More info about Dispute Resolution Request application info UMass Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Both are responsive to the increasing public awareness of conflict as an inescapable phenomenon affecting individuals, families and nations.
Conflict also has an impact upon how well companies and other organizations function.
A growing appreciation of conflict management and, in particular, of the relationship between effective conflict management and successful organizations has led to increased demand for rigorous and sophisticated training in this field. The MA program offers a comprehensive 36-credit curriculum encompassing dispute resolution skills, practice, analysis, theory, and research. Once dispute resolution skills have been developed and honed, students can develop context-specific dispute resolution expertise. Specialization areas offered in the MA program include, but are not limited to, education, environmental sciences, family conflict, human services, and organizational labor conflict relations. In addition, students may fulfill elective requirements with organizationally relevant courses from elsewhere in the University, and may also design their capstone final projects to suit this need.