Mediation and Conflict Resolution Learning Outcomes

Program Goals and Outcomes for Master of Arts in Mediation and Conflict Resolution Students

• Identify the types of conflict management styles.
• Define, analyze, and understand the key practical and theoretical concepts of managing and resolving conflicts.
• Apply the theoretical and practical components of negotiation and mediation.
• Apply culturally responsive strategies across diverse populations.
• Apply ethical practices in negotiation, mediation, and in efforts to resolve conflicts.
• Demonstrate the ability to think critically, solve problems, and make decisions.
• Exhibit good communication skills; with a competency for cultural differences, a knowledge of implicit bias, and the role of persuasion, perception and power in conflict resolution.

Program Goals and Outcomes for all Continuing Studies Program Students

• Be life-long competent social learners.
  • Be able to articulate an opinion based on a group discussion.
  • Be able to evaluate sources of information.
  • Be able to synthesize diverse sources of information.
• Have a foundational knowledge base.
  • Be able to explain core concepts.
  • Be able to identify the ideas of key thinkers in the discipline.
  • Be able to demonstrate a basic competency in the liberal arts and sciences beyond their chosen field of study.
• Be able to apply their knowledge.
  • Be able to identify a practical application of the theoretical concept.
  • Be able to articulate an example of how a concept applies in their own lives.
  • Be able to create a real-world deliverable derived form course content.
• Be global citizens.
  • Be able to discuss the global implications of domestic policies.
  • Be able to compare and contrast different cultural practices.
  • Be able to articulate ways that individual actions can have widespread consequences.
• Respect diversity.
  • Be able to respectfully listen to and explain viewpoints that differ from their own.
  • Be able to compare and contrast different cultural practices.
  • Be able to identify their own inherent biases.
• Have developed appropriate research and information literacy skills.
  • Be able to construct a plan for finding information.
  • Be able to critically evaluate sources of information.
  • Be able to synthesize diverse sources of information
• Be able to communicate effectively.
  • Be able to write in a clear and professional manner.
  • Be able to adapt their communication style to the appropriate audience.
  • Be able to advance an argumentative thesis.
• Have and live according to a sense of ethics.
  • a.    Be able to identify ethical issues in real-life scenarios.
  • b.    Be able to articulate the ethical bases for a particular course of action.
  • c.    Be able to compare and contrast the ideas of major ethical thinkers.
• Embrace the Dominican mission.
  • a.    Be able to articulate the importance of truth, justice and service.
  • b.    Be able to explain how the Dominican mission relates to their own lives.
  • c.    Be able to apply what they learn to further peace and justice in their communities.
  • d.    Be able to address legal and human condition implications of climate change and sustainability.
• Have developed a sense of self-actualization.
  • a.    Be able to restate the ideas of others.
  • b.    Be able to cite examples of self-actualization in their own lives.
  • c.    Be able to demonstrate self-confidence.
  • d.    Be able to critique the perspective of others.
  • e.    Be able to integrate skills learned outside and inside the classroom.
  • f.    Be able to devise strategies to overcome challenges.

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