UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES COURSES (A-Z)

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PEAC 101 - PEACE STUDIES I

PEAC 101: Peace Studies II 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 Communica-
tion, Peacemaking Circles, Conflict Transformation,
and Conflict Free Conflict Resolution. Students will
practice identifying, analyzing, role playing, mapping,
and peacefully resolving or transforming conflicts that
range from the interpersonal to the international.

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

Course Credit: 3

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

PEAC 201 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 solidar-
ity, fair trade, international accompaniment, ecological
restoration, and environmental peacebuilding.

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

Course Credit: 3

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”. Each
semester Peace Studies 202 will focus on one or
two leaders in peace - ranging from the political
action of Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, to the ideas

of Tolstoy or Martin Luther King, to the traditional
cultural practices of indigenous peoples, or the
human insights of spiritual leaders from diverse
cultures. These lives will be measured against issues
of authority, power, legitimacy and the will to truth,
reconciliation, compassion and healing.

Pre-requisites: Fnglish 12 or equivalent with a grade of
“C’” or better, or written permission of the Instructor and
School Chair. Successful completion of or concurrent
study in Peace Studies 100/107 strongly recommended.

Course Credit: 3

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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 reconcilia-
tion. 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 familiar-

ity with the applied practices of victim-offender
mediation, family group conferencing, peacemaking
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.

Course Credit: 3

PEAC 205 - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES IN PEACE:
AN INDEPENDENT STUDIES COURSE

The purpose of this course is for Peace Studies
students to gain the opportunity to learn about peace,
justice and related topics, from a global (including
international and Canadian) and cross-cultural
perspectives. For example, as part of this course,
students may participate in one of two international
Peace Institutes (Mindanao Peace Building Institute
in the Philippines and African Peace Building
Institute in Zambia) with which Selkirk College has a
partnership. While learning in a cross cultural setting,
students will be expected to complete assignments
from the organization with which they are studying,
as well as additional assignments from their Selkirk
College instructor. It is expected that an international
or global experience in an academic and practice
setting will provide students with a transformative
learning experience that will lead to a deeper
understanding of building cultures of peace at the
interpersonal, community and global levels.

Pre-requisites: PEAC 100 or PFAC 101. Study proposal
that is approved by instructor prior to commencement of
course. PEAC 207 recommended.

Course Credit: 3

PEAC 216 - THE DOUKHOBORS

PEAC 216: The Doukhobors offers an interdisciplinary
approach to the study of the Doukhobors and their
ongoing connection to issues of peace and conflict.
Drawing on a variety of perspectives, this course
analyzes the Doukhobor experience in light of what
social scientists refer to as a social movement.
Rooted in the religious turmoil of early modern
Europe, that experience has situated this group within

some of the most important political, economic,
social, and identity-based tensions of the past 200
years. From this perspective, we assess how the
Doukhobors reflect an ongoing effort to negotiate
an alternative vision of modernity, that process of
transformation that is expressed in forms including
secularism, liberalism, the rise of the individual, the
proliferation of capitalism, the growth of the modern
state, and increasingly destructive technologies of
war. (Spring offering only)

Pre-requisites: English 12 with a grade of “C” or better, or
written permission of the instructor and Schoo! Chair.

Course Credit: 3

PEAC 220 - ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS

Peace 220: Economics of Happiness will bring
together the united insights of a diverse suite of
sciences and arts (e.g. biology, ecology, psychology,
sociology, economics, poetry, marketing, peace
studies) to provide learners with a context-inclusive
understanding of human decision-making processes,
adaptive behaviours, and economic dynamics.

A significant set of readings from the academic
literature and popular press will challenge current
thinking about sustainability and economic models.
This knowledge will then be used in solitary synthesis
and group collaborations to explore theoretical and
practical models of sustainability and development,
ultimately linking to the the aim of creating local and
global cultures of peace.

Pre-requisites: PEAC 100, 107 and 207 are recommended
but not necessary. English 12 is the minimum
pre-requisite.

Course Credit: 3

PEAC 301 - DIRECTED STUDIES IN
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE

PEAC 301: Directed Studies in Transformative Justice
allows the student to focus on his or her own area of
special interest within transformative justice. Follow-
ing extensive readings, supervised by the instructor,
the student will develop a proposal for putting new
expertise into practice.

Pre-requisites: PEAC 203 or written permission of the
instructor and School Chair.

Course Credit: 3

PEAC 303 - TRANSFORMATIVE
JUSTICE PRACTICE

PEAC 303: Transformative Justice Practice is a
sequel course to PEAC 301: Directed Studies in
Transformative Justice. In this course, the student
carries out the proposal developed in PEAC 301

by completing a 90-hour transformative justice
practicum or project in the workplace, school or
community. (Spring offering only)

Pre-requisites: PEAC 203 and PFAC 301.
Course Credit: 3

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