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Minor

Minor in Humanitarian Affairs

James Madison University James Madison University 58 courses

About This Program

Students will investigate the impacts of natural disasters, disease, hunger and famine, poverty, conflict, and national and international policies on the welfare of human communities around the world. They will also explore solutions to various humanitarian crises and evaluate the problems of practicing humanitarianism in the world today. Students will become acquainted with the organizations that address these crises and the challenges they face. Finally, students will acquire knowledge and skills that prepare them for careers in governmental and non-governmental organizations that address humanitarian issues. The minor in humanitarian studies is open to all undergraduate students at JMU.

Degree Requirements

Core Requirements: 3 Credit Hours

Code Course Title Credits
HUMN 201 Introduction to Humanitarian Affairs 3

Electives: 15 Credit Hours

Choose five of the following courses, with no more than two from any single discipline:

Code Course Title Credits
HUMN 301 or GEOG 301 Introduction to Natural Disasters Response or Introduction to Natural Disasters Response 3
HUMN 302 Legal Issues in Humanitarian Affairs 3
HUMN 350 Special Topics in Humanitarian Affairs 1-3
HUMN 360 or GEOG 360 GIS for Humanitarian Assistance or GIS for Humanitarian Assistance 3
HUMN 490 Humanitarian Affairs Field Experience 3
ANTH 366 Anthropology of War 3
BIO 420 Medical Parasitology 3
ECON 270 International Economics 3
ENGR 471 Water in Africa 3
GEOG 280 Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape 3
GEOG 300 Population Geography 3
GEOG 322 Agricultural Systems 3
GEOG 323 The Geography of Human Genetics, Infectious Diseases and Diet 3
GEOG 335 Geography of Africa 3
GEOG 339 Geography of the Caribbean 3
GEOG 345 Geography of Poverty 3
GEOG 375 Political Geography 3
HTH 456 Grant Writing in Health Sciences 3
ISAT 459 Awareness and Understanding of Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons of Mass Destruction 3
IA 460 All Hazards Response and Management Systems 3
JUST 235 Justice in the Global Community 3
JUST 341 Gender and Justice 3
JUST 345 Restorative Justice 3
JUST 351 Building Democracy 3
JUST 352 Global Migration 3
JUST 353 Justice and Development 3
JUST 354 Native Justice and Resistance 3
JUST 355 Solutions to Global Poverty 3
JUST 356 Refugees and Humanitarian Response 3
JUST 357 Environmental Justice 3
JUST 372 or POSC 372 Ethics and International Politics or Ethics and International Politics 3
JUST 373 Rebuilding Post Conflict Societies 3
JUST 392 or POSC 392 Peace Studies or Peace Studies 3
NPS 300 Introduction to Nonprofits 3
NUTR 380 Global Nutrition 3
POSC 200 Global Politics 3
POSC 331 or JUST 331 Human Rights in Theory and Practice or Human Rights in Theory and Practice 3
POSC 340 Politics of Development 3
POSC 347 Comparative Public Policy 3
POSC 348 The Politics of Cultural Pluralism 3
POSC 393 Human Security 3
POSC 395 International Law 3
POSC 396 International Organizations 3
POSC 397 The Politics of International Economic Relations 3
REL 385 Religion and the Law of War 3
SCOM 331 Communication and Conflict 3
SOCI 348 Introduction to Developing Societies 3
SOWK 288 Human Rights, Social, Economic and Environmental Justice 3
SOWK 375 Grant Writing for Agencies 3
WRTC 314 Writing in the Public Sphere 3
WRTC 484 Writing for Nonprofits 3
WRTC 486 Writing in the Community 3

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