Conflict  Management

Conflict Management  is available as a special supporting area for the I.S.U. graduate program in Human Resource Development.

Persons selecting this specialization must take:

• Sociology 625, Conflict Resolution: Theory and Research (3 hours);

plus  six additional graduate hours in courses acceptable for this specialization, such as the following (3 hours each):

• Criminology 607, Seminar: Law and Society;
• Economics 551, Collective Bargaining and Labor Law;
• Educational Administration 656, School-Community Relations;
• Educational Administration 658, Collective Bargaining in Education;
• Sociology 570, Sociology of Work and Industrial Relations;
• Sociology 626, Conflict Resolution: Legal and Applied Aspects;
• Sociology 695: Conflict Resolution: Practicum and Internship.

Courses not listed above can be requested to count toward this special, area if approved for individual students for this purpose.  Approval of such requests must be given by the Chair of the Industrial Technology Education department.

A non-degree Certificate of Mediation program is available to student who take all three of the Conflict Resolution courses offered by the Department of Sociology.  These courses are available either as night classes or in another format which should make them available for persons beyond the Terre Haute area.  Courses for this Certificate of Mediation program also fill the requirements of a Conflict Management specialization for the Human Resource Development major (as well as Indiana state-certified training for court-related mediation).

For more information about this area, please contact either of the following persons:

• James A. Schellenberg, Professor of Sociology, ISU (phone 812: 237-3446);
• Anthony F. Gilberti, Chair, I.T.E. Department, ISU (phone 82:237-2642).