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  • PJST 3250: Mediation and Reconciliation

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Covers techniques of conflict analysis and management. Examines the role and skills of a mediator in conflicts between persons, organizations, and nations. Analyzes the ethical principles guiding the mediator in acting as a neutral actor in conflict. Presents mediation as a pathway to the creation of reconciliation and justice between the parties to a conflict. Examines the unique situation of a peacebuilding mediator in organizational or international conflict. Studies the skills necessary to deal with histories of hostility and culturally diverse parties. Offers students the opportunity to gain certification as a Utah State Court system mediator by attending two additional Saturday sessions.
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  • PJST 3300: Community Development

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Surveys the nature of community and approaches to building and strengthening of community. Analyzes needs in various communities and methods of implementing solutions to meet those needs. Explores policies and strategies that produce a high quality of life and maximum opportunity for all residents of local communities. Examines community development through case studies and direct student engagement.
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  • PJST 3400: Conflict Transformation Resolution and Sustainable Peace

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): PJST 2000 and University Advanced Standing. Uses empirical data to interrogate and explicate organized death in the form of war, revolution, insurgency, or terrorism as a perennial, and one of the most complicated, problems. Uses empirical data and theory to investigate the means of conflict transformation that have been most successful. Presents a basic understanding of how conflict is transformed from (1) an active status to (2) resolution to (3) peaceful stalemate to (4) sustained peace. Explicates the process of moving from active violent conflict to sustainable peace. Explores the roles of peoples, state organizations, institutions, civil society, culture, religion, states, and multilateral organizations.
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  • PJST 3420: Negotiation and Diplomacy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Covers strategies and tactics of negotiation, major ethical dilemmas raised in negotiation, as well as the role of power in negotiations. Examines the unique situation of international peace negotiations, the role of the intervener, and the effect of multiple parties and culture on the negotiation process, and the difficulties in addressing "intractable" conflicts.
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  • PJST 4200: Advanced Poverty Studies:Global Problems and Policies

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (PHIL 2050 or PHIL 2050G) and University Advanced Standing. Analyzes the nature of poverty in diverse societies, techniques for its measurement and inaccurate measurement, and the causes and reasons for poverty and its intractability. Examines the ways in which local, national, and global factors are part of the nature of poverty. Surveys policies and institutions designed to confront the problem. Interrogates and explicates the ethical issues surrounding poverty and its alleviation.
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  • PJST 4300: Race Gender and Class in Peace and Justice

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Analyzes the bases of discrimination and domination in societies. Addresses the multidimensional forms of social inequality by examining concrete examples of each dimension such as the wealth gap, gendered work, and poverty. Examines the nature of social class, race, and gender as they relate to issues of war, peace, injustice, and justice. Surveys the contributions that the perspectives of the dominated and victims of discrimination offer to the resolution of inequalities and the establishment of equity.
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  • PJST 4750R: Issues in Peace and Justice Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2050, Junior Standing, and University Advanced Standing. Presents a selected topic from current issues in the area of Peace and Justice Studies which will vary each semester. May approach topics from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Requires a project demonstrating competence in the specific topic or issue. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
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  • PJST 4810R: Internship

    1.00 - 8.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Program Director Approval and University Advanced Standing. Provides opportunities for internship experience in the following types of agencies: political, governmental, corporate, private, news agencies or any non governmental organization (NGO) apart from regular employment. Encourages practical, research, and/or development experience in selected areas of service related to the student's academic or professional goals relevant to peace and justice studies concerns. Requires supervision by an agency representative and approval of the Peace and Justice Studies internship adviser and the program director. Requires that written contracts be completed and signed by all responsible parties. Credit is determined by the number of hours a student works during the semester. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits toward graduation. May be graded credit/no credit.
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  • PJST 4900: Peace and Justice Studies Capstone

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010, Senior Standing, and University Advanced Standing. To be taken during the student's last semester. Includes writing a senior thesis which points to career or graduate school goals. Requires a significant research project, which may coincide with field work and/or internship experience. Covers advanced Peace and Justice Studies research and writing instruction. Involves the creation of a portfolio helpful in applying to graduate schools or seeking employment.
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  • PJST 4910R: Independent Study

    1.00 - 8.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Program Director Approval and University Advanced Standing. For self-directed students who wish to engage in a well-defined study or project in an area of special interest within the domain of Peace and Justice Studies. Requires individual initiative and responsibility with limited formal instruction and faculty supervision. Projects may include writing a publishable paper, giving an oral presentation, passing a competency exam, or completing any other options approved by the instructor and the program director. May be repeated for up to 9 credits toward graduation.
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