graduate degree program

Courses

Many graduate courses on Conflict Resolution are currently offered at the University of Denver. More than one-third of these classes are taught within University College and directed toward working professionals.

Important Disclaimer: Course offerings change frequently. While we make every effort to update the website, latest changes may not be reflected in the list below. Please consult with the relevant academic divisions before you finalize your course schedules!

Core Courses (Take all)

INTS 4920 Conflict & Conflict Resolution (5 credits)
A course offered through the Graduate School of International Studies (traditional DU program). Focuses on literature drawn from diplomatic history, sociology, psychology, organizational behavior, and international politics, on theories of conflict and conflict resolution, including holistic approaches, socio-cultural conditioning and norms, and personality influences as alternative means to understand negotiation and bargaining in varying contexts. Applies the practical fundamentals of negotiation and particular problem-solving techniques. Take this course during the first term of enrollment.

MGMT 3900 Leadership & Organizational Dynamics (4 credits)
A course offered through the Daniels College of Business (traditional DU program). It focuses on the development of management skills in organizations. This course brings together concepts from organizational behavior, organization dynamics, change management and dispute resolution. Take this course during the first year of enrollment.

CRES 4222 Mediation Theory & Issues (5 credits)
A course through the Conflict Resolution Institute (traditional DU program). An analysis and critique of the nature and role of third parties in conflict intervention, including conciliator, arbitrator, facilitator, monitor, and trainer. Theoretical perspectives and case studies are used to understand the situations where third parties operate, what values and resources they bring, and how power issues affect mediator functioning. Ethical guidelines are also considered. Prerequisite: INTS 4920. Take this course during the second term after enrollment.

CRES 4225 Conciliation & Reconciliation (5 credits)
A course through the Conflict Resolution Institute (traditional DU Program). Builds on concepts and themes introduced in CRES 4222, including further analysis and critique of the roles of third parties in conflict intervention. Values, motives, resources, and third-party competencies are considered, along with ethical guidelines and the issues of power, neutrality, gender, and culture as they affect third-party functioning. Prerequisite: CRES 4222. Take this course during the third term after enrollment.

CRES 4221 Negotiation Theory and Practice (3 or 5 credits) OR

ADR 4206 Negotiation Principles and Practice (4 credits)

The course presents the theoretical groundwork for understanding the nature, strategy and tactics of various negotiation approaches including the role of time, information and power in negotiation situations, and an understanding of the way ethics, perceptions, and communication forms affect negotiation process and outcomes. Teaching methods include lecture, discussion and role-play exercises. Take first term of enrollment – strongly recommended.

HCOM 3000 or 4000 Level Course in Communication or Conflict

Selected courses require approval from Conflict Resolution Graduate Director.

Elective Courses by Academic Division

International Studies

(all quarter-hour credits)
INTS 4075 Democracy in Divided Societies (5 credits)
INTS 4192 Intl. Commercial Dispute Resolution (5 credits)
INTS 4390 Decision-Making in Non-profit Organizations (5 credits)
INTS 4462 Ethnic Conflict (5 Credits)
INTS 4504 Culture & World Order (5 credits)
INTS 4505 Clash of Cultures (5 credits)
INTS 4705 Democratization (5 credits)
INTS 4729 Ethics & National Security (5 credits)
INTS 4706 Group & Organization Dynamics (5 credits)
INTS 4806 Global Justice (5 credits)
INTS 4851 Theories of Non-Violence (5 credits)
INTS 4907 Intl. Terrorism (5 credits)
INTS 4925 Peace-keeping (5 credits)
INTS 4931 Intl. Organizations (5 credits)
INTS 4932 Intl. Law (5 Credits)
INTS 4934 Intervention: Shaping the Global Order (5 credits)
INTS 4937 Human Rights & the Intl. Refugee System (5 credits)
INTS 4948 Hatred & Group Conflict (5 credits)
INTS 4949 Intl. Law & Con. Res. (5 credits)

Human Communication Studies

(all quarter hour credits)
HCOM 3020 Conflict Management (5 credits)
HCOM 3130 Organizational Comm. (5 credits)
HCOM 3140 Intercultural Comm. (5 credits)
HCOM 3240 Group Methods & Facilitation (5 credits)
HCOM 3245 Building Group & Team Effectiveness (5 credits)
HCOM 3300 Principles of Persuasion (5 credits)
HCOM 3550 Principles of Negotiation (5 credits)
HCOM 4030 HCOM Studies: Organizational (3-5 credits)
HCOM 4150 Culture, Ethnicity and Comm. (5 credit)
HCOM 4220 Intl. Comm.: History and Foundations (arr.)
HCOM 4230 Intl. Comm.: Training & Instruction (5 credits)
HCOM 4310 Comm. & Collaboration (5 credits)
HCOM 4800 Philosophies of Dialogue (5 credits)
HCOM 4650 Intl. Comm. (4 credits)

