新学院的和平研究计划着重于如何通过性别，种族，种族和宗教等社会热点来发展或破坏和平。通过培养创造和维持和平的能力的课程，毕业生成为民权组织，非政府组织以及政治和企业<br>部门的重要资产。专注于和平研究的社会文化分析文学学士学位是一项独特的跨学科课程，可促进对和平的批判性调查。它主要是通过人文学科来做到这一点的，但不是唯一的，它对与性别，种族，种族和宗教等问题有关的和平进行了分析。学生学习有关和平及其实现方法的许多观点，包括建立和平，非暴力以及避免和解决冲突的理论和实践。该课程以历史，语言学，文学，伦理学
The BA program in social and cultural analysis with a concentration in peace studies is a unique, transdisciplinary offering that fosters a critical investigation of peace. It does so primarily through a humanities lens, but not exclusively, and it provides an analysis of peace in connection with issues such as gender, ethnicity, race and religion.<br><br>Students learn many perspectives on peace and approaches to it, including theories and practices of peace building, nonviolence, and conflict avoidance and resolution. The program builds on the expertise of faculty in the humanities and social sciences in fields such as history, linguistics, literature, ethics, philosophy, sociology, ethnic studies, and women and gender studies.