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MACS 6607 – Ethnopolitical and Community Based Conflicts
This course introduces the major methods used by states, international organizations,
and conflict resolution practitioners to eliminate, manage, and resolve ethnic and
community
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based conflicts. Case studies are used to explain conflict escalation and de
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escalation, and mechanisms of conflict intervention. Offered occasionally.
MACS 6608 - Nonviolent Social Movements
This course focuses on 20th-century nonviolent social movements such as the women's
rights and suffragist movement; Gandhi's prolonged struggle against British colonialism;
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American Civil Rights movement; the American peace
movement against the war in Vietnam; and the nonviolent movements that resulted in
the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe.
MACS 6610 – Family Violence: The Effects of Families, Communities &
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.
MACS 6611 – Race and Ethnic Relations in America
The course examines the social constructionist approach toward the study of racial and
ethnic conflict and analysis in the U.S. It is designed to assist students in increasing their
ability to analyze racial issues from a historical to a contemporary perspective and to
explore some of the basic theoretical paradigms that have been used to conceptualize
the idea of race and ethnicity from the 19th Century to the present in the U.S. The
course will also explore the affects of contemporary policies in addressing racial and
ethnic inequities and strategies used to combat racism. Offered occasionally.
MACS 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. The 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; the remedies
available in awards under federal and state law; and proceedings to confirm or to modify
or vacate arbitration awards.
MACS 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 winter.
MACS 6615 – Storytelling: Identity, Power & Transformation
This course will examine the role of narrative and storytelling in the conflict resolution
theory, research, and practice: (1) Theory regarding the relationship between language
and power will be reviewed. How storytelling and narrative can be a part of destructive
conflict or constructive conflict resolution will be explored. (2) The nature of narrative-
based research and how such research can be empowering will be examined. (3) Case
