| PJ 1500 | Peace Keeping & The UN Lab |
| Description: | Peacekeeping and the United Nations is offered in conjunction with the course Intro to Peace and Justice. This one credit course will serve as a laboratory for the course, which will include alternative teaching styles, intensive learning experiences and guest speakers. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1996 , Spring 1995 |
| PJ 2100 | Eco Feminism |
| Description: | Women's studies perspectives on environmental thought. The role of ecofeminist thought in the development of a "postmodern" societal paradigm and in a radical reconsideration of destructive and unquestioned beliefs concerning justice, peace and community. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2000 , Fall 1999 |
| PJ 2200 | Caring for the Earth |
| Description: | The richness and diversity of Planet Earth, especially in its species forms; current forms of degradation to land, water, soil, and air, and human and animal inhabitants; economic, political, religious, cultural and social causes of global environmental problems; personal and ethical/ social justice decisions necessary to care for the Earth. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| PJ 2250 | Violence & Justice in the Wrld |
| Description: | Examines root causes of violence, pathways to building a more peaceful and just world. Basic issues include, peace, justice, power dynamics, violence, nonviolence, restorative justice peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace building. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| PJ 2400 | Serv Learng Charity/Solidarity |
| Description: | Economic, political, cultural, and spiritual root causes of the problems students observe in service projects. Development of a deeper appreciation and respect for the poor and a more long lasting commitment to their struggle for justice. Permission of instructor. Service component. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2005 , Fall 2004 , Spring 2004 , Fall 2003 |
| PJ 2500 | Education & Social Justice |
| Description: | American education's contribution to class, gender, and "race" inequality; political bias in school curricula: unequal treatment of students by teachers and administrators based on "race", ethnicity, class, and gender; unequal allocation of resources among public schools; the public - private school debate; possible political influences in universities; the mass media as an important component of education. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| PJ 2600 | Catholic Social Teaching |
| Description: | One hundred years of Catholic Social Thought. Papal encyclicals, especially Rerum Novarum (1891) and Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (1987). The pastoral letters of the American Bishops, special emphasis on the Challenge of Peace (1983) and Economic Justice for All (1986). Guest lecturers will help to show the interdisciplinary nature of Catholic teaching. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| PJ 2700 | Peacemakers & Peacemaking |
| Description: | Classical and contemporary examples and approaches to peacemaking in response to injustice and social conflict. Issues to be considered include the nature and significance of nonviolent struggle, political reconciliation, and the role of religion in shaping moral action for social change. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 |
| PJ 2800 | Race, Class, & Gender |
| Description: | A critical examination of the social constructions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in U.S. culture and the injustices and inequalities that arise from them. Strategies, policies, and procedures for change are also examined. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| PJ 2900 | Ethical Issues in P & J |
| Description: | Introduction to contemporary complex moral issues. Examines economic, political, and social roots. Brings the Catholic Christian ethical tradition to bear to understanding their moral significance and responsibility to address them. Issues include: poverty, environmental justice, conflict, refugees, migration, genocide, and others. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| PJ 2993 | Internship |
| Description: | Intermship 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| PJ 2996 | Internship |
| Description: | Internship. 6.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| PJ 3000 | Selected Topics |
| Description: | Violence in families and society, the traditions of Just War theory, and the critiques of war from the perspective of pacifism and non-violence. The importance and role of the peacemakers of the world, the values of conflict resolution, and strategies that aid the creation of a peaceful world order. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| PJ 3100 | Amer. Indian Thought & Culture |
| Description: | Historical, philosophical, religious, literary and artistic contributions of the Navajo, Sioux, Iroquois, and Hopi cultures. American Indian Art and Poetry, American Indian colonial history, American Indian tribal claims, and American Indian spirituality of the earth. Guest speakers and films. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2002 , Fall 2001 , Spring 2000 , Fall 1999 |
| PJ 3200 | Justice and Sports |
| Description: | The benefits and problems of competition. The role and value of competition in contemporary sports, with attendant social justice issues. The importance of play to a wholistic human life. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Spring 2006 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2005 |
| PJ 3400 | War and Morality |
| Description: | Three traditions of moral reflection on war: "Just War" theory; Pacifism; and, the historical experience of women. Discussions focus on concrete cases (e.g., the modern world wars, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, Bosnia). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| PJ 3500 | Making Peace Work |
| Description: | Various theories of peace; describing, explaining, and predicting the occurrence of peace; conflict, peace-making, -keeping, -building. Computer simulations of peace process. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2001 , Spring 1997 , Fall 1996 , Fall 1995 |
| PJ 4000 | Selected Topics |
| Description: | The history of the struggle for justice and human rights in geographical locations, such as the Middle East, Ireland, Africa, and Central America, focusing on such issues as world hunger and apartheid, and culminating in an attempt to articulate systemic questions of justice. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| PJ 4600 | Global Poverty & Justice |
| Description: | The challenges to creating a more just global order. The contribution of the christian theological and ethical traditions toward constructing an ethical framework appropriate for the emerging global order. Introduction to and critical examination of global institutions and policies e.g., the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and others, with an eye to their impact on reducing global poverty. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| PJ 4650 | Service Learning Practicum |
| Description: | Integrating the participation requirement for field experience with the academic requirements (reading, research paper, project, etc.) set by the instructor. Permission of the instructor. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| PJ 5000 | Selected Topics |
| Description: | Justice & discrimination in U.S. society from social, economic, political & ethical perspectives. Strategies for the just elimination of discrimination. Topics include civil rights, gender issues of justice, etc. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| PJ 5100 | Discrimination, Justice & Law |
| Description: | Development of discrimination and civil rights law in the United States through case materials in areas of racial discrimination, gender-based discrimination, reverse discrimination, sexual preference-based discrimination, and age discrimination, if time permits. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| PJ 5200 | Perspectives on US Poverty |
| Description: | An interdisciplinary perspective on poverty in the United States, emphasizing the past thirty years. Trends in the extent and incidence of poverty. Underlying causes of poverty; policies that might be used to combat poverty. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| PJ 5400 | Ethics, Justice and the Family |
| Description: | The moral meaning of marriage; justice, gender, and the domestic division of labor; the legal protection of marriage and the parties to it; marriage, reproductive technology, and the commodification of children; the moral meaning of "having children"; the responsibilities of parents to their children; the responsibilities of children to their parents, with special reference to care for the aged; distributive justice and the family; society's responsibilities to serving the needs of its children. Course readings will be taken from a number of disciplines, including Christian ethics, law and legal history, philosophy, and sociology. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2003 , Fall 2001 |
| PJ 5500 | Politics of Whiteness |
| Description: | Examination of scholarship addressing the structure, function, & manifestations of "whiteness," primarily in U.S. culture, & its relationship to issues of diversity. Topics also include white supremacy, white identity, & the future of critical white studies. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 |
| PJ 5600 | Independent Study |
| Description: | Independent Study 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| PJ 5700 | The Meanings of Justice |
| Description: | Libertarian, socialist, welfare liberal, communitarian, feminist, and multicultural approaches to justice in contemporary literature. Consideration of recent studies of social justice in Christian ethics. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2003 , Fall 2001 , Fall 1998 , Fall 1997 |