Mediation Undergraduate Certificate

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Mediation entails a third-party intervention designed to assist parties in managing conflict. Trained mediators are impartial process experts who learn to utilize communication and conflict philosophy and theories to increase the probability of more favorable outcomes between parties in conflict. The undergraduate certificate is designed for communication majors or any student interested in developing practical skills in alternative dispute resolution. The courses in this certificate focus on alternative dispute processes that include strategies for managing conflict in personal, public, legal, political, governmental and corporate contexts.

Certificate Requirements

The undergraduate certificate in mediation requires 12 semester hours (four courses).

Core Courses

COMM 4262 - Mediation Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4262

Students must complete at least one of the following two courses (those who take both classes take one elective rather than two; those who take only one class must select two electives):

COMM 4255 - Negotiations and Bargaining Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4255
COMM 4260 - Communication and Conflict Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4260

Electives

COMM 3271 - Communication and Diversity Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 3271
COMM 4015 - Communication and Civility Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4015
COMM 4140 - Argumentation Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4140
COMM 4681 - Communication Issues in Trial Court Practices and Processes Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4681

Total: 12 Hours

Students may be allowed to take courses other than those on this list to fulfill the requirements for the certificate, if those courses better fit their professional goals.

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