| Prerequisite or Equivalent |
| PAX 250 |
Introduction to Peace Studies (3) |
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| Required Courses |
| PAX 335 |
Nonviolence in and through History (3) |
| PAX 340 |
Conflict and Peacebuilding (3) |
| SUBTOTAL |
6 |
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| History and Politics of Social Change |
| Students explore the roots of violence in a variety of historical and cultural settings— and, most importantly, the many methods for achieving reconciliation. In the process they gather deeper meanings of conflict, peace, forgiveness, reconciliation, resistance and justice. Human rights, consumerism, the environment and democracy are among the subthemes of this area of inquiry. |
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| Choose 3 credits from section A: |
| A. International Human Rights, Consumerism and Environment |
| PAX 330 |
Issues of Global Poverty (3) |
| PAX 415 |
Women, Feminism and Peacemaking (3) |
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| Choose 3 credits from section B: |
| B. Human Rights and Democracy in the United States of America |
| PAX 325 |
Twentieth-Century African American Thinkers (3) |
| PAX 410 |
Democracy in the United States of America, 1919–68 (3) |
| SUBTOTAL |
6 |
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| Theory and Practice of Peacemaking |
| Peacemakers from diverse backgrounds have developed tools for transforming society and themselves. Students study and practice these instruments for waging peace. Courses cover themes including contemplation and action in the lives of major peacemakers, models for social action and skillful means. |
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| A. Contemplation and Action in the Lives of Major Peacemakers |
| PAX 430 |
Gandhi, Dorothy Day and Malcolm X: The Quest for Personal
and Social Transformation (3) |
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| B. Skillful Means for Peacemakers |
| PAX 345 |
Conflict Transformation through Dialogue (3) |
| SUBTOTAL |
6 |
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| The Arts in Peacemaking |
| The arts are a key tool in furthering the cause of human liberation. The contributions of poets, painters, muralists, photographers, filmmakers, playwrights, dancers and musicians have been indispensable in mobilizing people into nonviolent resistance. Students explore how artists have sustained movements of social change and advanced the process of reconciliation and healing. Courses delve into all areas of the arts—visual, verbal, performing—and encourage appreciation of and participation in our rich artistic heritage. |
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| A. Art, Artists and Social Change |
| PAX 233 |
The Socially Engaged Imagination (3) |
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| B. Art, Artists and Deepening Consciousness |
| ART 380 |
The Cinema of Exile and Diaspora (3) |
| SUBTOTAL |
6 |
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| Engaged Learning |
| The academic study of peacemaking is only a part of the students’ learning in Naropa University’s Peace Studies program. Internships and community-based course work—collaborative endeavors among students, faculty and local, regional, national and international agencies—constitute the experiential learning feature of the BA in Peace Studies. |
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| A. Internship |
| PAX 450 |
Internship (3) |
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| Choose 3 credits from section B: |
| B. Community-Based Learning |
| COR 205 |
Orientation Leadership Training (3) |
| EDU 352 |
Poverty Matters (3) |
| MUS 355 |
Radio Naropa (3) |
| WRI 481 |
Project Outreach (3) |
| SUBTOTAL |
6 |
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| Senior Project |
The senior project builds upon every facet of the student’s work at Naropa—course work, internship, community-based learning, world wisdom traditions and contemplative
practices. Students are encouraged to design senior projects that include self-reflection and inquiry, creativity and scholarship, and the intention to serve a specific community.
The project requires both sustained independent work and collaboration, as students read and research, meet in pairs and small groups, conduct interviews in the community
and receive feedback from faculty mentors. The outcomes vary—publication, performance, building organizational capacity and other forms of public work. Students complete the departmental portfolio as part of their senior projects, which culminate in celebratory presentations to the community. Family and friends who are visiting Boulder for graduation festivities are invited to these final presentations. |
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| PAX 480 |
Senior Project (3) |
| SUBTOTAL |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS 33 |
