Peace and Conflict Studies - Guilford College

Peace and Conflict Studies from Guilford College is a Campus Bachelor Conflict Resolution degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Peace and conflict studies is an interdisciplinary major that studies the nature of conflict and violence, the possibilities of social change, and the means for resolving and transforming conflict nonviolently. The major draws on Guilford's Quaker heritage by seeking the roots of situations of injustice and oppression, exploring nonviolent social change, emphasizing each individual's search for truth within different levels of community and focusing on practical problem-solving. Peace and conflict studies melds two related fields of study, conflict resolution and peace studies, in a complementary, creative interaction. It encourages an interdisciplinary, holistic relationship between personal and social change, structured modes of conflict resolution and creative nonviolent activism, careful analysis of structural violence and exploration of spiritual foundations for peaceable living and action. Students in peace and conflict studies engage in critical analysis in several key components of the field: central concepts in peace research, the interrelation between the personal, local and global levels of conflict and possibilities of transforming conflict , theories of war and peace and methods and practices of conflict resolution , reduction and transformation. Students build skills that help them to solve problems of violence and conflict , to listen carefully and caringly to others in the midst of conflict and to contribute to organizing groups and actions concerned with social change and conflict resolution and transformation. View more details on Guilford College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Conflict Resolution courses.