Maryland
 

 Goucher College (university website) (Towson, Maryland)

Graduate Programs in Education

    Master of Education (M.Ed.) with a School Mediation Area of Specialization (35-36 credit hours with 15 credit hours in five Core courses and includes a Research  Seminar while implementing an Action Research Project; Practice: Seminar and Practice in School Mediation is required as part of the Core courses)

    Post-Baccalaureate Professional Development Certificate in School Mediation (20-21 graduate credits: 9.5 credits in Core courses and 11 credits in Electives; Practice: Seminar and Practice in School Mediation is required as part of the Core courses)

Certificate in School Mediation

Required courses for the professional development certificate include:

  • ED 607 Seminar and Practice in School Mediation,
  • ED 652 Mediation of Conflict,
  • ED 661 Interpersonal Conflict Resolution, and
  • ED 662 Cultural and Gender Issues in the Mediation of Conflict.
  • Eleven additional credits from the core, clinical and elective courses offered in the Master of Education Program. ED 641 Multicultural Education is recommended as part of the additional 11 credits.

 

The University of Baltimore (university website) (Baltimore, Maryland)

The Center for Negotiations & Conflict Management
M.S. Degree Program

    M.S. in Negotiations and Conflict Management (42 credit program: 12 credits in Core courses, 9 credits in Advanced Perspective courses, 9 credits in Electives, and 6 credits in Capstone Course which includes the Clinical Experience and a Paper; Practice: Clinical Experience is required)

    Dual Degree Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Negotiations and Conflict Management.  Participants must complete 81 law credits and 33 (rather than 42) master’s credits to receive the J.D./M.S. in negotiations and conflict management.  he majority of the work for the master's degree is completed during the last two years of law school. Students taking this route obtain admission to the law school very early in their master's studies (or before).


Salisbury University (university website) (Salisbury, Maryland)

Conflict Analysis Dispute Resolution Department
The Center for Conflict Resolution
M.A. Degree Program

    M.A. in Conflict Analysis Dispute Resolution (36 credit program: 24 credits in Core courses,  6 credits of Electives, 3 credits in Practicum, 3 credits thesis or professional development project).

BEGINNING FALL OF 2009

1.   Complete 24 credits of Core course work: 

      credits
  CADR 500 Introduction to CADR 3
  CADR 510 Problem Solving, Negotiation and Conflict 3
  CADR 520 Structural and Systemic Conflict and DSD 3
  CADR 530 Mediation Theory and Practice 3
  CADR 540 Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution 3
  CADR 550  Research Methods 3
  CADR 600 Group Processes and Complex Conflicts 3
  CADR 610 Workshops, Training and Conflict Coaching 3

2.   Complete 3 credits of Field Practicum course work:

      credits
  CADR 640 Field Practicum I 3

3.        Complete 6 credits of Elective course work:

      credits
  CADR 620 Special Topics 3
  CADR 630 Studies in CADR 3
  CADR 641 Field Practicum II 3

4.        Complete 3 credits of Capstone course work:

      credits
  CADR 650 Research Thesis Project 3
  CADR 651 Professional Development Project 3

MA Application Packet (pdf download)

 

 
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