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Sample Degree Plan: 76 credits hours (Full time)
Fall (August)
Winter (January)
Summer (May)
Year 1
CARD 5000: Foundations and
Development of Conflict
Resolution
CARD 5040: Human Factors
CARD 7110: Qualitative
Research I
CARD 5100: Mediation Theory
and Practice
CARD 7040: Theories of
Conflict and Conflict Resolution
I
CARD 7120: Qualitative
Research II
Or Elective
CARD 6140: Facilitation
Theory and Practice
(on-campus program)
Or Elective
(online program)
CARD 7050: Theories of
Conflict and Conflict
Resolution II
CARD 66__: Elective
Preliminary Review
Year 2
CARD 6120: Culture and
Conflict
CARD 66__: Elective
CARD 7090: Quantitative
Research I
CARD 5140: Negotiation
Theory and Practice
CARD 66__: Elective
CARD 7100: Quantitative
Research II
Or Elective
CARD 7020: Systems Design
Or Elective
CARD 66__: Elective
CARD 66__: Elective
Year 3
CARD 6140: Facilitation
Theory and Practice
(online program)
Or Elective
(on-campus program)
CARD 66__: Elective
CARD 7500: Teaching and
Training (or CARD 6130
Practicum I if taking that
sequence)
CARD 7001: Doctoral Seminar
(1 credit)
CARD 7510: Teaching and
Training Practicum (or CARD
6160 Practicum II if taking that
sequence)
Qualifying Examination
(Registration by Program Manager)
CARD 7901: Dissertation
Preparation (3 credits)**
**After eligible students are
registered for the Qualifying
Exam by the Program
Manager, students may then
register themselves for CARD
7901.
Year 4
CARD 7900 Dissertation
(3 credits)
CARD 7900 Dissertation
(3 credits)
CARD 7900 Dissertation
(3 credits)
Year 5
CARD 7900 Dissertation (1
Credit)
Graduation and Celebration
Please Note:
After a total of 12 dissertation credits are completed, if necessary, students
will register for 1 credit of dissertation per term until the student successfully defends the
dissertation.
Program Specifics
Practicum
To complete the Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, students must complete a
combination of two courses in practicum or teaching and training. Specifically students
enroll in one of the following sequences: Practicum I and II; or Teaching and Training, and
Teaching and Training Practicum; or Teaching and Training, and Practicum I. The purpose
