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Africa, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sri Lanka, Canada, Argentina and others. Offered
occasionally.
CARD 6668 - Organizing Nonviolent Social Change
This is a practice course that aims to provide students with the skills necessary to make
nonviolent social change happen. It grows out of experiences in legislative advocacy in
Washington DC and community mobilization on conflict resolution and federal
appropriations allocations for HIV Aids programming. Students will explore some of the
practicalities of nonviolent social action and how to participate more effectively in
initiatives. Cases of nonviolent struggle, principles of strategy, and the techniques and
methods of nonviolent action will be covered. Some skills covered will be: How to frame
messages for mobilization, how to raise funding (including taking advantage of internet
use), how to work with the media etc. Students will be assigned skill based exercises like
creating posters (hard copy or electronic), writing talking points for legislative testimony
etc. We will use strategies from Gene Sharp and Saul Alinsky (tutor to Hillary Clinton and
President Obama). Offered occasionally.
CARD 6669- Peace Education
This course will introduce students to the central concepts, theories, current debates and
cutting-edge practices as regards peace education. Essential questions include what
peace education is, experiential learning, how do faculty design curriculum around peace
education, how faculty can address nonviolence in the classroom, best practices in
assisting students to understand the role of power and inequalities in conflict, and how to
facilitate student (and teacher) understanding of entrenched historical conflicts. Offered
occasionally.
CARD 7001- Doctoral Seminar
This course is designed to provide support, information, resources, coaching and
feedback to doctoral students in preparation for the qualifying examination. Primarily,
the course focuses on preparation for the qualifying examination and assisting students
in organizing their resources and time. Prerequisites: CARD 6130 and CARD 6160; CARD
7500 and CARD 7510; or CARD 6130 and CARD 7500. Offered all terms.
CARD 7020 – Systems Design: History and Contemporary Practice
An examination of concepts of dispute resolution systems design. Includes the influence
of organizational culture and prevailing social and cultural norms on the design and
implementation of dispute resolution systems. Explores dispute resolution systems for
neighborhoods, religious organizations, ethnic groups, business associations, and other
settings that have relatively clear boundaries and shared norms. Offered summer.
CARD 7040 - Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution I
This course examines macro and micro theories from social science disciplines about the
nature of conflict and various approaches to conflict resolution. Offered winter.
CARD 7050 - Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution II
Continuation of CARM 5020 or CARD 7040. Prerequisite: CARD 7040. Offered summer.
CARD 7090 - Quantitative Research I: Methods and Tools
Covers a range of quantitative research methods and designs including questionnaires,
interviews and surveys, sampling, attitude and rating scales, tests of statistical
significance, experiments, and the basics of descriptive statistics and univariate analysis.
Offered fall.
