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Applied Conflict Management - B.A. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Attributes Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  UC 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (33 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits Min. Grade
DD/KSS CACM 11001 Introduction to Conflict Management 3  
  CACM 21002 Gender, Power and Conflict 3  
DG CACM 22020 International Conflict Resolution 3  
  CACM 31003 Nonviolence: Theory and Practice 3  
  CACM 31010 Conflict Theory 3  
ELR  CACM 35092 Internship in Conflict Management (1-9) 2,3 3  
  CACM 38080 Mediation: Theory and Training 3  
  CACM 41004 Capstone in Applied Conflict Management 3  
DG/WIC CACM 41010 Reconciliation Versus Revenge: Transitional Justice 3 C 4
  CACM Electives, Choose from the following 3: 6  
  CACM 21010 Cross-Cultural Conflict Management (3)    
  CACM 30000 May 4 1970 and Its Aftermath (3)    
  CACM 32020 Strategic Planning (3)    
  CACM 33030 Conflict in the Workplace (3)    
  CACM 34040 Negotiation (3)    
  CACM 35050 Environmental Conflict Resolution (3)    
  CACM 35095 Special Topics in Conflict Management (3)    
WIC CACM 42020 Qualitative Research in Conflict Management (3)   C 4
  CACM 49091 Variable Title Seminar in Conflict Management (1-3)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (86 credits)  
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  Foreign Language 5 14-20  
  Kent Core Composition 6  
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5  
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9  
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 3  
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
  Kent Core Additional 6  
  College General Requirements (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences) 6 3  
  College General Requirements (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences) 7 3  
  General Electives
Number of general elective credit hours required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division hours. 		 33  
MINIMUM TOTAL 
120
  
  1. UC 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. Students may enroll in a maximum of 12 credit hours, but no more than 3 credit hours may count toward the major.
  3. Applied Conflict Management majors who successfully earn 15 credits of POL coursework by participating in the Political Science Washington Program in National Issues (WPNI) or the Political Science Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues (CPII) may substitute three (3) of the credits earned in Washington or Columbus for the CACM 35092 Internship in Conflict Management requirement. They may also substitute six (6) of the credits earned in either WPNI or CPII  for any two (2) of the CACM courses listed as CACM Electives, thus completing their CACM Elective requirement. The remaining credits earned in either the Washington or Columbus program may be used to fulfill university or college upper-division electives and/or as course substitutions for required CACM courses. Course substitutions will be considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with a CACM faculty advisor.
  4. A minimum C grade must be earned in either CACM 41010 or CACM 42020 in order to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
  5. Fulfills College General Requirement
  6. One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.
  7. One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (CRIM), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.

Foreign Language Note: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must have the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language, plus one of the following options:

  1. Intermediate I and II of the same language
  2. Elementary I and II of a second language
  3. Any combination of two courses from the following list:
    1. Intermediate I of the same language
    2. MCLS 10001 Introduction to Structural Concepts for Language Students
    3. MCLS 20000 Global Literacy and Cultural Awareness
    4. MCLS 20091 Seminar: Global Literacy Case Studies
    5. MCLS 21417 Multiculturalism in Today's Germany
    6. MCLS 22217 Diversity in Today's Russia
    7. MCLS 23217 The Francophone Experience
    8. MCLS 28404 The Latin American Experience
    9. MCLS 28405 The Spanish Experience

All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may begin their university foreign language experience beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses. This may be accomplished by: (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level or (2) receiving credit through Credit by Exam (CBE), the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Advanced Placement (AP) exam or credit through the International Baccalaureate (IB) program; or (3) being designated a native speaker of a non-English language (consult with the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office for additional information). When students complete the requirement with fewer than 14 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining hours with general electives.