John Jay College Of Criminal Justice | The City University of New York

The Dispute Resolution minor provides students with an opportunity to learn about the causes, complex dynamics, escalation, de-escalation, and constructive resolution of conflicts in a variety of contexts from the interpersonal to the international levels. Students will also gain knowledge and techniques necessary to negotiate, facilitate, and mediate a wide range of situations.

Learning Objectives. Upon completion of the minor, the students will be able to:

• Recognize the causes of conflict
• Understand the dynamics and progression of conflict
• Think more critically about how to process conflict situations, utilize dispute resolution techniques and skills needed to negotiate, facilitate, and mediate in a variety of contexts.

Rationale. This minor is particularly attractive and beneficial for students who cannot complete the existing Dispute Resolution Certificate since they will acquire a solid understanding of conflict, its causes, progression, complexity, and management. With 18 credits focused on dispute resolution, it is still possible for students to deepen their critical understanding of conflict which will be invaluable for them in their personal lives, at work, and in graduate school, especially for those students who will enter professions like law, social work, business, etc, where sorting through conflicts is essential. There is virtually no major that will not benefit from having students add this minor to their undergraduate portfolio.

Minor Advisor. Professor Maria Volpe, Department of Sociology (212.237.8692, mvolpe@jjay.cuny.edu).

Please note: Students cannot earn both the Minor and the Certificate in Dispute Resolution.

Requirements. Students wishing to minor in Dispute Resolution must complete 18 credits of coursework, of which 6 credits are required and 12 credits are electives. Courses chosen for the minor have been selected to reflect substantive areas relevant for dispute resolution and to differentiate it from the Dispute Resolution Certificate.

Required Subtotal: 6 credits

Sociology 206 The Sociology of Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Sociology 380 Sociology Laboratory in Dispute Resolution Skill Building

Electives Subtotal: 12 credits

Select
African-American Studies Justice 229 Restorative Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict
African-American Studies Sociology 110 Race and the Urban Community
Anthropology 330 American Cultural Pluralism and the Law
Law 206 The American Judiciary
Philosophy 302 Philosophical Issues of Rights
Philosophy 310/Law 310 Ethics and the Law
Police Science 245 Community Policing
Psychology 202/Sociology 202 The Family: Change, Challenges and Crisis Intervention
Psychology 213/Sociology 213 Race and Ethnic Relations
Psychology 236 Group Dynamics
Psychology 275 Family Conflict and the Family Court
Sociology 236 Victimology
Sociology 308 The Sociology of Violence
Sociology 381 Internship in Dispute Resolution Interdisciplinary Studies Program (with permission of the minor advisor)

Total: 18 credits