The following courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.
Relationship of human differences and conflict, and ways to nonviolently confront and work with them; differences as defined by ethnicity, race, gender, class, age, etc. (Y)
Prereq: COM 6250 or graduate standing. Overview of communication theory and practice as it relates to issues of culture, conflict and dispute resolution. (T)
Dispute settlement in numerous contexts: business, family, legal system, community, education, church, and employment. History of dispute resolution; current trends as applied to topic areas. (Y)
Prereq: graduate standing. Background and immediate causes of social conflict, from interpersonal to national to international settings, from ethnic to gender conflict; review of destructive and constructive aspects of conflict. (Y)
Prereq: graduate standing. Theoretical foundations of processes of negotiation and multi-party collaborative problem solving. Skill building simulation to integrate theory and practice. (Y)
Prereq: MGT 7780 or D R 7210. Dispute resolution growth and methods; mediation, facilitation, conciliation, fact-finding, arbitration; hybrids; dispute resolution institutions and practitioners. (Y)
Prereq: 24 credits in Dispute Resolution courses, consent of academic adviser. Field placement in dispute resolution. (Y)
Prereq: completion of all core courses except D R 7310. (Y)
Advanced independent readings and writing under supervision of graduate faculty member, in areas of special interest. (Y)