Graduate School of Social Work

(all quarter hour credits)
SOWK 4400 Interventions w/ Families Exp. Problems (3 credits)
SOWK 4430 Drug Dependency Interventions (3 credits)
SOWK 4500 Mental Health Interventions w/ Children (4 credits)
SOWK 4612 Law of Family & Child (3 credits)
SOWK 4700 Brief Practice Modalities (3 credits)
SOWK 4705 Forensic Orientation/Social Work (3 credits)
SOWK 4749 Social Work Intervention w/ Latinos/as (3 credits)
SOWK 4765 Intl. Social Development (3 credits)
SOWK 4780 Con. Res. Strategies for Social Work Practice (3 credits)
SOWK 4900 Methods for Eval. Practice & Programs (3 credits)
SOWK 4901 Applied Practice & Eval. Research (3 credits)

Sturm College of Law

1 semester hour = 1.5 quarter hour credits
3 semester hours = 4.5 quarter hour credits
(course credits below in converted quarter credits)
LAWS 4060 Alt. Dispute Resolution (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4062 Alt. Dispute Resolution Seminar (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4162 Conflict Management Seminar (3 credits)
LAWS 4316 Intl. Con. Res. & Management (3 credits)
LAWS 4430 Mediation & Arbitration Clinic (7.5 credits)
LAWS 4460 Negotiation & Mediation (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4462 Negotiating Natural Reserves Agreements (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4501 Race & Civil Rights Law (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4516 Restorative Justice Seminar (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4820 Advanced Public Interest Clinic (4.5 credits)

Daniels School of Business

(all quarter hour credits - please consult the Business school for other courses)
MGMT 3900 Leadership & Organizational Dynamics (4 credits)
MBA 4020 Negotiation/Dispute Resolution (2 credits)
MBA 4350 Intl. Management Experience (1-8 credits)

Alternative Dispute Resolution at University College

(all quarter hour credits - through University College)
ADR 4202 ADR Overview (4 credits)
ADR 4204 Mediation Principles and Practice (4 credits)
ADR 4205 Facilitation Principles and Practice (4 credits)
ADR 4206 Negotiation Principles and Practice (4 credits)
ADR 4208 Arbitration Principles and Practices (4 credits)
ADR 4222 ADR in Education (4 credits)
ADR 4225 ADR: Professional Ethics (4 credits)
ADR 4229 Advanced Mediation (4 credits)
ADR 4233 Managing Organizational Conflict (4 credits)
ADR 4302 Restorative Justice (4 credits)

Other Courses at the University of Denver

CFSP 4304 Family Systems & Diversity (3 credits)
CPSY 4070 Trauma & Crisis Intervention (3 credits)
CPSY 4110 Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
CPSY 4380 Group Interventions (3 credits)
CRES 4333 Resolving Environmental & Public Policy Conflict (3 credits)

Practical Technique Courses

HCOM 3550 Principles of Negotiation (5 credits)
HCOM 3240 Group Methods & Facilitation (5 credits)
HCOM 3245 Building Group & Team Effectiveness (5 credits)
SOWK 4420 Strategies & Techniques of Family Therapy (3 credits)
LAWS 4060 Alternative Dispute Resolution (4.5 credits)
LAWS 4460 Negotiation & Mediation (4.5 credits)
ADR 4204 Mediation Process & Practice (3 credits)
ADR 4205 Facilitation Process & Practice (3 credits)
ADR 4206 Negotiation Process & Practice (3 credits)
ADR 4208 Arbitration Process & Practice (3 credits)
ADR 4224 Facilitation II (3 credits)
ADR 4227 Agreement Writing (2 credits)
ADR 4229 Mediation II (3 credits)

Methodology

CRES 4111 Reflective Practice and Evaluation (5 credits)
INTS 4020 Preparing a Grant Proposal (5 credits)
INTS 4050 Statistics I (5 credits)
INTS 4051 Statistics II (5 credits)
INTS 4966 Applied Field Methods (5 credits)
HCOM 4220 Intercultural Comm.: History & Foundation (5 credits)
CPSY 4050 Research Methods (3 credits)
SOWK 4201 Research Methods and Design (3 credits)
QRM 4980 Program Evaluation Theory (3 credits)
Customized (requires advanced approval)

Internship (required, although credit is optional)

CRES 4981 Internship (1-4 credits)
This course enables students to work in a practical setting to acquire experience in an international organization, government agency, or non-profit foundation. The work, undertaken once a student is enrolled in the Conflict Resolution Program, must be approved in advance by the academic advisor or program director as relevant and worthwhile. Credit is determined by actual work time (100 hours = five credits). A grade of "P" (pass) is given after the work is completed, and a report of the experience (3-5 pages) is submitted to the student's advisor. A copy is placed in the student’s file.

Variable credit makes it possible to spread out credits (1,2,3,4,5) over several terms (e.g. Fall Quarter 2 credits, Winter quarter 1 credit, Spring quarter, 2 credits) by registering under this course number each time. You may register for internship credit before, during, or after actual work.

M.A. Thesis (required, although credit is optional)

CRES 4995 M.A. Thesis Research (1-4 credits)
This course allows a student to receive credit for research and writing undertaken as part of the Master's thesis preparation. Such study is arranged between professor and student. An academic grade is assigned upon completion of the thesis.

Variable credit makes it possible to spread out credits (1,2,3,4,5) over several terms (e.g. Fall Quarter 2 credits, Winter quarter 1 credit, Spring quarter, 2 credits) by registering under this course number each time. You may register for thesis credit before, during, or after actual work.