Conflict Transformation and Management, Certificate

In a world where people feel more divided than ever before, our Certificate in Conflict Transformation and Management can help you navigate difficult situations. You'll learn to engage in community mediation and constructive change processes. The Peace and Conflict Studies program is an interdisciplinary academic area of study concerned with issues related to conflict, conflict transformation, war, social justice, human rights, peace, social change, and nonviolent alternatives to violence. This minor and certificate program consist of courses drawn from a number of disciplines that analyze the factors that contribute to peace with justice, various functions of conflict, and processes by which conflict may be managed and transformed. The Peace and Conflict Studies program foster skills for both study and action that are rooted in human rights and ethical decision making. Peace and Conflict Studies is an enrichment to liberal education and a pre-professional field relevant to a variety of careers, both traditional and emerging. Students who complete work in the Peace and Conflict Studies program go for careers and graduate study in law, politics, communications, education, mediation, government, international relations, and nonprofit/not-for-profit public interest and advocacy organizations.It should be noted that this program is an 18-credit academic minor only and/or 12-credit undergraduate certificate, not a major, and will not lead to a bachelor's or master's degree. Transcript recognition will be given.