Major Requirements

Students are required to complete a total of eleven courses in the major.

• Five foundational courses
• Six electives that include
• – At least two core JUPS electives,
• – One Social Action Course
• – One theories and theologies course.

Foundational Courses (5 courses total)

1. Introduction to Justice and Peace (JUPS 1010) – offered every semester in multiple sections and online in the summer
2. Nonviolence Theory and Practice (JUPS 2010) – offered every semester 
3. Conflict Transformation (JUPS 2030) – offered every semester
4. Research Methods in Justice and Peace (JUPS 3040) – offered every semester
5. Senior Seminar (JUPS 303)* – fulfilled by combining three one-credit JUPS modules in the senior year (Fall and/or Spring)

Electives (6 courses total)

Students choose six courses from JUPS core electives or classes cross-listed with JUPS. At least two of these courses must be from the JUPS core electives. Click HERE for a list of past electives and HERE for current ones.

Theories or Theologies of Justice and Peace (concurrent required course): At least one elective course must emphasize theories or theologies of justice and peace. This requirement can be satisfied through an elective course cross-listed with JUPS or from course offerings in the PHIL or THEO Departments. This is not an additional required course, but a concurrent one; students should consult with a JUPS advisor. Potential courses for this requirement include:

• Theologies of Social Justice

• The Church and the Poor

• Catholic Peacemaking

• Just War Theory

• Theories of Justice

• Struggle and Transcendence

• Black Liberation Theology

• Catholic Social Teaching

• Ethics and Theories of Justice and Peace

• Faith, Social Justice, and Public Life

Social Action Course: There are several ways that JUPS Majors 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) GOVX 4000 (Prison Reform Project); 2) Andretta Fellowship; 3) the Education and Social Justice Fellowship; or 4) the Kalmanovitz Initiative fellowship.

Potential Four-Year Course Plan

All students must take the gateway course “Introduction to Justice and Peace Studies: JUPS 1010” before declaring the major or minor. The following grid presents an example of what a potential JUPS major course of study could look like: