The Department of Peace and Conflict Studies offers a Peace and Conflict Studies Bachelor of Arts (BA) Program.
For more information, please contact Dr. Jeremy Rinker, Director of Undergraduate Study, at jarinker@uncg.edu.
The Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) Programs takes a dynamic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of peace and the practice of conflict management, resolution, and transformation. Undergraduates in this field of study will gain an understanding of peace science and peace scholarship while actively engaged in their communities’ proactively transforming conflict.
- Most courses are open to major and non-majors.
- The BA in PACS offers courses online and on campus.
- The online Program is a 14-week long semester using asynchronous online instruction that can be completed 100% online.
Suggested Course Plan
Sophomore Year
| Fall | Spring |
| PCS 205 Peace & Violence in the Modern World | PCS 212 Introduction to Conflict and Peace Studies |
Junior Year
| Fall | Spring |
| PCS 305 Foundations of Peace and Conflict Studies | PCS 315 Conflict Transformation (WI) |
| PCS 308 Working Through Interpersonal Conflicts | PCS 318 Managing Conflicts in Professional Contexts (SI) |
| PCS 309 Culture and Conflict | Elective |
Senior Year
| Fall | Spring |
| PCS 311 Conflict Research | PCS 415 Interdisciplinary Practice in a Global Space |
| PCS 416 Practicum in Peace and Conflict Studies I | PCS 420 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies |
| Elective | PSC 450 Individual Studies |