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

139 CARD 6607 – Ethno-political 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 Yearly. CARD 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. Offered occasionally. CARD 6610 – Family Violence: The Effects on Families, Communities and 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. CARD 6611 – Race and Ethnic Relations in America This course examines the social constructionist approach toward the study of racial and ethnic conflict and conflict analysis in the U.S. It is designed to assist students in increasing their ability to analyze racial issues from a historical and contemporary perspective, and to explore the basic theoretical paradigms that have been used to conceptualize the idea of race and ethnicity from the 19 th century to the present. The course will also explore the effects of contemporary policies in addressing racial and ethnic inequities, and strategies to combat racism. Offered occasionally. CARD 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. This 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. Offered occasionally. CARD 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 occasionally. CARD 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.