Admission Requirements

Admission to the program requires the completion

of English 12 with a grade of "C" or better or written
permission of the Instructor and School Chair. Other
prerequisites depend on the electives chosen to
complete the program and should be determined with
the advice of a Selkirk College counsellor.

If you are a student who lacks the admission
requirements, you may still gain entry to the program
by taking a combination of university courses in your
first year. This may extend the length of your program.

Program Courses

ENGL 110 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION

English 110 is about thinking and writing. You will
learn how to develop and express informed opinions
on issues that matter. You will also learn about
research, editing, and expository and persuasive
academic writing forms.

Pre-requisites: A “C” or better in ENGL 12 or equivalent
or LPI level 4 or written permission of the Instructor and
School Chair.

PEAC 100 - PEACE STUDIES |

PEAC 100: Peace Studies I is an interdisciplinary

and values-based course that is the first of two
introductory core courses in Peace Studies.
Readings will include United Nations documents,

as well as essays and excerpts from the writings of
philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists, and
peace researchers. Students will thus gain familiarity
with literature addressing a broad range of past and
current theories and discourse related to peace and
conflict. Through their own reflection and working
collaboratively in groups, students will have the
opportunity to move from theory to practice in one of
the most challenging issues of humanity’s collective
experience: building cultures of peace.

Pre-requisites: English 12 with a grade of "C" or better, or
written permission of the instructor and School Chair.

PEAC 101 - PEACE STUDIES II

PEAC 101: Peace Studies IT is the second of two
introductory core courses in Peace Studies at Selkirk
College. This course will focus on traditional and
non-traditional approaches to Conflict Resolution.
Students will be introduced to general principles
and key concepts in arbitration, negotiation,
mediation and nonviolent resistance; as well as
alternative dispute resolution methods, such as
Nonviolent Communication, Peacemaking Circles,
Conflict Transformation, and Conflict Free Conflict
Resolution. Students will practice identifying,

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analyzing, role playing, mapping, and peacefully
resolving or transforming conflicts that range from
the interpersonal to the international.

Pre-requisites: English 12 with a grade of "C" or better,
or written permission of the Instructor and Schoo! Chair.
PEAC 100 recommended.

PEAC 201 - FROM WATER TO CHOCOLATE:
ENVIRONMENT, CONFLICT AND JUSTICE

PEAC 201: From Water to Chocolate: Environment,
Conflict and Justice is an examination of selected
global political-ecological issues, including conflict
minerals, child slavery, climate change, and water
wars; as well as the power and potential of various
pathways to peace, including nonviolent direct
action, Indigenous solidarity, fair trade, international
accompaniment, ecological restoration, and
environmental peacebuilding.

Pre-requisites: Second year standing or written
permission of the Instructor and Schoo! Chair.

PEAC 202 - LEADERSHIP FOR
PEACE: THE INDIVIDUAL AND
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

PEAC 202: Leadership for Peace: The Individual and
Social Transformation begins with the understanding
that leadership for peace is, at its foundations,
leadership for human rights and social justice; and
with the further insight that social transformation

is always joined with inner transformation, to the
individual who "can change the world". PEAC 202
examines leadership and peace in relation to issues
of authority, power, legitimacy, and the will to truth,
reconciliation, compassion, and healing. A significant
part of this course is a service-learning assignment,
to be determined by the student in conjunction with
faculty.

Pre-requisites: English 12 or equivalent with a grade

of "C" or better, or written permission of the Instructor
and Schoo! Chair. Successful completion of or concurrent
study in Peace Studies 100/101 strongly recommended.

PEAC 203 - INTRODUCTION TO
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE:
THEORY AND PRACTICE

PEAC 203: Introduction to Transformative Justice:
Theory and Practice explores the theory and practice
of transformative justice. Themes include retribution,
punishment and deterrence; Indigenous approaches
to justice; trauma and healing; shame and empathy;

community, belonging, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

These are explored at a variety of scales, from

the interpersonal to the global, and in various
contexts — from the Canadian criminal justice system
to transitional justice following war, apartheid, or
colonial subjugation. Students will gain familiarity
with the applied practices of victim-offender
mediation, family-group conferencing, peacemaking

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circles, and truth and reconciliation commissions; and
also learn how restorative practices are being used
in environmental contexts and in our schools.

Pre-requisites: English 12 or equivalent with a grade of
"C" or better, or recommended PEAC 100 and 101.

- GENERAL UAS ELECTIVE

A student may take any first-year or higher university
transferable course to satisfy this elective. Each
course must transfer for three or more credits to

at least one of: SFU, UBC (Vancouver or Okanagan),
UNBC or UVIC. To learn more about how your courses
transfer visit the online BC Transfer Guide or contact
a Selkirk counsellor.

Contacts

UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES ADMISSIONS
Admissions Officer (Castlegar)

Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21233

Direct: 250.365.1233

Email: admissions@selkirk.ca

UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES
Program Contact

Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21205
Direct: 250.365.1205

Email: UAS@selkirk.ca

TRACY PUNCHARD

School Chair of UAS; Instructor, English
Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21318
Direct: 250.365.1318

Email: tounchard@selkirk.ca

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