term). This is a 1-credit online, asynchronous course of the Center for Social Justice (CSJ). 
5. Sign up for the CALL Internship seminar (+Internship) UNXD2250.
6. A deep, immersive community-engaged co-curricular commitment through Georgetown University such as the: 1) Andretta Fellowship; 2) the Education and Social Justice Fellowship; or 3) the Kalmanovitz Initiative fellowship can also meet a JUPS student’s social action requirement.