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Conflict and Human Security Minor
Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 semesters
Credit Hours:
18
Add to your studies by learning more about what it means to work towards peace.
The Conflict and Human Security Program at the University Of North Texas is the only
program of its kind in the southern and southwestern United States that offers a certificate
program, a minor, and the equivalent of a major in Peace Studies.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn a Conflict and Human Security Minor?
An interdisciplinary minor in this growing field allows you to adjust your course work to best fit your field of interest. Because Conflict and Human Security courses are offered in Political Science, Anthropology, Communications, Economics, History, and Sociology, a minor in Peace Studies is a perfect supplement to any undergraduate education.
The Conflict and Human Security Program at UNT also offers several scholarships for students who minor in Conflict and Human Security. Upon graduation, there are also a number of different options for Peace Studies graduates to pursue a career in the following areas:
- employment in a foreign service
- service in an international organization
- practicing international and human-rights law
- employment in a corporation that invests in foreign nations
- a profession in a non-governmental organization working on human rights violations, substantial economic development, environmental protection and/or conflict resolution
Conflict and Human Security Minor Highlights
The Conflict and Human Security program brings internationally known speakers to campus
including both practitioners and scholars and has hosted several peace studies conferences
in the USA and overseas.
Conflict and Human Security offers numerous scholarships for undergraduate and graduate
students for tuition, travel, internships, and more including the $4,000 Vivian Castleberry
Trailblazer scholarship.
Conflict and Human Security provides opportunities for students to gain practical
experience in peacebuilding and social justice activities through class work, internships,
and study overseas for both the short and long term.
Conflict and Human Security students have interned locally with the Center for Survivors
of Torture, the International Rescue Committee, the Innocence Project of Texas, as
well as the Landmine Survivors Network (Washington D.C.).
Graduates from UNT's Conflict and Human Security program pursue careers in foreign
service, international and human rights law, international business, the Peace Corps,
and private organizations promoting Third World development, human rights, environmental
protection, and conflict resolution. Most have also gone to graduate school or law
school.
Conflict and Human Security supports multiple initiatives in Colombia, Northern Ireland,
Bosnia Herzegovina, and Northeast India involving research and student involvement
in social entrepreneurship, sustainable housing, reconciliation among former enemies,
re-integration of former combatants, and language endangerment, and many other initiatives
involving post-conflict peacebuilding.
Conflict and Human Security Minor Courses You Could Take
Human Security (3 hrs)
Origins and extent of violence in human relations, foreign and domestic.
Domestic and International Terrorism (3 hrs)
Provides in-depth knowledge about domestic and international terrorism. Specific focus
on strategies designed to address the threat of terrorism from a criminal justice
perspective, particularly involving the police assuming new roles in homeland security.
Explores ideological theories of terrorism and identifies trends and patterns of terrorism
and hate crimes in our world.
International Human Rights (3 hrs)
Consideration of the concept and role of human rights in international affairs.
Social Movements (3 hrs)
Focuses on theories of social movement emergence, growth and decline. Covers a variety
of case studies of social movements, with a particular attention to the role of organized
protest in social change.
American Foreign Policy (3 hrs)
Principles and bases on which American foreign policy rests; machinery and personnel
for policy formulation.
International Conflict (3 hrs)
Examines the forces that promote conflict and peace within the international system,
including change over time. Students survey the scholarly literature on war to learn
what leading research can explain about international conflict.
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