Curriculum
What are the program requirements?
The Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management (MADR) requires the completion of 36 credit hours with the option of concentrated study. Dispute Resolution offers rolling admission and start dates throughout the year with no enrollment minimums per term. Students are not required to take courses in any particular order or sequence with the exception of Mediation being taken before Domestic Relation and Research Methods before DRCM Capstone (departmental consent may be granted).
Required/Elective Coursework on Annual Course Schedule* (24 credit hours)
FALL TERM - ANNUALLY:
DR Required:
HCIS 6362 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Earn Texas Mediation Certification)
HCIS 6363 Mediation and Dispute Resolution
HCIS 6364 Law, Ethics, and Morality
HCIS 6368 DRCM Capstone - Internship, Practicum, or Independent Study
DR Electives:
HCIS 6350 Transitions in College Sports
HCIS 6300 Directed Study/Practicum - Mediation, Coaching, Negotiation, or Facilitation
HCIS 6390 Executive and Leadership Coaching: Essentials (1 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6391 Executive and Leadership Coaching: Theory and Practice (2 of 3 towards ICF certification)
SPRING TERM - ANNUALLY:
DR Required:
HCIS 6310 Research Methods
HCIS 6315 Communication and Dispute Resolution
HCIS 6319 Psychology of Conflict
HCIS 6361 Cross-Cultural and Gender Negotiation
HCIS 6308 DRCM Capstone - Internship, Practicum, or Independent Study
DR Electives:
HCIS 6390 Executive and Leadership Coaching: Essentials (1 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6391 Executive and Leadership Coaching: Theory and Practice (2 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6300 Directed Study/Practicum - Mediation, Coaching, Negotiation, or Facilitation
Elective Courses Offered Every Other Year*:
ELECTIVES - EVERY OTHER YEAR PRIMARILY ACROSS JAN, MAY, OR SUMMER TERMS; SOME IN FALL AND SPRING TERMS:HCIS 6300 Directed Study - Selected Topic
HCIS 6359 Organizational Consulting Skills
HCIS 6351 Organizational Change Management
HCIS 6352 Intercultural Communication
HCIS 6353 Understanding Strategy: Government, Business, and Social Movements
HCIS 6371 Engaging in Conflict
HCIS 6372 Neuroscience: The Role of the Brain in Emotion, Collaboration, and Conflict
HCIS 6373 Family Conflict: The 21st Century Family
HCIS 6374 Online Dispute Resolution
HCIS 6375 Workplace Conflict
HCIS 6376 Generational Conflict
HCIS 6377 International Conflict Management
HCIS 6378 Domestic Relations (Earn Texas Mediation Certification for Family Cases)
HCIS 6392 Executive Leadership and Coaching: Performance (Option for 3 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6393 Coaching for Educational and Organizational Leaders (Option for 3 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6394 Educational Coaching: Ensuring Success for All Learners (Option for 3 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6395 Potential and Performance: Coaching for Individual and Organizational Effectiveness (Option for 3 of 3 towards ICF certification)
HCIS 6396 Conflict Coaching (Option for 3 of 3 towards ICF certification)
*For planning purposes - subject to schedule changes as necessary