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Peace and Conflict Studies
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Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) is an interdisciplinary program of study with a well-developed theoretical and research base that drives its practical and applied components. The PACS program at UFV focuses on conflict at the personal, communal, national, and international levels with the intent of having students develop their own viable prospects for peacebuilding in these troubled contexts.
The program incorporates development of a diverse set of skills, such as conflict analysis, conflict transformation, interpersonal skills, compassion, sensitivity, confrontation, consensus building, intercultural communication, and strategies for reconciliation.
In addition to studying in classroom settings, students will acquire hands-on experience in conflict transformation and reconciliatory work that builds peaceful relationships in their own lives, in their communities, and in the broader world.
The PACS major and minor are available within the Bachelor of Arts. Please refer to the Bachelor of Arts section for information on entrance requirements.
Peace and Conflict Studies major
This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring a major. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Declaration requirements
Students can declare a Peace and Conflict Studies major after completion of at least 30 university-level credits, with a minimum CGPA of 2.00 on all credits attempted, and a minimum grade of C in both PACS 100 and PACS 200.
Program outline
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PACS 100 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 |
| PACS 200 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding in the Fraser Valley | 3 |
| PACS 201 | Equity-Based Dialogue and Engagement | 3 |
| or PACS 202 | Introduction to Mediating Conflict | |
| SJGS 100 | Social Justice for Social Change | 3 |
| or SJGS 101 | Stewardship for Justice and Reconciliation | |
| One of: (Conflict Analysis: Individual and Society) | 3 | |
| CMNS 180 | Introduction to Intercultural Communication | |
| GDS 260 | Gender and Global Development | |
| HSER 120 | Interpersonal Communications for Human Services | |
| IPK 207 | Introduction to Canadian Indian Residential Schools (discontinued) | |
| PHIL 110 | Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems | |
| POSC 100 | Introduction to Politics | |
| POSC 260 | International Relations and Global Politics | |
| SOC 230 | The Individual and Society | |
| SOC 265 | Social Inequality | |
| SOC 270/ ANTH 270/ MACS 270 | Dynamics of Racism in Canada | |
| SOWK 283 | Introduction to Social Work Practice with Families | |
| One of: (Peacebuilding) | 3 | |
| ANTH 130 | Religions and Cultures | |
| ANTH 220/ GDS 220 | Anthropology of Globalization and Development | |
| CMNS 280 | Team and Small Group Communication for the Workplace | |
| CRIM 215 | Theory and Practice of Restorative Justice | |
| ENV 200 | Living in Our Watershed | |
| GDS 100/ GEOG 109 | A World of Development | |
| GDS 250/ SOC 250 | Sociology of Development — The Global South | |
| GEOG 111 | Environmental Issues and Strategies | |
| GEOG 257/ CMNS 257 | Environment: Science and Communications | |
| IPK 206 | Stó:lō and Salish Communications and Worldview (formerly FNST 201) | |
| MACS 110 | Introduction to Communication Studies | |
Upper-level requirements: 30 credits
Upper-level requirements include 15 credits of foundation courses and a minimum 15 credits of electives. Depending on the courses chosen, students will take either one or two Conflict Analysis courses in addition to three Peacebuilding courses.
