Spring 2009 Courses

 

ORLJ 5340:
Basic Practicum in Conflict Resolution & Mediation
3 credits @ $1,030 per credit (plus special fee of $50)
or non-credit @ $1500 (plus special fee of $50)
This course is the first of six in a series leading to a Certificate of Attendance in Conflict Resolution, and provides experience in developing basic collaborative negotiation and mediation skills for interpersonal conflict in a variety of contexts.

Students will be required to complete pre- and post- course assignments. Please call (212) 678-3289 or e-mail castro@tc.edu for more information.

Section 001: (CRN: 50168)
Instructors: Robert Anderson, Ed.D. & Patricia Barnes, J.D.
Workshop Dates: January 23, 24, 25 & February 6, 7, 8
Times: Fridays 4-8pm
Saturdays and Sundays 9am-5pm

Section 002: (CRN: 50293)
Instructors: Audrey Charlton, Ph.D. & Bridget Regan, J.D.
Workshop Dates: February 30, 31 & February 1, 13, 14, 15
Times: Fridays 4-8pm
Saturdays and Sundays 9am-5pm

Section 003: (CRN: 50297)
Instructors: Camilo Azcarate, J.D. & Michele Riley, J.D.
Workshop Dates: February 20, 21, 22 & March 6, 7, 8
Times: Fridays 4-8pm
Saturdays and Sundays 9am-5pm


Section 004: (CRN: 50306)
Instructors: Patricia Barnes, J.D. & Michele Riley, J.D.
Workshop Dates: January 29; February 5, 12, 19, 26; March 5, 12, 26; April 2
Times: 9 Monday nights, 5pm- 9pm

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ORLJ 5148, 001:
Managing Conflict in Organizations
3 credits @ $1,030 per credit (plus special fee of $25)
or non-credit @ $1500 (plus special fee of $25)
Instructor: Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Ph.D., C.C.S
This course is designed to address conflicts in the context of organizations from both theoretical and practical points of view. We will review the latest research findings about what causes conflict in organizations, how the issues are framed, how the conflicts are managed and how conflict impacts the parties involved and the organization as a whole.

Section 001: (CRN: 52067)
Workshop Dates: January 26; February 2, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23; March 2, 9
Times: Mondays 7:20-9pm; Friday 4-8pm; Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm; Sunday 9am-5pm

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ORLJ 6350, 002:
Advanced Practicum in Conflict Resolution, Part TWO: Designing Conflict Management Systems
3 credits @ $1,030 per credit
or non-credit @ $1500
Instructor Approval Required- Prerequisite: ORLJ 5340: Call (212) 678-3289
Instructor: Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Ph.D, C.C.S., & Camilo Azcarate, Ph.D.
This workshop presents a practical approach that uniquely integrates organizational development, alternative dispute resolution, and dispute system design principals into a working model to help assess conflict and evaluate processes within organizations.

Section 002: (CRN: 50285)
Workshop Dates: January 31, February 1,4,18; April 1,4,5; March 4, 11, 15; April 9 (Wednesdays)
Times: Saturdays and Sundays 9am-5pm
Wednesdays 7-9 pm

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*Tentative*
ORLJ 5012, 002:
Organizational Internship: Community Mediation
3 credits @ $1,030 per credit
or non-credit @ $1500
Instructor Approval Required- Prerequisite: ORLJ 5340: Call (212) 678-3289
Instructor: Mr. Stephen Slate, IMCR Executive Director
Students will participate in two weekend workshops and conduct supervised community mediation. Following the workshop, students can elect to conduct supervised community mediation.

Section 002: (CRN: 50452)
Workshop Dates: April 22-27
Times:9am-5pm

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ORLJ 5016, 004:
Special Topics: Conflict & Complexity: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Addressing Protracted Conflict
1 credit @ $1,030 per credit
or non-credit @ $655
Instructors: Andrzej Nowak, Ph.D., Robin Vallacher, Ph.D., & Lan Bui-Wrzosinska
This course will develop the relevance of dynamical systems theory for understanding, investigating, and resolving protracted and seemingly intractable conflict at different levels of social reality (interpersonal, inter-group, international).    

Section 004: (CRN: 51396)
Workshop Dates: February 27, 28; March 1, 27, 28, 29
Times: Friday 4-8 pm; Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm

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ORLJ 5016, 005:
Special Topics: Creativity and Negotiation
1 credit @ $1,030 per credit
or non-credit @ $655
Instructors: Beth Fisher-Yoshida & Howard Stein
This is a practicum course designed to examine idea generation in the context of negotiations. Participants will learn and actively experience group and individual creative processes that influence successful and novel outcomes in negotiations.   

Section 005: (CRN: TBA)
Workshop Dates: April 25, 26, 27
Times: Friday 4-8 pm; Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm

 

 

For registration information, please contact:

The International Center for Conflict Resolution (ICCCR)
232 Horace Mann Building
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
(212) 678-3402
icccr@columbia.edu