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PAGS Major Clusters:

Conflict Transformation

Religion and Pacifism

Social Theory and Social Movements

International War and Peace

African American Civil Rights

Women and Social Change

Student designed cluster


The Environmental Concentration
The Major

PAGS 101 Intro to Economics: Global Macroeconomics or a suitable Earlham First Year Economics Seminar

PAGS 107 Intro to International Relations or PAGS 207 Issues Before the UN

PAGS 120 Introduction to Philosophy: Peace and Justice; or PHIL 470 Postcolonial Theory, or an Earlham Seminar on Philosophy: Peace and Justice

PAGS 130 History and Theory of Nonviolent Movements

PAGS 338 Methods of Peacemaking

PAGS 343 Conflict Resolution

PAGS 370 Philosophy of Social Science or SOAN 341 Contemporary Social Thought

PAGS 372 International Law or POLS 371 Theories of International Relations

PAGS 486 Senior Research Project

PAGS 488 Senior Seminar

PAGS Internship

3 courses of electives forming a special focus from the options listed as follows:

1) Conflict Transformation
MGMT 201 Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
MGMT 341 Leadership in Dealing with Differences
SOAN 115 Culture and Conflict
SOAN 118 Institutions and Inequality
Econ 315 Marxism
Programs in Northern Ireland, the Middle East, or the Border Studies

2) Religion and Pacifism
REL 425 Religious Responses to War and Violence (pre-requisite of one religion course)
REL 360 Contemporary Religious Movements (pre-requisite of 2 religion courses)
REL 185 Feminist Spirituality
REL 230 African American Church History
The following PJST (Peace and Justice Courses) are offered at ESR (Earlham
School of Religion) and may be taken by upper level students with the permission of the instructor.
PJST 330 The Bible and Violence and Non-violence (pre-requisite of one Bible course).
PJST 351 Quakers in Conflict (pre requisite of one course in Quakerism)
PJST 366 Liberation Theology (one religion pre- requisite)
REL 350 USA Church History (pre- requisite 2 100/200 level courses)
HCST 220 Quaker Life
THST 340 Quaker Beliefs
SPST 334 Quaker Spirituality
PJST 351 Quakers in Conflict

3) Social Theory and Social Movements
Choose POLS 371 Theories of International Relations
PHIL 470 Postcolonial Theory
PHIL 385 Discourse and Diversity
ECON 315 Marxism
SOAN 215 Identities and Social Movements
SOAN 340 Contemporary Social Thought
SOAN 368 Political Economy of Development
AAAS 356 The Civil Rights Movement
WMNS 375 Feminist Theories

4) International War and Peace
Choose both PAGS 372 and POLS 371
And choose 2 courses from:
PAGS 377 Topics in International Relations
PHIL 470 Postcolonial Theory
POLS 344 Diplomatic History
HIST 347 Europe and the World Wars
REL 425 Religious Responses to War and Violence

5) African American Civil Rights
Civil Rights May Term
AAAS 114 Intro to African and African American Studies
ENGL 204 African American Literature
HIST 224 Race and Ethnicity in the US
AAAS 351 The Civil Rights Movement
AAAS 368 African American History
AAAS 355 Readings in African American Women’s History
POLS 348 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

6) Women and Social Change
WMNS 305 Introduction to Women’s Studies
WMNS 375 Feminist Theories
PAGS 346 Feminism, Ecology, and Peace
PHIL 480 Feminist Philosophies
HIST 367 Women and Men in American Society
SOAN 364 Woman, Politics, and Cultural Change

7) Student designed special focus
The focus should represent a disciplinary, thematic, or vocational group designed by the student in consultation with a faculty advisor.

PAGS interdepartmental major:

PAGS 101 Intro to Economics: Global Macroeconomics or a suitable Earlham First Year Economics Seminar

PAGS 107 Intro to International Relations or PAGS 207 Issues Before the UN

PAGS 120 Introduction to Philosophy: Peace and Justice; or PHIL 470 Postcolonial Theory, or an Earlham Seminar on Philosophy: Peace and Justice

PAGS 130 Theory and Practice of Non-violence

PAGS 338 Methods of Peacemaking or PAGS 343 Conflict Resolution

PAGS 370 Philosophy of Social Science or SOAN 341 Contemporary Social Thought

PAGS 486 Senior Research Project

PAGS 488 Senior Seminar
A group of courses from a recognized major such as Politics, Economics, Art, Religion, Spanish, etc. The courses should be selected in consultation with PAGS and the department under consideration. Criteria for comprehensive exams are established by PAGS and the department.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION

3 natural science courses from the following:

BIOL 111 Ecological Biology
BIOL 226 Biological Diversity
CHEM 106 Chemistry in Social Context
CHEM 107 Chemistry in Social Context Laboratory
CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry
CHEM 230 Techniques of Water Analysis
GEOS 111 Environmental Geoscience
GEOS 211 Dynamic Earth
MATH 120 Elementary Statistics
INTD 310 a course in Southwest Field Studies
ENSC 242 Analysis of Environmental Problems
INTD upper level course

3 Humanities and Social Science courses from the following:

ENGL 482 Special Topics, when offered in Literature & Environment
HIST 364 Westward Movement
PAGS 346 Feminism, Ecology, and Peace
ECON 343 Economics of the Environment
ECON 482 Special Topics in Economics, when related to the environment
POLS 373 International Environmental Politics
SOAN 327 Indigenous Peoples in a Changing World
INTD 320 a course in Southwest Field Studies

1 experiential course from the following:

Organic agriculture (independent study)
EDUC 112 Foundations of Education
EDUC 212 Educational Theory and Practice
EDUC 310 Experimental Education

Participation in the Environmental Speaker Series Seminar
All students will complete an Internship of 120 hours (no credit) with one of the following groups:

Environmental Advocacy Group
Environmental Educational Project
Ecologically- Oriented Nature-Based Project

Note: The internship should be in a place unfamiliar to the student not only geographically, but also culturally. Urban sites are included.)

 

For more information on Environmental Programs at Earlham click here

*Note* Some classes may have prerequisites or require special permission from the instructor. Please consult the Cirriculum Guide, WebDB, or the instructor for further and up-to-date information.

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