| Course | Title | Credits |
| IPK 386 | Braiding Indigenous Knowledges, Practices, and Worldviews | 3 |
| PACS 300 | Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding | 3 |
| PACS 310 | Conflict Transformation | 3 |
| PACS 390 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Directed Study | 3 |
| or PACS 391 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Field Work | |
| PACS 400 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Seminar | 3 |
| One or two of: (Conflict Analysis: National and International) | 3-6 | |
| CRIM 311 | Diversity, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Canada | |
| CRIM 400 | Terrorism | |
| GDS 332 | Refugees, Displacement, and Development | |
| GDS 370 | Fundamentals of Global Health and Development | |
| GEOG 323 | Geography of War, Terrorism, and Peace | |
| HIST 320 | The Holocaust | |
| HIST 335 | History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | |
| HIST 418 | The Great War, 1914–1918 | |
| HIST 420 | World War II | |
| HIST 460/ LAS 460 | State Terror, Human Rights, and the Politics of Memory in Latin America | |
| POSC 301 | The Canadian State and Indigenous Governance | |
| POSC 321 | Global Issues in Indigenous Politics | |
| POSC 324 | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics | |
| POSC 365 | War, Terrorism, and Global Security | |
| PSYC 368 | Political Psychology | |
| Three of: (Peacebuilding: National and International; Sustainability) | 9-12 | |
| ANTH 367/ ENGL 367 | Culture and Theory of Diaspora | |
| CRIM 335 | Justice and Human Rights | |
| ENV 310 | Leadership in Environmental Professions | |
| GDS 330/ ANTH 330 | Humanitarianism and Complex Emergencies | |
| GEOG 312 | Nature, Power, and Place | |
| GDS 340/ GEOG 340 | Geographies of Development: Landscapes of Inequality | |
| HIST 327 | Settler-Indigenous Relations in New Zealand and Canada | |
| HIST 431 | Canada and the World | |
| IPK 302 | Colonial Trauma, Residential Schools, and Resilience | |
| IPK 477/ BIO 477 | Traditional Ecological Knowledges | |
| PHIL 318 | Environmental Ethics | |
| POSC 330 | Politics of Human Rights | |
| POSC 331 | Western Peace Traditions | |
| POSC 335 | Courts and Politics | |
| POSC 360 | The United Nations and International Organizations | |
| POSC 368 | Global Issues and Canadian Foreign Policy | |
| PSYC 364 | Environmental Psychology | |
| SOC 346 | Environmental Justice | |
| VA 390 | Community Arts Practice | |
Peace and Conflict Studies minor
This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for delcaring a minor. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Declaration requirements
Students can declare a Peace and Conflict Studies minor after completion of at least 30 university-level credits, with a minimum CGPA of 2.00 on all credits attempted, and a minimum grade of C in both PACS 100 and PACS 200.
Program outline
Lower-level requirements: 12 credits
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PACS 100 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 |
| PACS 200 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding in the Fraser Valley | 3 |
| PACS 201 | Equity-Based Dialogue and Engagement | 3 |
| or PACS 202 | Introduction to Mediating Conflict | |
| SJGS 100 | Social Justice for Social Change | 3 |
| or SJGS 101 | Stewardship for Justice and Reconciliation |
Upper-level requirements: 15-17 credits
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PACS 300 | Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding | 3 |
| PACS 310 | Conflict Transformation | 3 |
| or IPK 386 | Braiding Indigenous Knowledges, Practices, and Worldviews | |
| One of: | 3 | |
| PACS 390 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Directed Study | |
| PACS 391 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Field Work | |
| PACS 400 | Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Seminar | |
| One of: (Conflict Analysis: National and International) | 3-4 | |
| CRIM 311 | Diversity, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Canada | |
| CRIM 400 | Terrorism | |
| GDS 332 | Refugees, Displacement, and Development | |
| GDS 370 | Fundamentals of Global Health and Development | |
| GEOG 323 | Geography of War, Terrorism, and Peace | |
| HIST 320 | The Holocaust | |
| HIST 335 | History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | |
| HIST 418 | The Great War, 1914–1918 | |
| HIST 420 | World War II | |
| HIST 460/ LAS 460 | State Terror, Human Rights, and the Politics of Memory in Latin America | |
| POSC 301 | The Canadian State and Indigenous Governance | |
| POSC 321 | Global Issues in Indigenous Politics | |
| POSC 324 | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics | |
| POSC 365 | War, Terrorism, and Global Security | |
| PSYC 368 | Political Psychology | |
| One of: (Peacebuilding: National and International; Sustainability) | 3-4 | |
| ANTH 367/ ENGL 367 | Culture and Theory of Diaspora | |
| CRIM 335 | Justice and Human Rights | |
| ENV 310 | Leadership in Environmental Professions | |
| GDS 330/ ANTH 330 | Humanitarianism and Complex Emergencies | |
| GEOG 312 | Nature, Power, and Place | |
| GDS 340/ GEOG 340 | Geographies of Development: Landscapes of Inequality | |
| HIST 327 | Settler-Indigenous Relations in New Zealand and Canada | |
| HIST 431 | Canada and the World | |
| IPK 302 | Colonial Trauma, Residential Schools, and Resilience | |
| IPK 477/ BIO 477 | Traditional Ecological Knowledges | |
| PHIL 318 | Environmental Ethics | |
| POSC 330 | Politics of Human Rights | |
| POSC 331 | Western Peace Traditions | |
| POSC 335 | Courts and Politics | |
| POSC 360 | The United Nations and International Organizations | |
| POSC 368 | Global Issues and Canadian Foreign Policy | |
| PSYC 364 | Environmental Psychology | |
| SOC 346 | Environmental Justice | |
| VA 390 | Community Arts Practice | |
Course listings
For complete details on courses see the course descriptions section.