STDEV 359
Conflict Resolution
Student Development
Student Life
Course Description
Learn how to resolve conflict more effectively and build peace on the interpersonal, national, and international levels. Includes gospel perspectives and practical strategies and theories on negotiation and peace building, and explores conflict in politics, gender, and race.
When Taught
Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
2
Fixed
2
Fixed
2
Fixed
0
Title
LDS Concepts on Conflict Resolution
Learning Outcome
Describe the primary principles of conflict resolution taught by Christ and leaders of the LDS Church and how those principles strengthen our ability to have a responsive way of being.
Title
Nature of Conflict
Learning Outcome
Describe the nature of conflict in human interactions and how way of being is more important than behavior in influencing relationships and determining outcomes of conflict.
Title
Dialoguing Skills
Learning Outcome
Explain the difference between dialoguing and debating and apply the key skills for dialoguing.
Title
Negotiation Strategies
Learning Outcome
Describe basic negotiation strategies and practice negotiating in role-play scenarios.
Title
Dispute Resolution Methods
Learning Outcome
Recognize the different dispute resolution methods and conflict styles most commonly practiced in society and their advantages and disadvantages.
Title
Way of Being
Learning Outcome
Apply the concepts about way of being and how to make things go right in relationships through specific homework assignments.
