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Conflict Confident — MOD2143.02

Spring 2014
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 1
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of life. How we deal with it can make all the difference. This course is designed to impact fundamental skills necessary for individuals to productively engage conflict: in short, to become conflict confident. Major themes will include: an effective intellectual approach to techniques. Students will participate in role plays and other
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Conflict Confident — MED2109.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 1
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of life. How we deal with it can make all the difference. This course is designed to impart fundamental skills necessary for individuals to productively engage conflict: in short, to become conflict confident. Major themes will include: an effective intellectual approach to conflict, constructive communication skills and interest-based
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Conflict Confident — MED2109.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 1
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of life. How we deal with it can make all the difference. This course is designed to impart fundamental skills necessary for individuals to productively engage conflict: in short, to become conflict confident. Major themes will include: an effective intellectual approach to conflict, constructive communication skills and interest-based
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Conflict Confident — MED2109.04

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 1
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of life. How we deal with it can make all the difference. This course is designed to impart fundamental skills necessary for individuals to productively engage conflict: in short, to become conflict confident. Major themes will include: an effective intellectual approach to conflict, constructive communication skills and interest-based
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Conflict Resolution and Dialogue — APA2364.03

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
This Module will introduce Conflict Resolution skills in Mediation and Negotiation, Gender-based Conflict Resolution, Inter-cultural Dialogue, Restorative Justice Practices, Facilitation skills, Complex Systems Analysis and Conflict Transformation for Social Justice. Practitioners in these fields will give guest workshops. Course dates: April 14, 16, 21, 23, 28; May 5
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Conflict Resolution Theories: An Introduction — MED2124.04

Spring 2023
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 1
As we look around at world events and the challenges we face there are those who say what is needed is a worldwide Conflict Resolution curriculum K-12. While such a curriculum would have to be culturally aware and sensitive, conflict resolution theories could be the basis of such a curriculum. This module will introduce and explore many of those theories with a critical eye
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Conflict Resolution: The Ideas and Practice — MED2112.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 3
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution, not mediation skills, will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. The relationship
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Conflict Resolution: The Ideas and Practice — MED2112.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 4
*** Time Change *** This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms.  These will include the nature of peace, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Bible, Rock 'n Roll, the arts, and the environment. The course will culminate
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Conflict Resolution: The Ideas and Practice —

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits:
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution, not mediation skills, will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also
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Conflict Resolution: Theories and Practice — MED2112.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 2
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution, not mediation skills, will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also
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Conflict Resolution: Theory Practice — MED2116.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 4
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution, not mediation skills, will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, racism, the environment, the media,  as well as the role of religion and the Bible. The
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Conflict Resolution: Theory Practice — MED2116.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 2
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, Pax Europa, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus
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Conflict Resolution: Theory Practice — MED2116.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 4
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution, not mediation skills, will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also
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Conflict Resolution: Theory Practice — MED2116.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 2
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, Pax Europa, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus
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Conflict Resolution: Theory Practice — MED2116.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Michael M. Cohen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, Pax Europa, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus
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Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice — APA2128.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 2
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus for part of
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Conversations on Queerness — POP2355.02

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
A series of conversations that explore a range of issues surrounding queerness. This pop-up course allows students to examine a variety of issues important to the queer community during a time when there is an increase in hatred and violence against queer and trans people. You will hear from activists, scholars and politicians about such issues as the Alt-Right, Trans-Misogyny,
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Cooperative Vision: The Value of Photography Collectives — APA4310.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course is an opportunity to learn the importance of collective photography projects focusing on contemporary photography from Asia. Classwork will include exploration and critique of imagery, guest speaker presentations, and discussions. Each student will be required to submit a midterm assignment of 300 to 500 words, research and participate in a
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Coordination, Conflict, and Competition — PEC4126.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robin kemkes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What accounts for the divergence of wealth and poverty of nations and people across the world? Aspects of commodity exchange that are non-contractual and involve externalities influence individual and collective behavior and generate problems of allocation and distribution. This course is for students who want to gain an in-depth understanding of how microeconomic interactions
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Courting Interpretation — APA4247.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 2
This course is the result of two years of planning, prompted by student need and informed by conversations with the National Center for State Courts, a task force of experts led by the Vermont Office of the Court Administrator, and The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education. On the one hand, its purpose is linguistic, seeking to improve performance on the
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COVID19: Pandemic Policy — APA2317.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Brian Campion
Credits: 4
COVID19 paralyzed much of the United States, and it will permanently alter the way we think and behave. But pandemics are not new.  This course starts by examining the history of pandemics and how they have influenced human history and culture. Using Vermont as a model we will then focus on how the COVID19 pandemic has impacted this state. We will look at the origin of the
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Crafting the "It Narrative" — DRA4237.01) (cancelled12/19/2022

Spring 2023
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular
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Crafting the “It Narrative” — DRA2181.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
If a plastic duck could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? In this interdisciplinary course we will enter the realm of object-centered storytelling through
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Creating a Digital Archive — APA2260.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Sharif Jamal
Days & Time: MO 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This class will introduce students to creating digital archive that includes digitizing photographs, documents, videotapes and basic types of metadata. We will have discussions about why digitizing personal collections is so important. Students will be expected to bring their own materials to the class. 

 

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