College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

165 quantitative impact analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring. Offered yearly. CARM 6648 – Researching Conflict In this course, students and instructors will together conceptualize, design and carry out a mixed methods research study on a topic connected to violence. The students and instructors will decide on a research problem to be studied. The goal of the elective is to help students deepen their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research and hone their research skills. The course will be a collaborative effort, building on the experience, knowledge, expertise, and interests of all of the participants. Prerequisite: CARM 5200. Offered Yearly. CARM 6649 Federalism & Intergovernment Conflict This course describes and analyzes the guiding principles and the operational processes of "American Federalism", as well as its intended and unintended consequences. It seeks to provide students with a working understanding of the complex set of interactions occurring between all government units and levels (national/federal, States, Counties, municipalities, school districts and special districts, townships, etc.) in the USA; the various types of conflicts which necessarily result from these interactions; and the solutions that have been implemented in the past, or are currently suggested, in order to address and resolve these conflicts. CARM 6650 – International Negotiation: Principles, Processes, and Issues This course describes and analyzes the major principles, processes and issues of international negotiation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It seeks to provide students with the analytical tools and skills required to explain and predict the outcome of specific (bilateral or multilateral) negotiations through the study of various explanatory factors, including: stability and change in the structure of the existing “international system”; the individual characteristics of the nations-states parties (power/capabilities, interests, culture/values, negotiating styles, etc.); the strategic and tactical moves of those considered as “key player”; as well as the role of smaller states and non-state actors. Offered yearly. CARM 6651- Theories of Ethnicity and Nationalism This course is foundational for theoretical understandings of ethnicity and nationalism. Students will analyze general theories from key debates and critically examine various points of view in relation to defining boundaries, conflict, context, difference, identity, migration, minority/majority, race, and tribalism in regard to ethnicity, as well as community, fantasy, ideology, neo-Marxism, modernism, perennialism, political, primordialism, semiotic, sociocultural, socioeconomic, imagination, invention, and tradition in association with nationalism and nationalists, and the entwinement and interrelation between all of these prevalent notions and themes. Upon completion of the course students will better grasp ethnic belonging, ethno- nationalist conflict, and intra/inter-group disputes from the standpoint of applied theory, cultural relativity, and humanism. Offered Yearly. CARM 6652 - History, Memory & Conflict By exploring the significance of history, memory, and cognition, this course provides the most recent theoretical debates on these issues and their significance for understanding why populations persist in a state of violence. Students will be introduced to the basic and major theoretical interpretations and the chronology of history of ideas. Questions to be considered include: how does the past become the present and remain in it, and, how do we as researchers interpret the relevance of history and memory? Others are: how is the past invented, mythologized about, and re-invented? Why does memory have such an important role in the persistence of intractable hostilities and how does the learning of violence become transmitted from one generation to the next? Offered occasionally. CARM 6653 - Conflict in Conservation and Development This course examines conflict in conservation and development. It covers theoretical frameworks and introduces participatory tools that will enable students to more effectively analyze and address situations of conflict in conservation and development initiatives. The course familiarizes students with concepts and methods from natural resource management, sustainable livelihood systems and collaborative learning approaches. Offered occasionally. CARM 6654 - Islam, Conflict, and Peacemaking This course will provide an historical overview of Islam, including an introduction to belief systems, the different branches of the faith and schools of Islamic law with a special emphasis on Muslim doctrines related to conflict and peace. It will include the contemporary era and investigate Muslim engagements with modernity and discuss the varied responses and perspectives. There will some discussions of international relations, but the course will also emphasize micro level issues. Students will have the opportunity to develop research projects designed to extend their understanding of Islam and its potential as a resource for peace building. Offered occasionally. CARM 6655 - The Interdisciplinary Writer This course is designed to assist graduate students in creating essays, thought papers, and other pieces of writing that reach an intended audience with clarity, skillful craft, and purpose. It includes reading and writing assignments for an academic setting focused on interdisciplinary perspectives. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions and improvisational writing