Peace Building and Conflict Studies skills are crucial for the stabilization and advancement of society. The Peace & Conflict Studies program trains experts who can help bring sustainable peace among diverse communities.
Graduates from this program will be prepared for careers involving mediation, security, justice, defense, relations, diplomacy, peace advocacy, and community development.
The overall purpose of peace and conflict programs is to prepare students as potential leaders with peacemaking and conflict studies skills, which they can apply to daily life situations, regardless of their academic disciplines or chosen professions.
The programs have been developed to provide a Christian interdisciplinary perspective to the study of conflict, violence, war, and peace.
Christian approach to peace and conflict studies is essential in view of the highly complex, interconnected, interdependent world in which we live. This requires an understanding that allows people to respond creatively, rather than thoughtlessly, to conflict and violence at various levels.