College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Catalog

232 MACS 6640 – Critical Incidents Response This course will provide an in-depth analysis and understanding of inter-group and intra-group dynamics associated with the organizational response to critical incidents such as hostage/barricade management, terrorism, kidnapping, natural and other disasters, and tactical operations, which comprises the negotiations team, the tactical team, and the on-scene commander, as well as coordination of efforts with government, organizations, and the community. Topics include: inter-group and intra-group conflict intervention and communication strategies, negotiation, tactical, and command protocols, hostage/barricade resolution continuum options, and case studies. Offered summer. MACS 6641 – Conflict and Crisis Negotiation This course will provide an overview of law enforcement crisis negotiation and its application to crisis situations, such as domestic violence encounters on an individual level and hostage/barricade encounters on an organizational level. Lecture, expert demonstration, and interactive negotiation with role play will provide an experiential learning environment for understanding and applying active listening skills, empathy, rapport, influence, and behavioral change concepts to conflict and crisis situations. Offered fall. MACS 6643 – Social Aspects of Terrorism This course will examine a wide range of different cultures and societies with a special emphasis placed upon political violence. Regions explored are: Basque country, Chechnya, Colombia, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe. Of particular importance are the dimensions of terrorism, trauma, and violence through an understanding of colonialism, discourse, history, material culture, media, rebellion, revolution, and separatism. Additionally, the course will focus upon the causes of 9/11 and the recent fomentation of international terrorism. By exploring the subject of terrorism form an anthropological perspective will demonstrate the complexities and various interpretations concerning the political uses through the appreciation of interdisciplinary analysis. MACS 6644 – Consulting with Leaders in Organizational Conflict: A Four Framed Approach Studies clearly show that successful leaders of twenty-first century organizations need to make sense of complex conflict situations before taking action. This course combines theory and practice to equip students to assist organizational leaders in developing both diagnostic and behavioral sophistication by using multiple frames before taking action. Participants will engage in classroom learning, on-line assistance, and leadership coaching with a client and organization of their own choosing. MACS 6645 – Indigenous Systems of Conflict Resolution This course is designed to make contributions to the field by exploring the processes of conflict resolution and peacemaking as practiced by the indigenous communities around the world. Class members will engage in an in‐ depth exploration of techniques of peacemaking, as practiced in various parts of the world. MACS 6646 – The Anthropology of Peace and Conflict This course will explore the social dynamics of disputing and undertaking detailed examinations of specific cases. By examining diverse expressions of conflict and different means of controlling it, students will deepen their understanding of conflict analysis and broaden their perspectives on how disputes can be managed. Course topics will include the cooperative and aggressive components of human nature, the social construction of violence, genocide, and war, and the relationship between conflict resolution, social control, inequality, and justice. MACS 6647 – Risk Management for Organizations This course examines risks across all types of organizations, including healthcare. The course will outline various types of risk exposures including pure, operational, project, technical, business and political. Students will learn how to develop a systemic risk management program for any organization through risk identification, qualitative impact analysis, quantitative impact analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring. MACS 6648 – Researching Conflict In this course, students and instructors will together conceptualize, design and carry out a mixed methods research study on a topic connected to violence. The students and instructors will decide on a research problem to be studied. The goal of the elective is to help students deepen their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research and hone research skills. The course will be a collaborative effort, building on the experience, knowledge, expertise, and interest of all of the participants. Prerequisites: MACS 5200 MACS 6650 – International Negotiation: Principles, Process and Issues This course describes and analyzes the major principles, processes and issues of international negotiation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It seeks to provide students with the analytical tools skills required to explain and predict the outcome of specific (bilateral or multilateral) negotiations through the study of various explanation factors, including: stability and change in the structure of the existing "international system"; the individual characteristics of the nations-states parties (power/capabilities, interests, culture/values, negotiating styles, etc.; the strategic and tactical moves of those considered as "key players"; as well as the role of smaller states and non-state actors.