Online International Peace and Conflict Resolution Courses
These courses are the first courses in the two new International Peace and Conflict Resolution certificate programs—Peace Education and Conflict Analysis and Transformation— beginning Fall 2009. For more information, please contact Sherry Levin, IPCR Program Manager at levins@arcadia.edu or by phone at 215-572-2858.
Introduction to Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
This course provides a graduate level introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Peace and Conflict Studies, its relationship with other academic disciplines, and to careers in the field of conflict resolution. It draws upon a variety of disciplines, especially in the social sciences, to examine the interrelationship between personal, collective, national and global levels of violence and war and efforts to reduce it. Course objectives include familiarity with: the causes, symptoms and dynamics of conflict, violence, and war (from interpersonal to global) and conflict resolution.
- Dates: May 18 - July 2, 2009
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- Price: $1,416, 3 Graduate Credits; 20% Discount Pricing!
- Course Code: IP501 (OL1)
- Period: 2009 Summer I
Topics in Contemporary Conflict Resolution
This course is the second of two core courses needed for the online International Peace and Conflict Resolution Certificate Program. It is designed to follow and compliment IP501 and prepare the students for their chosen specialization. The primary goal of this course is to assist the student in understanding the constructs of contemporary conflict and match them to conflict resolution practices today.
In this course, we will look at the ways that conflict has changed in the second half of the twentieth Century, away from interstate to more intrastate conflict, and examine how this has affected conflict resolution practices. First we will examine the reason for this change and the change in response needed to prevent, manage and resolve these conflicts. Throughout the course we will draw on current examples of conflict and identify topics often related to conflict. Topics included in this course are: Gender, identity, health, refugees and human rights. Each course will ask the student to apply what they learn to a current conflict situation and devise a system that mitigates the conflict.
- Dates: July 13 - August 28, 2009
- Price: $1,416, 3 Graduate Credits; 20% Discount Pricing!
- Course Code: IP585 (OL1)
- Period: 2009 Summer II
