MA in
Negotiation, Conflict Management & Peacebuilding

Degree Requirements

THE PROGRAM OF STUDY

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Currently, the program consists of the following courses:

NEGOTIATION & CONFLICT MANAGEMENT OPTION (30 units) – Effective Fall 2003

A. Required Courses (15 units) to be taken in the order listed (the sequence of BEH 504, 507, 508 may be altered by consent of the program coordinator)

1. Negotiation Area of Emphasis
BEH 504.Theories of Conflict (3)
BEH 507.Seminar: Research Design and Interpretation (3)
BEH 508.Communication and Conflict (3)
BEH 522Negotiation Tactics (3)
BEH 544.Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes (3)*

2. Mediation Area of Emphasis
BEH 504.Theories of Conflict (3)
BEH 507.Seminar: Research Design and Interpretation (3)
BEH 508Communication and Conflict (3)
BEH 522.Negotiation Tactics (3)
BEH 525.Mediation (3)*

3. Arbitration Area of Emphasis
BEH 504.Theories of Conflict (3)
BEH 507Seminar: Research Design and Interpretation (3)
BEH 508.Communication and Conflict (3)
BEH 522.Negotiation Tactics (3)
BEH 527.Arbitration (3)*

B. Elective Courses (15 units) to be taken from the following (as they become available) to bring the total to 30**
C.
BEH 529.Internship in Conflict Resolution (3)
BEH 530.Online Dispute Resolution (3)
BEH 531.Divorce and Family Mediation (3)
BEH 532.Dispute Resolution Clinical Studies (3)
BEH 533.Labor Conflict (3)
BEH 535.Organizational Conflict (3)
BEH 536.Dispute Resolution for Sports (3)
BEH 537.International Conflict (3)
BEH 538.Seminar: Public Policy Conflict (3)
BEH 540.Seminar: Community Conflict (3)
BEH 541Restorative Justice (3)
BEH 542.Collaborative Law (3)
BEH 543.Reducing School Violence through Conflict Resolution (3)
BEH 545.Intercultural Conflict Resolution (3)
MFT 580 Cross-cultural Family Values and Behavior (3)
MFT 584.Legal and Ethical Aspects of Counseling (3)

D. Capstone (Culminating Event) Requirement

1. BEH 597 (3 units) is the capstone course for those electing to take the comprehensive examination as their culminating event.

2. The revised degree required core curriculum consists of BEH 504, 507, 508, 522, 525, and 527. If a thesis or project is elected as the culminating event, then BEH 598 and 599 will be required (but together may not exceed a total of 6 units). If the comprehensive examination is elected as the culminating event, BEH 598 and 599 will not be required but 597 will be substituted. After calculating these adjustments, any remaining units required to reach 30 may be satisfied by electives from the available courses set forth in section B above.

*(When this is not a required course for the designated area of emphasis it may be taken as an elective)
**(BEH 525, 527, or 544, as applicable, may be added to this list of elective courses when not required for the respective area of emphasis)

A writing examination ($35) must be met by the completion of 9 units

Graduate Writing Assessment Requirment (GWAR)