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to develop research projects designed to extend their understanding of Islam and its
potential as a resource for peace building. Offered occasionally.
CARM 6655 - The Interdisciplinary Writer
This course is designed to assist graduate students in creating essays, thought papers,
and other pieces of writing that reach an intended audience with clarity, skillful craft, and
purpose. It includes reading and writing assignments for an academic setting focused on
interdisciplinary perspectives. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions
and improvisational writing exercises. Because this is a writing course, rather than just a
course about writing, there will be a workshop component to the class. This means that
all participants will bring in copies of their work to share to develop writing strengths and
skills, improve editing abilities, and better understand how an author's writing and those
of others, a piece’s purpose, it's organizational structure, level of craft execution,
authorial voice, and engagement of the audience. Offered occasionally.
CARM 6656 - Gender, Conflict and International Development
This course provides the student with essential understanding of the factors that shape
the social, political and economic roles of women and men in developing countries. The
course covers the concepts of gender in conflict resolution and peace building by
examining women and men’s human rights and security, and the consideration of gender
within developmental policies. and provides an overview of concepts and gender analysis
frameworks from a historical perspective. Students examine specific projects aimed at
integrating women into community development. Offered occasionally.
CARM 6657 - Conflict Coaching Theory and Practice
This course examines the growing use of conflict coaching as a conflict intervention
process and introduces different models and related theoretical foundations. The
integration of theory and practice will emphasize the various stages including identity
framework, narrative, needs assessment, goal setting, and feedback, utilizing a relational
and systems orientation. The course develops coaching skills, strategies, and knowledge,
and uses a practice-based approach, including role-plays and case studies. Offered
yearly.
CARM 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.
