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Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Peace, War, and Defense

General College: All General College requirements must be met. Majors should consider, in fulfilling General College requirements, the following courses as helpful preparation for the Curriculum: 
  • Anthropology 101
  • Economics 101
  • History 127, 128, 140, 158, 159
  • Math 152
  • Philosophy 160, 170
  • Political Science 100, 150, 239
  • Psychology 101
  • Sociology 101
  • Statistics 151
The Major: A minimum of nine courses (27 hours) from the Curriculum's offerings as follows.

A) Core Requirements

  • PWAD 272 /Phil 272 ("The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense")
  • PWAD 350 ("National and International Security")
  • PWAD 351/Hist 351 ("Global History of Warfare")

B) Concentration Requirement

Four courses (no more than three from any one discipline) from one of the following three areas:
The Culture of Peace and War  • The Evolution of Warfare
•  National and International Defense and Security  •
1.The Culture of Peace and War 
PWAD 520 (Afri 520) Southern Africa 
PWAD 280 (Anth 280) Anthropology of War and Peace
PWAD 452 (Arab 452) Imagining Palestine 
PWAD 376 (Comm 376) Rhetoric of War and Peace
PWAD 390 (Comm 390) Selected Topics.  Must be approved by Dept.
PWAD 574 (Comm 574) War and Culture 
PWAD 575 (Comm 575) Presidential  Rhetoric (pending approval)
PWAD 659 (Engl 659) Images of War in 20th Century Literature
          PWAD 660 (Engl 660) War in Shakespeare's Plays
PWAD 132 (Hist 132) Southeast Asia Since Early 19th Century
PWAD 134 (Hist 134) Modern East Asia
PWAD 254 (Hist 254) War and Society in Early Modern Europe
PWAD 262 (Hist 262) History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews
PWAD 263 (Hist 263) Military, War and Gender in Movies in Movies: From Medieval to Modern Times
PWAD 268 (Hist 268) War, Revolution  & Culture: Transatlantic Perspective 1750-1850
PWAD 275 (Hist 275) History of Iraq
PWAD 277 (Hist 277) The Conflict over Israel/Palestine
PWAD 281 (Hist 281) The Pacific War, 1937-1945: Its Causes and Legacy
PWAD 373 (Hist 373) The United States in World War II
PWAD 421 (Hist 421) Alexander
PWAD 422 (Hist 422) Ancient Greek Warfare
PWAD 432 (Hist 432) The Crusades (approval pending)
PWAD 517 (Hist 517) Military, War, and Gender to Comparative Perspective, 18th to 20th Centuries.  (Approval pending)
PWAD 565 (Hist 565) Civil War & Reconstruction, 1848-1900 
PWAD 570 (Hist 570) The Vietnam War 
PWAD 890 (Law 252) International Law
PWAD 289 (Musc 289) Sounds of War & Revolution Since 1750
PWAD 455 (Plcy 455) 9/11 and its Aftermath
PWAD 250 (Poli 250) Asia and World Affairs
PWAD 416 (Poli 416) Constitutional Policies & the Judicial Process
PWAD 423 (Poli 423) Peace Settlements in Ethnically Divided Societies
PWAD 444 (Poli 444) Terrorism
PWAD 450 (Poli 450) Contemporary Inter-American Relations 
PWAD 457 (Poli 457) International Conflict  Processes 
PWAD 499 (Psyc 499) Selected Topics.  Must be approved by Dept.
PWAD 395 Internship in Peace, War, and Defense
PWAD 396 Independent Study in Peace, War, and Defense
PWAD 481 (Reli 481) Religion, Fundamentalism, and Nationalism 
PWAD 260 (Rues 260) Crisis and Change in Russian and Eastern Europe
PWAD 469 (Rues 469) Conflict ad Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia
PWAD 475 (Russ 475) Literature of Russian Terrorism: Arson, Bombs, Mayhem
PWAD 084 (Slav 084) First-year Seminar: Terror for the People Terrorism in
Russian Literature and History 
PWAD 085 (Slav 085) First-Year Seminar: Children Year                                
PWAD 465 (Slav 465) Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag & the Holocaust in Russia and Easter Europe
PWAD 467 (Slav 467) Language and Political Identity
PWAD 442 (Soci 442) Conflict and Bargaining 
2.National and International Defense and Security
PWAD 520 (Afri 520) Contemporary Southern Africa
PWAD 280 (Anth 280) Anthropology of War and Peace 
PWAD 452 (Arab 452) Imaginging Palestine
PWAD 390 (Comm 390) Selected topics.  Must be approved by Dept.
PWAD 575 (Comm 575) Presidential Rhetoric (approval pending)
PWAD 460 (Econ 460) International Economics
PWAD 131 (Enst 108, Phys 108) Our Energy and Climate Crises: Challenges and Opportunities 
