Our Study Options
The School of Peace and Conflict Studies offers courses at all collegiate levels, BA, MA, and PhD.
At the undergraduate level, the School offers:
- a major leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies;
- a Minor in Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Management (formerly called Peace and Conflict Studies);
- an interdisciplinary Minor in Environment, Peace and Justice;
- and a number of courses that can be taken as electives to supplement and enhance other degree programs.
The School’s popular Introduction to Conflict Management class can be used to satisfy Kent CORE and Diversity requirements. The School also participates in the 3+3 Law School Program, which allows students to complete their undergraduate degree and a law degree in a total of six years instead of seven, and in the Combined B.A./M.A. program.
At the graduate level:
- The School of Peace and Conflict Studies offers a Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies, which graduated its first students in May 2025.
- The School of Peace and Conflict Studies has partnered with the Ambassador Crawford School of Business and Entrepreneurship to offer a a dual degree program, combining the M.A. degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and the Master of Business Administration degree.
- SPCS had also partnered with the Ambassador Crawford School of Business and Entrepreneurship in offering the Leadership Through Challenge graduate certificate.
- SPCS faculty teach courses in the Conflict Analysis and Management track of the PhD/MA program in Political Science.