Program Requirements for Justice and Peace Minors (18 credits)
For the minor in Justice and Peace Studies, 18 credit hours are required, nine of which must be earned at Marywood. Transferred credits may be applied to the minor with the approval of the director of the minor.
The required courses for the Justice and Peace Minor include:
| HIST 105 | Ethnicity and Diversity in the ModernýWorld | 3 |
| RST 230 | Political & Liberation Theolog | 3 |
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| RST 216 | Social Morality: National Issues | 3 |
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| RST 233 | Christian Social Morality: A GlobalýPerspective | 3 |
Either of the following must include the service trip component:
| RST 338 | National/Local Service Program | 3 |
| Or | |
| RST 339 | International Service Program | 3 |
In addition, six credit hours selected from a list of approved courses are required. An updated list of courses is available from the Justice and Peace Studies program director.
Typical courses may include but are not limited to the following:
| RST 234 | Women and Religion | 3 |
| BUS 380 | Ethical Leadership and Corporate SocialýResponsibility | 3 |
| ENGL 485 | Writing and Cultural Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 490 | Feminist Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| HIST 440 | Contemporary History of Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 443 | Contemporary History of Africa | 3 |
| HIST 454 | Contemporary History of the Middle East | 3 |
| PHIL 328 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 340 | Animal Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 345 | Race, Class & Gender | 3 |
| PHIL 415 | Climate Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 431 | Global Justice | 3 |
| SPAN 332 | Hispanic Literature of Social Protest | 3 |
| SW 230 | Analysis of Social Welfare Policy | 3 |
| SW 250 | Contemporary Social Work Practice | 3 |
| SW 425 | Children's Rights and Societal Responses | 3 |
Religious Studies Capstone Requirement
Because the ability to integrate interdisciplinary resources is essential to the program, a capstone paper is required in the last course the student takes to meet the program requirements. The parameters of this capstone paper will be negotiated by the student to the satisfaction of the course professor at the beginning of the course.