Conflict Resolution
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Dean: Andrew Harris
College of Business
Dean: Linda Oubre
College of Ethnic Studies
Dean: Kenneth Monteiro
College of Health and Social Sciences
Interim Dean: Alvin Alvarez
Conflict Resolution Program
HUM 484
Director: Susan Shimanoff
Program
Certificate in Conflict Resolution
Program Scope
The purpose of this certificate is to learn to manage conflicting positions in various contexts and to develop constructive ways to engage in dispute management or conflict negotiation. Students may use this certificate to enhance their understanding of the critical role that conflict and its resolution plays in the world today. This certificate would complement degree programs in communication, criminal justice, labor and employment studies, ethnic studies, business, international relations, psychology, political science, and women and gender studies.
Career Outlook
Completion of the certificate contributes to a student's preparation for employment in such fields as counseling, criminal justice, diplomacy, education, government, human resources, international relations, labor, law, management, mediation, public relations, and social work.
Certificate in Conflict Resolution
It is recommended that General Education Areas A and B4 (formerly Segment I) be completed prior to students beginning this program. Students must pass a GWAR course before receiving the certificate.
Note: Courses in the certificate may be substituted on advisement. At least three courses in the certificate must have a prefix that is different from the student's major prefix.
Conflict Resolution, Certificate — 21 - 37 units
Courses are 3 units unless otherwise indicated.
Core Courses (12 - 18 units)
Introduction to Conflict Resolution
Units (3 - 4) chosen from the following:
Alternative Models of Conflict Resolution
Units (3 - 6) chosen from the following:
- AFRS 660 Civil Rights Movement and Education
- COMM 534 Mediation Theory and Practice (4)
- COMM 543 Dialogues Across Differences (4)
- ECON 511/ Collective Bargaining
- LABR 511 Collective Bargaining
- GPS 315/ Introduction to Global Peace Studies [If not selected in the core.]
- I R 315/ Introduction to Global Peace Studies
- PHIL 315 Introduction to Global Peace Studies
- GPS 375/ Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S.
- PHIL 375 Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S.
- HUM 366 India's Gandhi
- IBUS 659 Introduction to International Business Negotiation
- I R 432 Model United Nations (4)
Communication Skills
Units (3 - 4) chosen from the following:
Conflict Resolution Internship
Specific course (3 - 4 units) to be taken for internship, with focus on conflict resolution placement, is made on advisement.
Area of Emphasis (9 - 19 units)
One of the emphases listed below.
Emphasis in Family/Culture/Community Issues
Units (9 - 12 units) chosen from the list below or from the other emphases on advisement
- AA S 681 Asian American Community Changes and Development
- COMM 503 Gender and Communication (4)
- COMM 515 Family Communication (4)
- COMM 525 Sexual Identity and Communication (4)
- COMM 542 Intracultural Communication (4)
- COMM 543 Dialogues Across Differences (4) [If not selected in the core.]
- RRS 571 Women, Class, and Race
- PSY 440 Social Psychology
- PSY 441 The Psychology of the Family
- PSY 455 Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Psychology
- PSY 525 Community Psychology
- LTNS 680 Latina/o Community Organizing
- SOC 464 Families and Society (4)
- USP 515/ Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4)
- GEOG 667 Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4)
- WGS 301 Women, Gender and Community
Emphasis in Legal/Political Issues in the United States
Units (9 - 19 units) chosen from the list below or from the other emphases on advisement
- AA S 595 Asian American Communit1es and Public Policy
- AFRS 376 Government, the Constitution, and Black Citizens
- AFRS 660 Civil Rights Movement and Education [If not selected in the core.]
- AIS 460 Power and Politics in American Indian History
- COMM 461 Issues in Free Speech (4)
- C J 300 Criminal Justice: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (4)
- GPS 375/ Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. [If not selected in the core.]
- PHIL 375 Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. [If not selected in the core.]
- HIST 465 American Ethnic and Racial Relations II: 1890-Present
- LABR 553/ Labor Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility
- SOC 553 Labor Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility
- LTNS 430 Race, Crime, and Justice
- PHIL 335 Law and Society
- PLSI 301/ Public Administration and Democracy (4)
- P A 301 Public Administration and Democracy (4)
- PLSI 466 Race and American Democracy (4)
- PLSI 551 Judicial Process (4)
- PLSI 553 Legal Issues (4)
- RRS 600/ History of People of Color in the U.S.
- HIST 466 History of People of Color in the U.S.
- USP 513/ Politics, Law, and the Urban Environment (4)
- GEOG 668/ Politics, Law, and the Urban Environment (4)
- PLSI 513 Politics, Law, and the Urban Environment (4)
Emphasis in Labor/Business Issues
Units (9 units) chosen from the list below or from the other emphases on advisement
- ECON 511/ Collective Bargaining [If not selected in the core.]
- LABR 511 Collective Bargaining [If not selected in the core.]
- IBUS 330 International Business and Multicultural Relations
- IBUS 517 Legal Environment of World Business
-
IBUS 659 Introduction to International Business Negotiation
[If not selected in the core.] - LABR 525/ Diversity in the Workplace
- ANTH 525 Diversity in the Workplace
- LABR 500 Labor and Government
- PSY 461 Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Emphasis in International Issues
Units (9 - 12 units) chosen from the list below or from the other emphases on advisement
- COMM 541 Intercultural Communication (4)
- GPS 315/ Introduction to Global Peace Studies [If not selected in the core.]
- I R 315/ Introduction to Global Peace Studies [If not selected in the core.]
- PHIL 315 Introduction to Global Peace Studies [If not selected in the core.]
- HUM 366 India's Gandhi [If not selected in the core]
- I R 330 World Law
- I R 331 Global Environmental Crisis (4)
- I R 332 International Criminal Law
- I R 432 Model United Nations (4) [If not selected in the core.]
- JS 501/ Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- HUM 501/ Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- PHIL 501 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- JS 560/ The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- I R 530 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- PHIL 435 Human Rights in Global Perspective
- SOC 461 Ethnic Relations: International Comparisons (4)
- WGS 536 Gender, Globalization and Women’s Human Rights
- WGS 571 Gender, Poverty, and Globalization
