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CARD 6658 - Transformational Narratives
Across cultures, people effectively communicate about their conflicts and issues through
narratives. In any helping profession, it is effective to create useful change with a clear
understanding of the strategies of transformational narratives. By understanding what
creates change in stories, we can help people rewrite their own accounts in ways that
redefine their possibilities. This course offers analyses of narratives from traditions of
conflict resolution and other interdisciplinary perspectives, promoting the ability to
reframe, refocus, and creatively intervene in stories of a personal and social nature to
open useful possibilities for people who carry stories of unresolved struggle. Offered
occasionally.
CARM 6659 - Conflict and Peace Building in Africa
This course examines conflict and peace building dynamics in the African continent. Its
content includes a survey of contemporary macro-level conflicts in Africa and an
examination of their historical and more immediate causes. Class participants will explore
the causes and effects of such conflicts and investigate prospects for constructive
transformation. Past and ongoing resolution and peace building efforts will be discussed,
and class members will propose a peace building strategy for a case of their choice.
Offered occasionally.
CARD 6660 - Conflict Management in Groups: Overt and Covert Dynamics
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with knowledge, skills and attitudes
to be effective in groups with an emphasis on analyzing and managing overt and covert
conflict. The course also examines issues of communication, leadership, power and
authority in relation to group and interpersonal effectiveness. This course enables
participants to cope with complex issues as they emerge in the natural life of small
groups, large groups and organizations. Learning about group life is gained through
direct experience in a temporary learning organization created in the course. The course
is designed as a living laboratory where members can experience and explore group life
as it occurs. Offered occasionally.
CARD 6661- Middle Eastern Conflict
This graduate seminar explores the many different types of conflict found in the Middle
East. It seeks to provide students with the analytical tools and skills required to explain
the causes, understand the actors, and analyze and/or predict the outcomes of specific
Middle Eastern conflicts. To meet these objectives we will evaluate broad types of Middle
Eastern conflict such as religious, ethnic, and cultural, militarized conflicts, civil wars, and
occupations. We will also evaluate Middle Eastern conflict negotiation, the Middle East
peace process, why negotiation and peace has failed, and what needs to be done so that
Middle East peace could be achieved. Finally, we will look at the future of Middle Eastern
conflicts. Offered occasionally.
CARD 6662 - Political Violence
Political Violence is a graduate seminar that explores the many different types of political
violence; specifically looking at revolutions, terrorism, and transitional-institutional
political violence. This seminar examines a wide range of topics in order to provide the
student with a deeper understanding of political violence. We will engage in a thoughtful
and in-depth examination of the definitions, causes, and consequences of political
violence, as well as consider the different means to countering political violence. Offered
occasionally.