PWAD 120 (Geog 120) World Regional Geography 
PWAD 453 (Geog 453) Political Geography 
PWAD 134 (Hist 134) Modern East Asia
PWAD 213 (Hist 213) Air Power and Modern Warfare
PWAD 262 (Hist 262) History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews 
PWAD 277 (Hist 277) The Conflict over Israel/Palestine
PWAD 577 (Hist 577) U.S. Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century 
PWAD 634 (Hpm 634)  Public Health Issues in Community Preparedness & Disaster Management
PWAD 890 (Law 252) International Law
PWAD 101 (Plcy 101) Making American Public Policy
PWAD 201 (Plcy 201) Introduction to Public Policy
PWAD 220 (Plcy 220) The Politics of Public Policy
PWAD 455 (Plcy 455) 9/11 and its Aftermath
PWAD 150 (Poli 150) International Relations and World Politics
PWAD 231 (Poli 231) Latin America and U.S. in World Politics
PWAD 250 (Poli 250) Asia in World Affairs
PWAD 252 (Poli 252) International Organizations and Global Issues
PWAD 253 (Poli 253) Problems in World Order
PWAD 259 (Poli 259) Evolution of the International System
PWAD 423 (Poli 423) Peace Settlements in Ethnically Divided Societies
PWAD 443 (Poli 443) American Foreign Policy: Formulation & Conduct
PWAD 444 (Poli 444) Terrorism
PWAD 446 (Poli 446) Defense Policy and National Security
PWAD 447 (Poli 447) Theory of War
PWAD 450 (Poli 450) Contemporary Inter-American Relations 
PWAD 499 (Psyc 499) Selected Topics.  Must be approved by Dept.
PWAD 352 The History of Intelligence Operations
PWAD 395 Internship in Peace, war, and Defense
PWAD 396 Independent Study in Peace, War, and Defense
PWAD 481 (Reli 481) Religion Fundamentalism, and Nationalism 
PWAD 260 (Rues 260) Crisis and Change in Russian and Eastern Europe
PWAD 469 (Rues 469) Conflict ad Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia
PWAD 475 (Russ 475) Literature of Russian Terrorism: Arson, Bombs, Mayhem
PWAD 084 (Slav 084) First-Year Seminar: Terror for the People: Terrorism in Russian Literature and History
PWAD 085 (Slav 085) First-Year Seminar: Children and War
PWAD 465 (Slav 465) Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe 
PWAD 467 (Slav 467) Language and Political Identity
3.The Evolution of Warfare 
PWAD 355 (Comm 355) Terrorism and Political Violence (approval pending)
PWAD 390 (Comm 390) Selected Topics.  With approval, based on Topic.
PWAD 660 (Engl 660) War in Shakespeare's Plays
PWAD 212 (Hist 212) History of Sea Power
PWAD 213 (Hist 213) Air Power and Modern Warfare
PWAD 254 (Hist 254) War and Society in Early Modern Europe
PWAD 262 (Hist 262) History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews
PWAD 263 (Hist 263) Military, War and Gender in Movies: From Medieval to Modern Times
PWAD 268 (Hist 268) War, Revolution  & Culture: Transatlantic Perspective 1750-1850
PWAD 275 (Hist 275) History of Iraq
PWAD 277 (Hist 277) The Conflict over Israel/Palestine
PWAD 281 (Hist 281) The Pacific War, 1937-1945: Its Causes and Legacy
PWAD 368 (Hist 368) War and American Society to 1903 
PWAD 369 (Hist 369) War and American Society, Twentieth Century 
PWAD 373 (Hist 373) The United States in World War II 
PWAD 421 (Hist 421) Alexander
PWAD 422 (Hist 422) Ancient Greek Warfare
PWAD 432 (Hist 432) The Crusades
PWAD 517 (Hist 517) Military, War, and Gender to Comparative Perspective, 18th to 20th Centuries.  (Approval pending)
PWAD 564 (Hist 564) Revolution and Nation-Making in America 
PWAD 565 (Hist 565) Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877
PWAD 570 (Hist 570) The Vietnam War
PWAD 577 (Hist 577) U.S. Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century
PWAD 289 (Musc 289) Sounds of War & Revolution Since 1750
PWAD 150 (Poli 150) International Relations and World Politics 
PWAD 444 (Poli 444) Terrorism
PWAD 446 (Poli 446) Defense Policy and National Security 
PWAD 447 (Poli 447) Theory of War
PWAD 352 The History of Intelligence Operations 
PWAD 395 Internship in Peace, War, and Defense
PWAD 396 Independent Study in Peace, War, and Defense
PWAD 499 (Psyc 499) Selected Topics.  Must be approved by Dept.
PWAD 465 (Slav 465) Literature of Atrocity : The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe

C. Additional Requirement

Two courses chosen from outside the area of concentration from B above.
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