Undergraduate Minor

Program Description

The purpose of the minor is to familiarize students with the emerging debates surrounding transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction, and to allow for real-world application of theoretical constructs and explanations relating to development, democracy, the environment, the economy, human rights, politics, peace agreeements and justice before, at the time of, and post-transition.  The minor requires students to take two new integrative courses designed to bring all of our students into a single classroom, based around themes central to the field, as well as other courses offered by departments and programs across campus.

N.B. No course may be credited toward another module.

Program Requirements

Undergraduate Minor in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Core Courses

  • TJ 2001F:  Problems in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
    Instructor:  S. El-Masri
    Fall Term 2023

    This course introduces students to interdisciplinary studies of transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction, with emphasis on questions of conflict.  Students will examine key concepts and explore theoretical problems in confronting and seeking solutions to the aftermath of large-scale events of social violence, including war, genocide, and authoritarian rule.

  • TJ 3001G:  Studies in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
    Instructor:  S. El-Masri
    Winter Term 2024

    This course explores issues inherent to regions facing the aftermath of large-scale events of social violence, including war, genocide, and authoritarian rule, with an emphasis on questions of justice and post-conflict reconstruction.  Students will examine specific cases of recent attempts to establish just responses to conflict within affected communities.