Conflict Resolution Studies

Graduates of Conflict Resolution Studies will find their skills and knowledge valued in many contexts such as Mediation, Counselling, Education and Training, Child and Family Services, Law Enforcement, Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Business, and Law.

Introduction to Conflict Resolution Studies is a first-year course designed to develop an understanding of the roots and nature of human conflict, responses to conflict, and constructive ways to deal with conflict. Topics include coaching, mediation, negotiation, communication skills, and international peacebuilding. This course is the gateway to all other Conflict Resolution Studies courses.

Conflict and Culture is a second-year course that explores the relationship between culture and conflict, examines cultural differences in response to conflict, as well as the nature and origins of conflict between and among cultures. Special attention is given to inter-ethnic conflict.

Refugees and Forced Migration is a third-year course that explores the root causes of forcibly displaced people, the impacts of such movements, and the responses of world governments. Lessons learned from various resettlement and integration of refugees in Canada and elsewhere are examined.

• Restorative Justice
• Coaching and Mediation Skills
• Workplace Conflict Resolution
• Legal Systems & Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Women and Peacemaking
• Nonviolent Social Change
• Human Rights & Conflict Resolution
• Trauma & Violence

CRS-1200(6) Introduction to Conflict Resolution Studies
RHET-1105(3) Academic Writing: Multidisciplinary or other section of Academic Writing (if required)
6 credit hours Humanities
15 credit hours Electives, depending on interest.
NOTE: This sample first year is representative of the courses you may take. For many of our programs, you may choose another set of courses and still be well on your way to a degree. Also, for most programs you do not have to take 30 credit hours (five full courses) in your first year.