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