随着政府和非政府组织努力寻找解决冲突而不求助于暴力的方法，和平与冲突研究在国际上和国家内部都变得越来越重要。和平与冲突研究研究了许多社会和政治问题，包括国际冲突，维和，土著政治，道德以及正义与发展政治。本专业的目的是使您了解政治冲突的起因以及为之寻求和平解决方案的可能性。这就需要开发用于分析社会和政治局势的诊断工具，具有参与和理解替代行动方案评估和政治分析技能的能力。
Peace and Conflict Studies are assuming increasing importance both internationally and within nations as governments and non-government organisations struggle to find ways of resolving conflicts without recourse to violence. Peace and Conflict Studies examine a number of social and political issues including international conflict, peacekeeping, indigenous politics, ethics and justice and development politics. The objective of the this major is to provide you with an understanding of the causes of political conflict and the possibilities of finding peaceful solutions to them. This requires development of diagnostic tools for the analysis of social and political situations, a capacity to engage in and understand the evaluation of alternative courses of action and political analysis skills.