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Civil Society in Conflict Resolution — POL4248.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 2
Civil society or the arena of autonomous associational organization and activity has been credited with promoting various virtuous outcomes, including democratization, development, and social peace. This course critically surveys civil societies’ roles in peacemaking and peace building. It will explore theoretical controversies on the nature and roles of civil society as well
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Civil Society in Conflict Resolution — POL4248.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 2
Civil society is the arena of autonomous associational organization and activity. It has been credited with promoting various virtuous outcomes, including democratization, development, and social peace. This course critically surveys civil society’s roles in peacemaking and peace building. We will explore theoretical controversies regarding civil society’s forms, norms, promise
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Class, Race, and Gender: Rewriting the Rules of the Game — APA4155.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Mohammad Moeini Feizabadi
Credits: 4
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” —Edmund Burke “Institutions are the rules of the game.” —Douglass C. North In this course, first we will try to answer several questions: why is our society so polarized, and what are the roots of social conflict? Why do social groups confront each other at all, and how? Can we understand
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Climate Change and Advocacy — APA2187.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This course will expose students to the various advocacy methods on the climate issue. The course will include readings, class discussion, group projects, and hands-on advocacy efforts (e.g., lobbying, organizing events, social media, public education). Students will select a particular climate campaign or organization to do advocacy with. The class will address key issues
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Climate Change and the Food System — APA2019.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This course will help prepare students for one of the fastest growing fields of journalism, research and practice. Farmers, reliant on sun, water, and predictable temperature variations, are at the frontline of climate disruptions, as well as being major contributors to those disruptions. The backstory to the food we eat—how it’s grown, who owns it and who eats it—is
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Climate Under Siege: Public Policy Forums@CAPA — APA2179.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Brian Campion Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
Whether it’s in your community, your state, your country or in the world, understanding the impacts of global warming and how to participate in future policy decisions has become an essential role of the citizen.  This Fall 2019's Public Policy Forum @ CAPA presents an opportunity to learn from policy makers, academics, and leading thinkers and activists on many aspects of
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Collaborative Worldbuilding: Social Justice Entrepreneurship — APA2324.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Year 2020. The Republic, a fledgling, young country, has left decades of relative prosperity and entered an era marked by poor governance, a world-shaking pandemic, the open persecution of oppressed minority groups, and a ruling class determined to maintain its wealth and power. The first half of this course will deconstruct the foundational social, economic, and governance
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Collective Entrepreneurship: Full Circle Leadership — APA2282.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
Building on the elements of the Future of Work courses (Future of Work: Alternative Organizations Future of Work: Individual Capacity) this practicum based course focuses on creating prototypes of organizing models that hold livelihood, participation and mutual support as equivalent. Optimising for impact and meaning, within the context of deliberate development, students will
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Community and Liberation Psychology — PSY4382.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Özge Savaş
Credits: 4
In this course, students will become familiar with the foundational texts of community and liberation psychology. We will read and discuss Latin American origins of Liberation Psychology using texts written by Ignacio Martin Baró, Paulo Freire and others, as well as the foundational decolonial texts that emerged from continental Europe such as ones written by Franz Fanon. We
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Community Transformation: A Multi-Party Negotiation over Trans-boundary Water Resources in the Indus Basin between Pakistan and Afghanistan — MED4208.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati with guest Michael Cohen
Credits: 2
This seven-week course will explore the complex issues involved in a multi-party collaborative problem-solving process. Systems analysis, conflict resolution models and negotiation strategies will all be covered as to their strategic utility in these types of complicated disputes. Students will read the AREU (Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit) report on the conflict over
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Comparative Political Corruption — POL4102.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 2
Political corruption is broadly understood to involve the exploitation of public office for private gain. It is a longstanding problem, and it persists more or less in every society, including old democracies and developing countries. This course explores the definitions, drivers, patterns, effects and control of political corruption from a global perspective. Key topics
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Comparing Political Institutions — POL2101.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Credits: 4
Political institutions are the decision norms and organizations that govern political life. Academic and policy interest in such institutions is flourishing as previously authoritarian states seek to craft democratic constitutions, while established and new democracies contend with non-democratic, illiberal, or populist challenges to their political systems. This course
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Computer Science Principles — CS2131.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Meltem Ballan
Credits: 4
This course is designed for all students. Computer Science Principles is an introductory course that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science. Students will learn to design and evaluate solutions and to apply computer science to solve problems through the development of algorithms and programs. Students will be provided real world  insights,
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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 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 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: 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: 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: 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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