Requirements
Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution Degree Requirements
Students must complete 36 credits total, of one of the three options, plus attendance at Department Colloquia
Master's Project Option:
| Required courses [15 credits total] | |
| ConRes 621: Negotiation | 3 credits |
| ConRes 623: Introductory Theory | 3 credits |
| ConRes 635: Research Methods in Conflict Resolution | 3 credits |
| ConRes 693: Master's Project | 6 credits |
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Balance of 21 credits (7 elective courses):
Minimum of 12 credits (4 courses) within the Conflict Resolution department Maximum of 9 credits (3 courses) from other departments |
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Master's Thesis Option:
| Required courses [15 credits total] | |
| ConRes 621: Negotiation | 3 credits |
| ConRes 623: Introductory Theory | 3 credits |
| ConRes 635: Research Methods in Conflict Resolution | 3 credits |
| ConRes 693: Final Project and Workshop | 3 credits |
| ConRes 699: Master's Thesis in Conflict Resolution | 3 credits |
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Balance of 21 credits (7 elective courses):
Minimum of 12 credits (4 courses) within the Conflict Resolution department Maximum of 9 credits (3 courses) from other departments |
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Integrative Seminar Option:
| Required courses [9 credits total] | |
| ConRes 621: Negotiation | 3 credits |
| ConRes 623: Introductory Theory | 3 credits |
| ConRes 694: Integrative Seminar | 3 credits |
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Balance of 27 credits (9 elective courses): Minimum of 15 credits (5 courses) within the Conflict Resolution department Maximum of 12 credits (4 courses) from other departments |
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All students are required to attend 5 of the 7 Conflict Resolution Colloquia offered during the academic year.
Elective credits
Graduate courses taken in other UMass Boston graduate departments or at other universities,may be accepted for transfer credit with prior approval of the Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution. Any course offered in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance will automatically qualify for elective credit. Elective courses offered in any given year will vary. Elective offerings have included:
■ 690: Mediation Internship [6 credits]
■ 624: Cross-Cultural Conflict [3 credits]
■ 625: Conflict Resolution Systems for Organizations [3 credits]
■ 626: Advanced Intervention [3 credits] Overview of Conflict Intervention Processes
■ 636: Conflict in Workgroups [3 credits]
■ 697: Special Topics in Conflict Resolution [3 credits] Topics vary by term;
Recent topics: International Intervention; Dispute Resolution in Public Disputes;Terrorism and Conflict Resolution
■603: Advanced Negotiation and Mediation [3 credits] Topics vary by term.
Recent topics: Conflict Analysis; Approaches to International Conflict; Building Democracy in Africa: State, Society and Conflict Resolution; Multi-Party Disputes; Women and Conflict; Arab Israeli Negotiations; and Conflict in Health Care.
■637L - International Institutions and Development
■638L - Global Governance
■639L - Global Environmental Governance
■640L - International Organizations and the Environment
