Social Justice and Peace Studies is an interdisciplinary program. There is a mandatory service component in second year that engages students in local issues of Social Justice and Peace and an optional overseas service component offering a variety of opportunities that may be undertaken at any time after first year. The program addresses students of all religious and political persuasions in a spirit of open and free dialogue.

Records Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening

The Social Justice and Peace Studies program at King's University College at The University of Western Ontario does not require a Criminal Records Check or other screening procedure (e.g., Vulnerable Sector Screening {VSS}) as a condition of admission into its programs. However, prospective students should be aware that a criminal record check or VSS may be required by other facilities used for practicum placements, or experiences related to an academic course assignment. It is the student's responsibility to have the necessary procedure completed. In some programs, students will not be permitted access to such courses without having completed this requirement.

Students will share VSS or other record check information directly with the facility or agency for which they have been assigned a placement and may, if they wish, disclose the results to their Program Coordinator. Students unable to complete a placement requirement because they are unable to meet a facility's requirement for such a screening, or because a facility refuses to accept them on the basis of the information contained in the record check or other screening procedure, will not be eligible for progression or graduation. Those students registered in an internship placement, clinical practice placement or co-op as a course requirement may not be able to pass the course if they have not met an agency's requirement, or if the agency refuses to accept them on the basis of the information contained in the record check or other screening procedure. Students should check with their Program Coordinator for details as to the policy on course access and to the time frame within which a screening must be completed.

Approved List of Courses

The following courses may be taken to complete requirements for the Social Justice and Peace Studies modules. Students may request permission to substitute other courses not on this list. These requests will be considered on a case by case basis. Students are advised to consult the Program Coordinator when planning their program.

 

Level One Courses:
Economics 2111F/G, 2112F/G, 2124A/B, 2125A/B, 2161F/G, 2171F/G; Geography 2020A/B, 2030A/B, 2142A/B, 2411F/G; History 2125F/G, 2127F/G, 2606E; Philosophy 2053, 2067E, 2072F/G, 2074F/G, 2080, 2081E; Psychology 2012F/G, 2031A/B, 2075; Religious Studies 2111A/B, 2132, 2166A/B, 2175A/B, the former 2110, 2167F/G; Social Justice and Peace Studies 2190, 2195A/B-2199A/B; Sociology 2140, 2143E, 2169, 2172A/B.

Level Two Courses:
Canadian Studies 2200E; CGS 2002F/G, 3508F/G, 3512F/G; English 2017, 2730F/G, 2735F/G; First Nations Studies 2203F/G, 2218F/G, 2601F/G; History 2201E, 2301E, 2501E, 2803E, 2703F/G; Philosophy 2700F/G, 2812F/G, 2820F/G; Political Science 2102A/B, 2219E, 2222E, 2230E, 2231E, 2235E, 2243E, 2244E, 2245E, 2257, 2265F/G, 2266F/G, 2270E; Religious Studies 2203F/G, 2204F/G, 2213F/G, 2234F/G, 2235F/G, 2251F/G, 2252F/G, 2281F/G, the former 2224F/G, 2230E, 2243F/G; Social Justice and Peace Studies 2270A/B-2279A/B; Social Work 2280E, 2284; Sociology 2212A/B, 2220A/B, 2221A/B, 2233, 2239, 2240E, 2241E, 2245, 2256A/B, 2260A/B, 2264F/G, 2266A/B, 2267A/B.

 

Level Three Courses:
Geography 3441F/G, 3442F/G, 3445F/G; History 3205E, 3815E, 4805E; Political Science 3300E, 3309E, 3325E, 3345E, 3362E, 3365F/G, 4423F/G, 4424F/G, 4444E; Psychology 3771F/G; Religious Studies 3451F/G; Social Justice and Peace Studies 3370A/B-3376A/B, 3377F/G-3378F/G, 3396F/G-3399F/G, 4496F/G-4499F/G; Sociology 3304F/G, 3305F/G, 3339F/G, 3340F/G, 3341F/G, 3347F/G, 3353F/G, 3354F/G, 3360F/G.