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CARM 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.
CARM 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, and the remedies
available in awards under federal and state law and proceedings to confirm or to modify
or vacate arbitration awards. Offered occasionally.
CARM 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.
CARM 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.
CARM 6619 - Strategic Community Planning and Partnerships
An overview of the community from a strategic perspective, identifying: social, economic,
demographic and cultural trends and patterns within the community; areas of concern for
law enforcement and government; ways to initiate and develop community-wide
strategic planning for peaceful community relations and growth; building community
partnerships between law enforcement, the criminal justice system and community
agencies and groups; community justice; and the use of data, data collection and
analysis in developing and implementing collaborative long and short term plans for
community development, problem solving and funding initiatives. Offered occasionally.
SHSS 6620 - Academic Writing
A user-friendly seminar on how to write clear, unpretentious academic prose. Covers
technical issues–sentence structure, punctuation, tenses, idea development–in a non-
