{"id":14302,"date":"2017-08-02T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=14302"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:18:40","slug":"minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/peace-and-reconciliation-studies\/minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace and Reconciliation Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We are not accepting new students to this program at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace and Reconciliation Studies offers an 18-credit interdisciplinary minor with the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Required Courses (9 credits):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PAX 201: Introduction to Peace &amp; Reconciliation\u00a0Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 290 : Nonviolence: Perceptions and Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 410: Theories in Peace &amp; Reconciliation\u00a0Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Elective Courses \u2014 3 additional PAX courses from the following list (9 credits):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PAX 250: Peace &amp; Pop Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 260: Realistic Pacifism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 350: Buddhism, Peace &amp; Contemplative Traditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 351:\u00a0 This Sacred Earth: Ecology and Spirituality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 360: Conflict Resolution: A Relational Approach to Working through Conflict<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 370: Building Sustainable Communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 380: Ecovillages &amp; Ecocities:\u00a0 Models of Global Restoration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 398: Topics in Peace Studies (varies each semester)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 400: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Beloved Community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 401:\u00a0 Women Activists: Warriors for Peace and Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 451:\u00a0 Mediation: Premises, Practices &amp; Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 452:\u00a0 Advanced Study in Transformative Mediation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 470:\u00a0 Sustainable Communication:\u00a0 The Theory &amp; Practice of Nonviolent Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 491:\u00a0 Forgiveness: Creating a Culture of Peace &amp; Reconciliation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 495:\u00a0 Advanced Topics in Peace Studies (varies each semester)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 498:\u00a0 Special Projects in Peace Studies (independent study)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Specialized Information<\/strong><br>The following PAX courses satisfy certain General Education requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PAX 201:\u00a0 Social Contexts &amp; Institutions and Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 250:\u00a0 Artistic &amp; Creative, Social Contexts &amp; Institutions,\u00a0and Writing Intensive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 260:\u00a0 Social Contexts &amp; Institutions and Writing Intensive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 290:\u00a0 Ethics and Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 350:\u00a0 Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 351:\u00a0\u00a0 Ethics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 360:\u00a0 Social Contexts &amp; Institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 370:\u00a0 Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 380:\u00a0 Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives and Population &amp; the Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 400:\u00a0 Social Contexts &amp; Institutions and Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 401:\u00a0 Social Contexts &amp; Institutions and Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAX 491:\u00a0 Ethics and Cultural Diversity &amp; International Perspectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enrollment:<\/strong><br>Enrollment in the minor is open to all undergraduate students at the University of Maine. Please check with an academic advisor in your college or major to determine what paperwork you need to complete to declare a Peace Studies minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact Peace and Reconciliation Studies program coordinator Jason Canniff, <a href=\"mailto:jason.canniff@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jason.canniff@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are not accepting new students to this program at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Peace and Reconciliation Studies offers an 18-credit interdisciplinary minor with the following requirements: 1. Required Courses (9 credits): 2. 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