INCM 9001:Theories and Analysis in International Conflict Management

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Ph.D. program.
This course focuses on the theories and research in the international arena through which to analyze conflicts. These include, but are not limited to, culture, gender, economics, ethnicity, race, history, geography, resources, and religion. Students examine the emergence of the Conflict Management field, as well as the historical perspectives and current theories in the field of Conflict Management. This course provides an overview of the terminology of the field as well as various perspectives for studying the continuum of war and peace-making. Students will examine the paradigms and worldviews through which parties view conflict and consider the possible outcomes based on those paradigms and evaluate Conflict Management methodologies for conducting research based on various paradigms, worldviews, and conflict situations. Students will have the opportunity to select an area of particular interest and examine current research and practices in that realm.