Graduate Portfolio Program in Dispute Resolution
Program Course Requirements
Students must complete twelve credit hours from a list of courses approved by the program's faculty steering committee. Students can request that courses not on the list be approved on an ad hoc basis.
The courses selected must meet four substantive requirements:
- a course in basic conflict or dispute resolution theory;
- a course containing advanced material and skill-building activities related to one of the three major skill areas of the DR concentration: arbitration, mediation, or negotiation;
- an internship or other practical application of dispute resolution processes; and
- a course requiring a research paper in dispute resolution. ( A student may write a paper which will count toward both this requirement and the research paper and symposium requirement. In this case, the student should coordinate with the Portfolio Faculty Steering Committee member who will be responsible for the evaluation of research papers submitted for presentation to the symposium .)
The portfolio program is designed so students may complete the requirements of the program without extending the time necessary to complete the students graduate degree program.
In addition to the course requirements, the student must also meet the research requirement described under Research Paper and Symposium.
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