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Course summary
This program also teaches students how to analyze, address, and manage conflict effectively and professionally. They will gain in-depth preparation that is invaluable to them if they are seeking a career in dispute resolution or find themselves with significant peacemaking opportunities in their chosen career. This will prepare them for leadership roles in careers in dispute resolution and in a wide range of disciplines requiring the effective management of conflict. Upon completion of this program, students will be knowledgeable about and competent in negotiation and mediation principles; conflict theory and communication; organizational behavior; dispute resolution systems; ethics and conflict resolution. Primary purpose of the program is to equip and enable graduates who are recognized and utilized as peacemakers, regardless of their professional or career positions are well-versed in conflict theory and are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage conflict; possess the capacity for advancement into positions of leadership and service in a wide range of professions; and mentor and challenge others to pursue godly lives of collaboration and reconciliation. The program is a 36 credit hour program comprised of 9 courses and a 6 credit hour practicum.
Program modules
The following are the modules: Negotiation and Mediation; Conflict Theory and Communication; Managing Conflict in the Workplace; Advanced Mediation: Marital Disputes; Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems Design; Identity, Culture and Conflict; Dispute Resolution and the Legal System; Organizational Behavior; Ethics and Conflict Resolution; Conflict Practicum.
Entry requirement for international students
Students must have completed a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university with a 3.0 GPA. In addition to this, students should have obtained a minimum TOEFL score of 525 on the paper based test, 197 on the computer based test and 71 on the internet based test.
Abilene Christian University accepts IELTS*
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Qualification
Masters
Awarding body
Abilene Christian University
Department name
Center for International Education
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