College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

138 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). CARD 6160 - Practicum II: Supervised Field Experience Continuation of CARD 6130 Practicum I: Supervised Field Experience. Prerequisite: CARD 6130. Offered fall and winter. CARD 6170 - Violence Prevention 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. CARD 6601 - 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. Offered occasionally. CARD 6602 - Resolving Environmental and 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. CARD 6604 - Gender and 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. CARD 6605 – Institutional Assessment in Conflict Resolution Practice 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. CARD 6606 – Advanced Mediation Skills This course will oblige students to examine conventional wisdom and the students’ own beliefs to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the potentials and limits of mediation in a wide variety of contexts. The course will cover selected mediation issues and skills in more depth than possible in an introductory survey of mediation. Students will analyze issues such as convening mediations, eliciting and satisfying interests, maintaining impartiality, dealing with power imbalances, handling apparent impasses, identifying and handling various ethical problems, and writing agreements. Students will also discuss practical aspects of operating a practice such as getting clients, billing, developing good relationships with other professionals, and creating standard forms. Prerequisites: CARM or CARD 5100. Offered occasionally.