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Dispute Management and Resolution Minor
The dispute management and resolution minor is designed to present students with an overview of some of the major theories and practices encompassing the field. The minor offers students theoretical, skills-based, and experiential learning opportunities. Offering new perspectives to a topic which affects everyone, this program examines theories including conflict causation, escalation, management, and resolution, and cultural aspects of conflict. The minor provides students with a fundamental understanding and working knowledge of several management and resolution processes including conflict coaching, negotiation, mediation, and restorative justice. The minor also includes a semester of practicum experience providing students with the opportunity to practice and enhance their newly learned knowledge and skills for dispute managements and resolution.
Dispute Management and Resolution Minor Requirements (18 credits)
PSYC 2330 Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
ADRB 2000 Introduction to Dispute Resolution (3
credits)
ADRB 2100 Mediation Theory and Practice (3 credits)
ADRB 3200 Conflict Management and Resolution Theory
(3 credits)
ADRB 3300 Culture and Conflict (3 credits)
ADRB 4000 Practicum in Dispute Management and
Resolution (3 credits)
