The system may be effective or not. This course applies the principles of mediation and other forms of intervention to a particular context. Each year the context changes. Possibilities include intervention in environmental disputes, family disputes, organizational disputes, or international disputes. This advanced course offers intensive study of the human and moral issues that make environmental conflicts so complex.
Students select a case study and examine it in some depth throughout the course.
This seminar provides an opportunity for students to focus their conflict management training on issues and conflicts that occur in a specific setting. Specialization options include, among others, business, education, environmental sciences, human services, labor studies, and public affairs. Students acquire an understanding of how conflict arises and is managed in a particular setting. Each project culminates in a work product, such as a research paper or written account of the applied project, that demonstrates substantial progress beyond previous learning. An advanced course offering intensive study of a selected topic in dispute resolution.