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CARM 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.
CARM 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.
CARM 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.
CARM 6664 - Restorative and Transitional Justice
This graduate seminar explores the theory and practice of both restorative justice and
transitional justice. This seminar provides students with an in-depth understanding of the
theory upon which restorative justice and transitional justice practice rest. Various forms
of practice, stemming from diverse practice settings, are also examined, including:
victim-offender mediation, victim-offender dialogue in cases of severe violence, family
group conferencing, peacemaking circles, and restorative justice practice in schools. The
seminar offers students opportunities to role-play and practice restorative justice skills.
Forms of transitional justice are also surveyed, particularly truth and reconciliation
commissions and their work around the globe. Offered occasionally.
CARM 6665 - Irish Social Conflict
This graduate seminar explores conflict at the societal-level in Ireland. Two case studies
will be used to investigate Irish conflict. First, the conflict over Northern Ireland will be
examined. In this conflict, students will consider Ireland’s historical conflict with Britain
and how it led to the conflict between Irish Catholics and British Protestants in Northern
Ireland. Then the current conflict dynamics and those of the recent past will be
considered, culminating in the Good Friday Agreement and the relative state of peaceful
co-existence that exists today. Different conflict resolution strategies employed in the
conflict will also be examined (like the use of restorative justice). The course will also
examine the intra-Irish social conflict between the settled Irish and the Irish travelers.
The travelers had a historic role as tin smiths in Irish society but, as this livelihood was
