CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing and ( POLI SCI 140 or INTL ST 101 ) or graduate standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the frequency of war over time. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Assess competing explanations for the rise and decline of war. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Evaluate the arguments of competing theories of war causation andtermination. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Weigh the importance of alternative explanations for peace. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Compare the effectiveness of post-conflict strategies such as electionsand truth and reconciliation commissions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Describe and evaluate several cases of international intervention in conflict, such as mediation, peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Evaluate the strength of the quantitative evidence supporting the proposition that democracies do not fight each other. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the frequency of war over time. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Assess competing explanations for the rise and decline of war. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Evaluate the arguments of competing theories of war causation andtermination. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Weigh the importance of alternative explanations for peace. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Compare the effectiveness of post-conflict strategies such as electionsand truth and reconciliation commissions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Describe and evaluate several cases of international intervention in conflict, such as mediation, peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Evaluate the strength of the quantitative evidence supporting the proposition that democracies do not fight each other. Audience: Graduate