The minor graduate field of peace studies and peace science allows graduate students to deepen their knowledge of international security, the structure and function of multinational systems, and the general areas of conflict analysis, conflict management, and conflict resolution. 

The peace studies concentration emphasizes historical, institutional, and policy-oriented approaches, while the peace science concentration emphasizes mathematical modeling and game-theoretic models. 

The minor concentrations are intended to complement basic study in such fields as government, history, anthropology, public affairs, industrial and labor relations, agricultural economics, city and regional planning, civil and environmental engineering, economics, operations research, psychology, sociology, and science and technology studies.