College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Catalog

165 leading, a journal in a professional position. This course is useful for students who intend to pursue a professional role in journal editing and those who intend to contribute to respected journals or other regular publications with a high quality standard. CARM 6000 – Organizational Conflict: Theory and Practice This course examines organizations, the causes and manifestations of organizational conflict, and interventions including: organizational theories, organizational development, systems theories, group dynamics, and dispute systems design. Students will learn to apply theory to the assessment of conflict and the design of appropriate intervention models within organizations, and will be introduced to consultation models. Prerequisites: CARM or CARD 5040. Offered summer. CARM 6120 - Culture and Conflict: Cross- cultural Perspectives This course examines the nature and meaning of conflict, conflict management techniques, and the assessment of conflict situations from a cross-cultural perspective. Explores various models for training third parties to function effectively in handling disputes where cultural differences are a significant factor. Also addresses various theoretical and practical implications of indigenous conflict management techniques and beliefs found in different cultural settings. Offered fall. CARM 6130 - Practicum I: Supervised Field Experience This course is a field research project that incorporates classroom knowledge and real-world settings. Students will demonstrate their ability to apply theory to practice and analyze situations utilizing knowledge from previous course work. Prerequisites: CARM 5000 and CARM 5040 and CARM 5020 AND 1 of the following CARM 5100, CARM 5140, CARM 6140. Offered all terms. CARM 6140 - Facilitation Theory and Practice This course develops students' skills in working with groups. It incorporates theories and models of group dynamics, facilitation, and group development, as well as workshop development and delivery. This course uses a practice- based approach, including role-plays and workshop presentations. Prerequisites: CARM or CARD 5040. Offered fall and winter (online) and summer (on-campus). CARM 6150 Professional Practice & Ethics This course will examine current ethical challenges of practice in the field of conflict resolution and peace studies. Some questions to be explored will include the following: What are major ethical dilemmas facing peace and conflict resolution practitioners? Can there be and should there be universally-accepted, over-arching standards of ethical conduct and practice that guide their work? Through a combination of seminars, cases studies and discussions, students will explore challenges facing peace and conflict resolution practitioners, working at the local, national, and international levels. Students will analyze the ethical issues and dilemmas related to specific cases, research what various scholars and practitioners have written about best practices to determine what was done ‘right’ and what could have been improved. Students will also collaborate on reasoned approaches and responses to ethical issues in conflict resolution practice. This course takes a personal development approach, incorporating a learning laboratory model wherein students can learn about their personal values, biases, prejudices, and working assumptions in order to become reflective and ethical practitioners. Through the use of peer review exercises and several self- assessment tools, students will be able to explore their own personal readiness to help others prevent and resolve their conflicts. Students will also identify areas for further development and ways to help overcome these shortcomings. Prerequisites: 2 of the following 3: CARM 5100, CARM 5140, CARM 6140. CARM 6160 - Practicum II: Supervised Field Experience Continuation of CARM 6130. Prerequisites: CARM 6130. Offered fall and winter. CARM 6170 - Violence Prevention and Intervention This course examines various theories of human aggression and violence, exploring their underlying assumptions about human nature and the causes of violence. Also included is an introduction to a range of violence intervention and prevention approaches developed for use at the interpersonal, intergroup, and societal level. Offered summer and fall. CARM 6300 –Master’s Thesis: (six credits) (optional) This course is taken over a two-term period in lieu of two electives required for completion of the degree program. The thesis may be an extended literature review of an approved subject, an approved independent research project, or a combination of the two (for further information, including prerequisites, see master’s thesis handbook) Prerequisites: students must have 27 credits. CARM 6400 - Comprehensive Exam in Progress Students who need to take any part of the comprehensive examination will be enrolled in this course. CARM 6600 Special Topics in Conflict Resolution This course explores a variety of topics related to the field of conflict analysis and resolution, with the specific focus for each section determined by faculty on a case- by-case basis. The course provides for the exploration of topics of interest to faculty and students and/or timely topics, which are not covered by existing electives.