7 courses with the subject IDS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
IDS 250Conflict and Culture4
meets the Peace Core Global Citizenship requirement This course provides an introduction to concepts of conflict and constructs of culture that influence conflict resolution. Students are exposed to concepts of culture that shape its members’ attitudes toward conflict, concepts that explain the relationship between culture and the ways people engage in conflict, and an examination of how a culture’s conflict style affects individuals navigating conflict resolution. Regions studied will include Western cultures, Asia, and Africa. This course is reading and writing intensive. 148 | 2026-27 William Peace University Academic Catalog
A course whose content may vary from term to term according to the needs of the academic department, student demand or the interests of the faculty member.
You will distinguish rhetorical and explanatory statements from rational arguments and develop the skills required to think critically about any issue that may arise in your academic, professional, or personal endeavors. You will practice identifying, interpreting, and evaluating arguments of the sort found in books, journal articles, speeches, newspaper editorials, letters to the editor, magazine articles, and scientific reports. Offered spring.
A course of study addressing a specific topic or problem of interest to a student, designed collaboratively by the student and faculty member(s), and resulting in a paper, report, critiqued performance or production, or other assessable evidence of value added to the student’s educational experience. A contract of expectations by the student and by the supervising faculty member(s) must be approved by the advisor and the Vice President for Academic Affairs prior to registration. No more than eight (8) semester hours toward the baccalaureate degree can consist of directed study credit. 150 | 2026-27 William Peace University Academic Catalog
IDS 470Animals, Science, and Contemporary Society4
You will examine selected topics from the perspectives of multiple disciplines. These topics may include mask wearing and enforcement in a pandemic, vaccine distribution and enforcement in a pandemic, organ sales, surrogate motherhood, physician-assisted suicide, human experimentation, climate change, animal pain and consciousness, primates, vegetarianism, animal experimentation, hunting, or zoos. You will take two essay exams and write a research term paper. In class, you will openly discuss the issue for the day, analyze “pro” and “con” positions on the issue, and participate in paper workshops. You will also engage in a service-learning project related to one of the course topics. You will improve your ability to apply useful ways of asking questions, to gather information, to evaluate evidence, to understand the world, and to confront moral problems. A student may not earn credit for taking both IDS 270 and
