Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Conflict Management and Resolution

The Department of Public and International Affairs offers a multi-disciplinary post-baccalaureate program in Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR) for professionals, practitioners and students who wish to gain a greater understanding of a variety of conflict in both domestic and international settings. The program is based on a dual-format, blended-course model which includes intensive instructional blocks utilizing face-to-face instruction, video teleconferencing and mobile access followed by self-paced but guided distance education. There is one instructional block a semester spanning two–to–four weeks at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters. The program is designed to provide core knowledge, skills, and abilities through a set of modules focused on the theoretical and applied approaches to conflict management. Students acquire the tools to respond to a broad spectrum of scenarios including interpersonal conflict, third-party facilitation and mediation, and larger group conflict. The objective of the certificate program is to give graduates the knowledge and skill set to manage conflict in diverse domestic or international environments. Students may participate in the certificate program while enrolled in a master’s degree program in another discipline, whether at UNCW or any other regionally accredited university. In order to better address the various career goals of our students, the certificate in conflict management and resolution will have two tracks: domestic and international. UNCW’s CMR students will have the opportunity to take courses in the Master’s Program in Conflict Transformation and Management at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. NMMU utilizes a similar model of course instruction.