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Applied Conflict Transformation Concentration Plans of Study

The Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies (MAPCS) degree can be completed in two years for full-time students or in three years for part-time students.   Below are Plans of Study for the Applied Conflict Transformation (ACT) concentration.

 

Applied Conflict Transformation (ACT) Concentration Plans of Study

Two-Year (Full-Time) Plan of Study for the ACT Concentration

Year One: (Fall) – 9 Credit Hours

     Core 1: Foundations of Conflict Analysis & Management

     Core 2: Community-Based Conflict Transformation

     Praxis 1: Advanced Negotiation

Year One: (Spring) – 9 Credit Hours

     Core 3: Organizational Conflict & Cooperation

     Praxis 2: Advanced Mediation or Mediation: Theory and Practice

     Elective 1: Common or ACT

 

 

Year Two: (Fall) – 9 Credit Hours

     Core 3: Qualitative Research Methods

     Elective 2: Common or ACT

     Elective 3: Common or ACT

Year Two: (Spring) – 9 Credit Hours

     Praxis 3: Leadership for Peaceful Change

And Choose From:

     Thesis (6 units)

     Intervention Design & Implementation (Project Course) (6 units)

     Internship (6 units)

     Internship (3 units) and Elective 4

 


 

Three-Year (Part-Time) Plan of Study for the ACT Concentration

Year One: (Fall) – 6 Credit Hours

     Core 1: Foundations of Conflict Analysis & Management

     Core 2: Community-Based Conflict Transformation

Year One: (Spring) – 6 Credit Hours

     Core 3: Organizational Conflict & Cooperation

     Praxis 2: Advanced Mediation or Mediation: Theory and Practice

 

 

Year Two: (Fall) – 6 Credit Hours

     Core 3: Qualitative Research Methods

     Praxis 1: Advanced Negotiation

Year Two: (Spring) – 6 Credit Hours

     Elective 1: Common or ACT

     Elective 2: Common or ACT

 

 

Year Three: (Fall) – 6 Credit Hours

     Elective 3: Common or ACT

     Elective 4: Common or ACT

Year Three: (Spring)

     Praxis 3: Leadership for Peaceful Change

And Choose From:

     Thesis (6 units)

     Intervention Design & Implementation (Project Course) (6 units)

     Internship (6 units)

     Internship (3 units) and Elective 4