This course acquaints students with theory and research on collaboration, with particular emphasis on the relationship between collaboration and communication in situations of cultural and ethnic conflict. It begins with a focus on what sorts of problems and conflicts are best suited to collaborative interventions, and then sets out the essential features of a high-quality collaborative process and the various communicative acts that are essential to creating and maintaining such a process, which students practice in a simulation of a variety of cross cultural contexts.
Code
PO5081
Name
COLLABORATIVE METH. IN CONFLICT RES.
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
College Level=Graduate OR College Level=Graduate - Continuing OR College Level=New Student - Grad
Co-requisites
None
Equivalencies
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
PO (Politics)
Level
Graduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
3111
Last update with CAMS
Understanding of conflict resolution as a field of practice
Knowledge of the role of communication processes in both escalating conflict & facilitating more peaceful contexts
Ability to use communication and cross-cultural skills necessary to be an effective practitioner
Practice the core conflict resolution processes of mediation, facilitation and dialogue
Understanding key ethical and practical challenges in the field
Developing one’s ability to be a reflective practitioner
Strategies to pursue professional opportunities