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)

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

    M.A. in Conflict Analysis Dispute Resolution (36-40 credit program: 24 credits in Core courses, 4 credits in Training courses, 6 credits of Electives, 3 credits in Practicum, 3 credits thesis or professional development project).

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