masters-negotiations-and-conflict-management

Degree Requirements and Learning Outcomes


 Earn your Master of Science in Negotiations and Conflict Management at UBalt. 

 

Degree Requirements

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2018 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
  • Read the course descriptions.

This 36-credit program requires the following:

  • 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)
Choose two courses consistent with your academic and professional goals either within the CNCM program or allied disciplines within the broader College of Public Affairs, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, and the Merrick School of Business, in consultation with the CNCM program adviser or program director.
  • 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.*

*NOTE: You must have completed OR be concurrently enrolled in Research Methods (CNCM 510), AND have the program director's advanced approval prior to registering for CNCM 798.

 

Program Mission and Learning Outcomes

 
The mission of the Master of Science in Negotiations and Conflict Management program is to expose students to conflict management in a variety of settings from the interpersonal to the international and prepare them for positions in which the ability to assess and intervene in conflict may be useful and/or careers in which conflict management skills are necessary. Negotiations and Conflict Management graduates are prepared to use both reflective practice and best practices grounded in conflict theory in ways that will allow them to help others--individuals, families, neighborhoods, organizations, and social and ethnic groups--take steps towards managing their conflicts more constructively, resolving them when possible, and sometimes even transforming them by improving the communication and changing the dynamics between conflicting parties.

Upon completing the M.S. in Negotiations and Conflict Management program, students must be able to:

1. Identify problems in either research or applied conflict management settings.

2. Evaluate utility of existing literature and its application in either research or applied settings.

3. Assess evidence to propose Conflict Management in either research or applied settings.

4. Apply appropriate practice skills in real or simulated conflict situations.

5. Integrate conflict management theory and research with either analysis or practice.

6. Communicate effectively in writing and/or oral presentation.

as of fall 2018