Each of the five partner departments (history, political science, psychology, sociology, theology) has specific requirements for earning a dual Ph.D., while the requirements in peace studies are similar for all doctoral students. Doctoral students typically:
- meet course requirements and pass a comprehensive exam in one partner department as well as in peace studies
- take a minimum of 6 required peace studies courses taught by Kroc Institute faculty as well as departmental courses with significant content relevant to peace studies
- study core peace studies literature and research design
- submit a peace studies article to a scholarly journal to be considered for publication
- submit at least one proposal to an external funding agency for doctoral research
- complete a teaching assistantship in Introduction to Peace Studies
- complete one or more research or teaching assistantships with Kroc Institute faculty engaged in scholarship related to the Institute's research themes, and
- conduct dissertation research and writing under the guidance of Kroc faculty and fellows.
Foundational peace studies courses for the Ph.D. include:
- International Peace Research: Origins, Methodologies, Results
- Strategic Peacebuilding: Organizing the Field
- Methods in Peace Research
- Conflict Transformation through Dialogue: from Theory to Practice
- Kroc Research Seminar
- Elective in peace studies
Sample electives include (subject to change)
- Communal and Transnational Conflict Resolution
- Ethics, Law, and International Conflict
- Gender and Human Development
- Gender, Conflict, and Peace Studies
- Globalization and Multinational Corporate Responsibility
- International Political Economy
- Islam and Muslim-Christian Dialogue
- Modern Genocide
- Nonviolent Social Change
- Peacebuilding and Public Policy
- Politics of Reconciliation
- Social Movements in Global Perspective
- Trauma and Peacebuilding
- Theories of Civil War and Civil Conflict
- Universal Protection of Human Rights
- Women's Human Rights
For information on departmental offerings, see the websites for the departments of history, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology.