College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Catalog

229 name a few. The content of the course is designed to build on the Family Theory course. This course will include a continued review of some of the major historic leaders or selected therapy models, model specific vocabulary, clinical techniques and theoretical conceptualizations. As part of the course, students will learn to become more sophisticated with regard to their understanding of family functioning and the role of therapy in an international context. MACS 6599 – Assessment of Credibility – Theory and Implications Students will explore a broad range of contemporary thought, discussion, and scientific research, relevant to the assessment of credibility with the goal of developing a base of knowledge for the assessment of statements made by, or on behalf of, individuals, groups, political parties, and government, both domestic and foreign. Topics that will be explored include, but are not limited to, the "making and unmaking of ignorance", defining what constitutes a "lie", the ubiquitous nature of lying, the many reasons for lying, and how lying is used in varying contexts by individuals, business, and government. MACS 6600 – International Conflict Resolution This course reviews international conflict resolution in many settings and includes informal mediation by private interveners and scholar practitioners; formal mediation by individual, regional, transnational, and international organizations; and mediation within small and large states. MACS 6603 – Resolving Environmental & Public Disputes This course focuses on the theoretical bases, practical applications, process orientations, and actual intervention into complex multiparty, multi-issue public disputes. Focus is on social/environmental interactions and sources of political and economic conflict over human health environmental protection and natural resource scarcity. Offered occasionally. MACS 6604 – Gender & Conflict This course examines gender roles in conflict and how conflict is experienced and perceived by men and women. Course material includes feminist theories, men's studies, religion, literature, history, anthropology, film, television, psychology, the justice system, and alternative dispute resolution. Offered occasionally. MACS 6605 – Introduction to Institutional Assessment Introduction to Institutional Assessment: This course will introduce students to the field of institutional assessment and planning, emphasizing the higher education environment and its unique challenges. Students will explore the functions of educational institutions across systems, develop an understanding of the concepts of institutional assessment and administrative issues in higher education, learn to use core technologies and methodologies for research applications, and build experience navigating the political and interpersonal dynamics that promote effective institutional assessment. Offered occasionally. MACS 6607 – Ethnopolitical and Community Based Conflicts This course introduces the major methods used by states, international organizations, and conflict resolution practitioners to eliminate, manage, and resolve ethnic and community‐based conflicts. Case studies are used to explain conflict escalation and de‐escalation, and mechanisms of conflict intervention. Offered occasionally. MACS 6608 - Nonviolent Social Movements This course focuses on 20th-century nonviolent social movements such as the women's rights and suffragist movement; Gandhi's prolonged struggle against British colonialism; Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American Civil Rights movement; the American peace movement against the war in Vietnam; and the nonviolent movements that resulted in the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe. MACS 6610 – Family Violence: The Effects of Families, Communities & Workplaces This course explores the overall effects of trauma and violence on individuals, families, communities, and the workplace. Issues of abuse, violence, and systemic responses are explored in relation to their effect on individual behavior, family dynamics, service provision, and community systems. Methods for identifying such issues in the context of family mediation and other types of conflict intervention are explored. Offered occasionally. MACS 6611 – Race and Ethnic Relations in America The course examines the social constructionist approach toward the study of racial and ethnic conflict and analysis in the U.S. It is designed to assist students in increasing their ability to analyze racial issues from a historical to a contemporary perspective and to explore some of the basic theoretical paradigms that have been used to conceptualize the idea of race and ethnicity from the 19th Century to the present in the U.S. The course will also explore the effects of contemporary policies in addressing racial and ethnic inequities and strategies used to combat racism. Offered occasionally. MACS 6613 - Arbitration Theory and Practice The purpose of this course is to help understand the theory and processes of arbitration for a wide variety of cases. The course will cover the nature, enforceability and scope of arbitration clauses; other requirements to arbitrate; the powers of arbitrators; issues that typically arise in arbitration; the conduct of arbitration hearings; the remedies available in awards under federal and state law; and proceedings to confirm or to modify or vacate arbitration awards.