Minor Requirements
The minor in Justice and Peace is a 6-course undergraduate endeavor. The requirements include three foundational courses; three JUPS/Cross listed JUPS electives ( at least one must be from JUPS core electives) ; and a community-based learning component that can be met through taking a CBL course ( see my access for a full list of course offerings) or completion of the one credit (UNXD-130) (new window).
Foundational Courses (3 courses total)
Introduction to Justice and Peace (JUPS 123)-offered every semester and online in summer
Nonviolence in Theory and Practice (JUPS 202)-offered every semester
Conflict Transformation (JUPS 271)-offered every semester
Electives (3 courses total)
Students will take three courses chosen from core JUPS electives or courses cross-listed with JUPS (see my access for updated list every semester). Examples of current and potential JUPS core electives include:
- Ethics and Theories of Justice and Peace
- Politics of Memory
- Peace is Possible
- Palestine/Israel Justice and Peace
- Gender, Immigration and Social Justice
- Genocide, Justice and Reconciliation
- Justice After War
- Youth and Peacebuilding
- Humanitarianism
- Sustaining Activism
- Reconciliation: Restorative/Transitional Justice
- Violence/Gender/Human Rights
- Labor/Sexuality/Globalization
- Homelessness and Social Justice
- Environmental Peacebuilding
- Social Movements
- Human Rights
- Contemporary Issues in Justice and Peace
- Immigration and Social Justice
JUPS has a long history of collaboration with other academic departments at Georgetown, including African American Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Theology, Government, SFS, Business, Sociology, Anthropology, Women’s and Gender Studies, History, Nursing and Health Sciences, and others. Following is a brief list of cross-listed courses that JUPS has designated in the past as potential electives ( see my access for a full list of cross listed courses):
- DC: Neighborhoods, Poverty, and Inequality (SOCI 221)
- Global Inequalities and Social Justice (SOCI 220)
- Law and Society (SOCI 192)
- The Church and the Poor (THEO 122)
- Global Health Ethics (STIA 356)
- Gender and Economic Justice (WGST 220)
- African American Poetry (ENGL 227)
- Writing for a Cause (ENGL 294)
- Ethics: Just Wars (PHIL 113)
- Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 389)
Service Learning Requirement
Students are required to satisfy a Service Learning Requirement through either a Community-Based Learning course ( CBL courses can be found in my access), enrolling in the Georgetown in Capetown summer Program or the UNXD-130 Social Action (new window).