CONFLICT MANAG'T, PREVENT'N, & RESOLUT'N (PO5058)

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Course will examine both the theory and practice of decision making, diplomacy and conflict resolution. It will examine theories of procedural and instrumental rationality, prospect theory, multiple advocacy, along with an examination of actual policy formation involving bureaucratic politics, policy networks, and caucuses. The course will likewise examine diplomatic theories ranging from “ripe for resolution” to “ripe for prevention”. And finally, specific historical and contemporary cases studies involving conflict prevention, conflict management, conflict transformation and conflict resolution will be examined.

Code: 
PO5058
Name: 
CONFLICT MANAG'T, PREVENT'N, & RESOLUT'N
Discipline: 
PO (Politics)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Graduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Graduate OR College Level=Graduate - Continuing OR College Level=New Student - Grad
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Developing critical thinking and a sense of empathy in a world of competing socio-political narratives, political and ideological manipulation, and radical discord.
  2. Fluency: Developing writing and oral presentation skills.
  3. Knowledge of the fundamental theories of conflict/crisis management.
  4. Knowledge of the practical techniques of strategic leveraging involved in conflict/ crisis management.
  5. Understanding the problems/dilemmas involved in preventing conflicts from getting out of control on the global, regional and domestic levels.

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2023 PO5058 CONFLICT MANAG'T, PREVENT'N, & RESOLUT'N

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