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Section I:
The University

Section II:
Graduation Requirements

Section III:
Majors, Minors, Courses

Conflict Studies

2001-2002 Faculty: Altman, Barnes, Hall, Jennings, Kuecker (Coordinator), Malik, McVorran, Nasr.

Conflict Studies is a major that brings together a number of academic disciplines that focus on conflict as one of their organizing concepts. Because of its ubiquity and significance in human life, the study of the process and resolution of conflict is increasingly claiming a central place in the study of development in general and peaceful change in particular.

Requirements for a major in Conflict Studies:

Total courses required:

eleven courses

Core courses:

CFT 100,CFT 430 Students majoring in Conflict Studies are required to participate in workshops that are designed to help them integrate courses in their major.

Other required courses:

Additional courses that may be chosen for the major are: ANTH 151, ANTH 255, ANTH 290*, ANTH 353, ANTH 390* COMM 124, COMM 223, COMM 225, COMM 227, COMM 401* ECON 190*, ECON 250, ECON 290*, ECON 390* EDUC 300, EDUC 320 ENG 180 HIST 105*, HIST 109, HIST 110, HIST 255, HIST 263, HIST 265, HIST 333, HIST 341, HIST 355, HIST 364, HIST 366, HIST 367, HIST 368, HIST 370, HIST 490* PHIL 207, PHIL 208, PHIL 213, PHIL 315 POLS 160, POLS 230, POLS 270, POLS 324, POLS 330, POLS 351, POLS 352, POLS 370, POLS 374, POLS 386, POLS 390*, POLS 450* PSY 240, PSY 340*, PSY 390, PSY 415 REL 132, REL 269, REL 370* SOC 197S*, SOC 210, SOC 222, SOC 237, SOC 301*, SOC 303, SOC 320, SOC 337, SOC 410* WS 140, WS 340 (*appropriate topic).

# 300 and 400 level courses:

four courses

Senior requirement:

The senior requirement consists of CFT 430.

Additional information:

five courses at the 100-200 level (a maximum of two courses at the 100 level) four courses at the 300-400 level four courses in each of two different departments or three courses in each of three different departments

Requirements for a minor in Conflict Studies:

Total courses required:

five courses

Core courses:

CFT 100

Other courses:

Also required are two 200-level courses and two 300-level courses, to be selected in consultation with the coordinator of conflict studies, from two academic disciplines.

# 300 and 400 level courses:

two courses

Courses in Conflict Studies

CFT 100. Introduction to Conflict Studies --1 course
This course surveys the process of conflict, including conflict management, from a multidisciplinary perspective. As such it deals with the causes, dynamics, types, levels, management functions and outcomes of conflict. The implementation of the course involves, in part, case study simulations and occasional guest lecturers from various disciplines on campus. This course is a prerequisite for upper level courses in conflict studies and required for the conflict studies major and minor.

CFT 430. Senior Seminar: The Study and Analysis of Conflict --1 course
This course fulfills the senior experience requirement for the Conflict Studies major. It is a capstone course in which students bring together their diverse course experience into a meaningful summation of the study and analysis of conflict. The course involves a core of common readings on theories of conflict analysis, discussions and the writing and presentation of a senior research paper relevant to the seminar.

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