The ability to resolve conflict is a highly-valued professional asset, a means to foster community and personal relationships, and a life skill that promotes a more peaceful and productive way of living. Students earning the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation gain practical skills in understanding the roots of conflict and how to facilitate conflict resolution. This certificate provides students with skills that can resolve differences in the workplace, in the community, with friends and family, and beyond. The certificate is available to undergraduate students and is designed to appeal to students from a variety of majors and colleges throughout the university.
Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation
Certificate
Interested in Finding Actual Solutions to Conflict?
The Interdisciplinary Certificate in Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation Certificate can equip you to do just that. The ability to resolve conflict is a highly-valued professional asset, a means to foster community and personal relationships, and a life skill that promotes a more peaceful and productive way of living.
Students earning this certificate gain practical skills in understanding the roots of conflict and how to facilitate conflict resolution. This certificate provides students with skills that can resolve differences in the workplace, in the community, with friends and family, and beyond. The certificate is available to undergraduate students and is designed to appeal to students from a variety of majors and colleges throughout the university.
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Program Description
Program Admissions Requirements
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Requirements
The certificate will consist of 21 credits divided into three categories, as follows:
Foundational Courses
Complete all of the following courses:
- COMM 3150 – Dialoguing through Conflict: Tackling Taboo Topics
Complete at least one of the following courses:
- COMM 1270 – Analysis of Argument
- COMM 3200 – Persuasion Theory and Practices
- COMM 3330 – Argumentation and Negotiation
- COMM 5150 – Dialogue and Community Engagement
Interpersonal and Cultural Contexts
Complete at least one of the following courses:
- COMM 2110 – Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 3040 – Communication and Relationships
- COMM 3070 – Communication and Gender
- COMM 3120 – Family Communication
- COMM 3140 – Dangerous Liaisons in Relationships & Organizations
Complete at least two of the following courses, one of which must come from the Interpersonal Communication Group:
- COMM 2170 – Introduction to Organizational Communication
- COMM 3030 – Communication and Social Responsibility
- COMM 3190 – Intercultural Communication
- COMM 5200 – Persuasion and Political Communication
- COMM 5540 – Communication & Race
- COMM 5610 – IT & Global Conflict
- COMM 5620 – International Communication
- COMM 5490 – Communication and Social Justice
Interdisciplinary Actions
Complete at least one of the following courses:
- ETHNC 4450 – Intergroup Relations: Our Prejudices and Stereotypes
- FCS 3630 – Intimacy and Love
- FCS 5282 – Conflict and Mediation
- HNKLY 3910 – Political Forum Series
- INTL 3000 – Foundations of International Studies
- PHIL 1001 – Intro: Philosophy and ethical dilemmas in the contemporary world
- PSY 1080 – Love and Relationships
- PSY 2250 – Personality Theories
- PSY 2440 – Psychology of Getting What You Want: Attitudes and Persuasion
- SOC 2630 – Ethnic Minorities in America
- SW 3550 – Social Diversity and Cultural Understanding
Practical Applications
Complete all of the following courses:
- COMM 5050 – Conflict Mediation Practicum
Learning Requirements
By completing the media studies minor, students will:
- Learn skills and theory to effectively respond to conflict and facilitate constructive dialogue.
- Learn how to navigate challenging conversations at work, in the community, and at home.
- Learn how to assess and diagnose conflicts and issues from a number of perspectives.
- Learn mediation skills that can contribute to becoming a professional mediator.
How to Apply
Students interested in the Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation Certificate must fill out the certificate declaration form. General questions about the certificate may be sent to the Program Coordinator, Dr. Natasha Seegert, at n.seegert@utah.edu. Specific questions about the certificate enrollment process can be sent to comm-advisor@utah.edu.
