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3.00 Credits
adapted for honors credit
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to understand the importance of increasing literacy skills around the world, and to provide specific techniques to do so. At the end of the course, students will travel to Arusha, Tanzania to work with children and adults improving literacy skills. Arcadia undergraduate & graduate students will spend twelve weeks on the Glenisde campus learning about Tanzanian culture, literacy issues and developing countries , and teaching/coaching strategies to improve English-as-a-second language reading and writing skills. Students will then spend two weeks in Africa working with Tanzanians at the Miracle Corners Community Center.
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Non-credit (3 hours) Grading S/U This Seminar is a required class for all first semester international graduate students who have not previously earned an academic degree in the US. Others may be admitted to the course by departmental referral or by permission of the instructor. Topics include transition to living and studying in a graduate school setting, library and technology orientation, reading and writing academic English, speaking to American audiences, and cultural differences in discourse, argumentation, and intellectual property principles.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Cultural differences among members of any group are frequently the source of misunderstanding and can lead to conflict. This course analyzes variables, trends, communication and conflict. Its focus is to gain cultural self-awareness, a new frame-work for understanding others, and strategies to makes progress through differences. Specific cultures and conflicts will be analyzed, compared and contrasted.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on developing a student's ability to think critically, research effectively and build strong arguments. Through a combination of lecture and workshop style classes, student practice these skills while working on a research project relevant to their interest and course of study
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3.00 Credits
This course is the second of two core courses needed for the online International Peace and Conflict Resolution Certificate Program. It is designed to follow and compliment IP501 and prepare the students for their chosen specialization. The primary goal of this course is to assist the student in understanding the constructs of contemporary conflict and match them to conflict resolution practices today. It looks at the way that conflict has changed in the second half of the twentieth Century, away from interstate to more intrastate conflict, and examines how this has affected conflict resolution practices. First by examining the reason for this change and the change in response needed to prevent, manage and resolve these conflicts. The course will draw on current examples of conflict and identify topics often related to conflict. Topics included in this course are: Gender, identity, health, refugees and human rights. Each course will ask the student to apply what they learn through readings, online activities and discussion and to present a research paper on a conflict topic.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide a thorough and in-depth analysis of international security issues, themes, theories and cases. We will examine security from three levels of analysis: the international system, state and domestic level politics and individual decision-makers. Within each level of analysis we will study various theories used to explain the sources of instability and stability in order to understand what drives state and actor behavior in terms of: foreign policy, war, cooperation, and expansion. We will also look at central themes in international security and a few cases where theories can be applied to help us understand crises, conflicts and instability. We will address questions like: what are the main threats to international security? How are these threats addressed or not by states and international actors? Why do states have, or not, nuclear weapons, and what role do international organizations and none-state actors play in security?
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3.00 Credits
Conflict is a normal and an inevitable part of our daily lives. It is present in most personal relationships, in homes, in schools, in the workplace, and among groups in our society. Conflict is often associated with destructive outcomes such as aggression, anger, damaged relationships, violence, and wars. However, conflict has a positive and productive side. Conflict presents an opportunity for personal change and transformation, strengthened relationships, improved communications, problem solving, collaboration, and social change. How conflict is managed influences whether conflict outcomes are constructive or destructive. The objectives of this course are to increase awareness, develop skills, and gain knowledge of constructive conflict management processes and approaches. We will begin with deconstructing conflict and exploring how our personal histories affect our perceptions regarding conflict and our conflict styles. Interpersonal communication skills such as active listening and assertiveness will be developed. Students will be introduced to mediation, negotiation, and nonviolent action from both a practical and theoretical standpoint.
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