"Nothing could be worse than the fear that one has given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort which might have saved the world."

Jane Addams (1860-1935), IFOR member and 1931 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

The Center for the Study of Conflict offers undergraduate and graduate programs that provide students with the opportunity for concentrate study in the areas of conflict management and conflict resolution within their declared major fields. 

The focus in the graduate division is on conflict management and the employment of alternative methods of dispute resolution, such as negotiation, arbitration, and mediation.  Students will have opportunities to hone dispute resolution skills through advanced workshops and clinics. 

Students in the undergraduate program will concentrate on conflict resolution through examination and analysis of social injustice and the problems of discordant societies.  Students will learn how tools such as restorative justice, truth and reconciliation, mediation, and public dialogue are used to resolve disputes and transform societies.