Majors are prepared to participate in relief, development, conflict management, and social justice efforts in developing countries or in North America with church, community, government and other organizations.
Students are also prepared for graduate study in related areas.
Graduates of this major may use concentrations to emphasize peace studies or international development. The major must be taken with a B.A. degree. A minor may be designed in Peace Studies, International Development or Global Peace and Justice Studies. Requirements for the minor are 15 hour within the Global Peace and Justice Studies major, including at least nine upper level hours. If 9 of these hours are selected from a single concentration the minor may be designated in that area.