Degree Requirements

These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2009 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled. You can also reference the graduation requirements for the year in which you enrolled on the portal; view graduation requirements by year (PDF) in the right-hand column of your MyResources page.

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This 42-credit program comprises three levels:

  • Level One: Core Courses
  • Level Two: Advanced Perspective Courses
  • Level Three: Internship and Capstone Experience

 

These credits include:

Core Courses (24 credits)
  • The Conflict Management Profession (CNCM 504)
  • Understanding and Assessing Conflict (CNCM 506)
  • Approaches to Managing Conflict/Methods of Dispute Resolution (CNCM 508)
  • Research Methods (CNCM 510)
  • Negotiations: Theory and Practice (CNCM 513)
  • Mediation: Theory and Practice (CNCM 515)
  • Organizational Conflict and Conflict Management Systems (CNCM 730)
  • Ethnic and Cultural Factors in Conflict (CNCM 740)
Advanced Perspective Courses (12 credits)

Choose four courses, including at least one course from each of the following three groupings:

Individual and Interpersonal Perspectives

  • Interviewing (APPL 604)
  • Advanced Theories of Personality and Counseling (APPL 605)
  • Human Relations (APPL 612)
  • Advanced Mediation Skills (CNCM 519)
  • Special Topics (CNCM 620)
  • The Victim: Crime, Victims and Society (CRJU 702)
  • Advanced Topics in Information Systems (INSS 797)
  • Evidence (LAW 651)
  • Professional Responsibility (LAW 652)
  • Collective Bargaining Seminar (LAW 805)
  • Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling (LAW 813)
  • Litigation Process (LAW 817)
  • Family Law Workshop (LAW 827)
  • Mediation Skills (LAW 832)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar (LAW 850)
  • Law of Contracts (LEST 603)
  • Family Law (LEST 606)
  • Special Topics in Public Administration (PUAD 705)

Managerial and Governmental Perspectives

  • Organizational Psychology (APPL 641)
  • Motivation, Satisfaction and Leadership (APPL 642)
  • Employment Law in Human Resource Management (APPL 646)
  • Work Groups in Organizations (APPL 650)
  • Arbitration: Theory and Practice (CNCM 517)
  • Special Topics (CNCM 620)
  • Managing Police Organizations (CRJU 640)
  • Managing Correctional Institutions (CRJU 642)
  • Economics (ECON 504)
  • The Health Services Systems (ECON 765)
  • Leading With Integrity (MGMT 600)
  • Human Resource and Compensation Management (MGMT 710)
  • Labor Relations and Conflict Management (MGMT 725)
  • Leadership, Learning and Change (MGMT 730)
  • Leadership: Self-Organization in the Firm (MGMT 732)
  • Organizational Creativity, Change and Entrepreneurship (MGMT 760)
  • Management of Health-Care Organizations and Professionals (MGMT 765)
  • Special Topics in Management (MGMT 797)
  • Public Employee Union Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (PUAD 731)
  • Sociology of Work and Organizations (SOCI 682)

Cultural, Ethical and Policy Perspectives

  • Psychology and the Law (APPL 624)
  • Advanced Social Psychology (APPL 643)
  • Special Topics (CNCM 620) 
  • Administration of Justice (CRJU 610)
  • Police and Society (CRJU 631)
  • Seminar in Judicial Administration (CRJU 713)
  • Global and Domestic Business Environment (ECON 640)
  • Criminal Law (LAW 604)
  • Environmental Law (LAW 719)
  • Sports Law (LAW 763)
  • Legal and Ethical Arguments (LEST 507)
  • Law and Morality (LEST 508)
  • Topics in Law (LEST 605)
  • Professional Ethics (LEST 624)
  • Employment Law and the Human-Resource Manager (MGMT 712)
  • Policy Issues in Health Care (PUAD 751)
  • Environmental Policy and Administration (PUAD 761)
  • Seminar on Race and Ethnic Relations (SOCI 655)
Internship and Capstone Experience (6 credits)
  • Internship (CNCM 790): You will work with the internship director to choose an appropriate internship.
  • Capstone Course (CNCM 798): Integrate what you have learned in your core courses, your chosen elective courses and your internship experience and any other applicable knowledge you have gained to achieve a comprehensive understanding of conflict management.
as of fall 2009