College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Catalog

230 MACS 6614 – Workshop Development This course helps students to create a connection between the graduate program and professional life by learning how to create, develop, and present workshops and training in the field of conflict resolution. Students will learn concepts and principles necessary to create and design workshops for adults and for children. Students will actually develop and present workshops in class in order to gain experience, have a finished product, and get valuable feedback from participants. Offered winter. MACS 6615 – Storytelling: Identity, Power & Transformation This course will examine the role of narrative and storytelling in the conflict resolution theory, research, and practice: (1) Theory regarding the relationship between language and power will be reviewed. How storytelling and narrative can be a part of destructive conflict or constructive conflict resolution will be explored. (2) The nature of narrative- based research and how such research can be empowering will be examined. (3) Case studies and possibilities for using storytelling-based projects as a means of peace building will be discussed. Offered occasionally. MACS 6616 – Trauma & Violence: Global Perspectives This course will look at issues of war, regional violence, torture, forced relocation, ethnic cleansing, rape and other issues related to regional conflict, and then focus on conflict intervention models. Relief and assistance programs from humanitarian relief, the Red Cross, UN programs, Quaker NGO's, Christian relief efforts, and others will be examined with a focus on trauma intervention as a conflict resolution career option. Discussion will center on how conflict specialists can connect, work with, and influence humanitarian aid efforts, capacity building, democratization efforts, and conflict transformation projects. MACS 6618 – The Reflective Practitioner: Consulting, Conflict, and Change in Organizational Settings A hands on, clinically based course in which students will form consulting teams (like in consulting firms) and actually do consulting in the community. Offered occasionally. MACS 6619 – Strategic Community Planning An overview of the community form a strategic perspective, identifying: social, economic, demographic and cultural trends and patterns within the community; areas of concern for law enforcement and government; ways to initiate and develop community-wide strategic planning for peaceful community relations and growth; building community partnerships between law enforcement, the criminal justice system and community justice; and the use of data, data collection and analysis in developing and implementing collaborating long and short terms plans for community development, problem solving and funding initiatives. Offered occasionally. MACS 6621 – Introduction to Human Rights Theory & Practice This course provides students with an introductory survey of political, philosophical, historical, economic, and legal considerations related to fundamental human rights concepts. Students will examine human rights issues in both domestic and international arenas. In particular, the course addresses the issues of the ideological and cultural origins of human rights theory; the sources of rights and rights violations; the impact of the nation-state system, governments and other institutions (such as corporations, churches, and universities), and domestic and foreign policies particularly of the U.S. on human rights law and enforcement. Finally, students examine the wide variety of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights warranting protection. Offered occasionally. MACS 6622 – Legal Concepts This course will provide an overview of the U.S. legal system as it relates to alternative methods of resolving conflicts. Students will learn legal terminology, the judicial system, judicial procedures, the fundamentals of legal research and legal writing, and where alternative methods such as mediation and arbitration relate to legal processes. Students will also explore legal and procedural concepts such as: collaborative legal practices, state and federal authority, restorative justice, victim-offender programs, and the relationship between U.S. and international legal procedures. The class will be interactive with research, writing, class presentations, and guest presentations. Offered occasionally. MACS 6623 – Practicum III This course is a more advanced 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. Pre-requisite – Program Approval Required. MACS 6624 – Advanced Practicum This practicum experience is a faculty- driven experience in which a faculty member will design a project in conjunction with another organization or university and students selected for the practicum will work on that project with the faculty member. The project may also entail a one to two week mandatory field experience in which students and the faculty member will work on the project on location. Students will be responsible for their expenses. Students will apply for this practicum and must be selected. MACS 6625 – Global Field Studies in Conflict Resolution The Global Field Studies Practicum Course in Conflict Resolution incorporates a field- immersion component as part of this practicum course. It is developed around principles of multidisciplinary conflict analysis, management, and resolution