Dispute Management and Resolution, Minor

Program Code: DMR_UMNR

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Program Description

This interdisciplinary minor is administered by the Departments of Communication Arts and Sciences and the School of Labor and Employment Relations. It has as specific learning objectives:

the development of skills appropriate to the management and resolution of problems created by difference in attitudes, beliefs, values, and behavioral preferences of individuals and
learning how to apply these skills across multiple contexts, including interpersonal, group, and organizational contexts, and, to a lesser extent, international contexts.

The minor is supportive of, and complementary to, work emphasizing conflict and means for dealing with it in such majors as Communication Arts and Sciences, Criminology/Criminal Justice, Human Development and Family Studies, Labor and Employment Relations, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.

Program Requirements

Program Requirements
Requirement	Credits
Requirements for the Minor	18

Requirements for the Minor

Students pursuing the minor must complete 9 credits of prescribed course work and 9 credits of additional course work distributed across at least two of the eight areas identified below. Of the 18 credits selected, at least 9 must be at the 400 level, 6 must be from Communication Arts and Sciences, and 6 must be from Labor and Employment Relations. A maximum of 6 credits earned in the minor, if appropriate, can be used to satisfy requirements in the Communication Arts and Sciences or Labor and Employment Relations majors.

A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10.

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Prescribed Courses
Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better
CAS 203	Interpersonal Communication	3
LER 100	Introduction to Labor and Human Resources	3
Additional Courses
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better
Select 12 credits of which 9 credits must be taken at the 400 level:		12
LER 437	Workplace Dispute Resolution
or CAS 404	Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
Select 9 credits of the following:
CAS 250	Small Group Communication
CAS 403	Interpersonal Communication Theory and Research
CAS 452	Organizational Communication Theory and Research
CAS 471	Intercultural Communication Theory and Research
CRIM/CRIMJ/WMNST 423	Sexual and Domestic Violence
HDFS 311	Human Development and Family Studies Interventions
HDFS 414	Resolving Human Development and Family Problems
LER/WMNST 136	Race, Gender, and Employment
LER 434	Advanced Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration
PLSC 14	International Relations
PLSC 418	International Relations Theory
PLSC 437	War in World Politics
PSYCH 281	Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology
PSYCH 423	Social Psychology of Interpersonal/Intergroup Relationships
PSYCH 484	Work Attitudes and Motivation
SOC 119N	Race, Ethnicity and Culture
SOC 403	Advanced Social Psychology
SOC 432	Social Movements
SOC 455	Work and Occupations

Some courses may require other course works as some courses have prerequisites.

Academic Advising

The objectives of the university’s academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.

Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee’s unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.

READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY