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CULTURE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

MED 104 176 (Online)

3 Credit Hours

(June 1 to August 9)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course explores the role culture plays in conflict and its resolution, including the ways race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, and language influence the mediation.

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Robin Rossenfeld

Phone

303.340.7255

E-mail

Robin.Rossenfeld@CCAurora.edu

Fax

303.340.7080

Mailbox Location

CLC Building 859, Room 111

Other

Office: CLC Building 859, Room 101

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

·         Send/receive mail

·         Download files to your computer and then open them

·         Basic word processing skills 

·         Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or reference the help page with Information on Blackboard Vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

Bridging Cultural Conflicts  by LeBaron. Jossey-Bass Publishing (2003), ISBN 9780787964313

Conflict Resolution Across Cultures, by Myers & Filner, Amherst Education Publishing (1997), ISBN 9781883998196

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

·         Supported Web-browser

·         Supported version of Java

·         To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

·         You can find detailed information on hardware/software support and information on the Technical issues page.

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Go to the Course Shell in Blackboard Vista. Read the Course Syllabus. Complete the Introductory Assignment.  Participate in the Introductions topic in the Discussion.

(NOTE: If you are unfamiliar with Blackboard Vista, the College provides orientation classes to our students.)

Read the Introductions/Forwards and Chapter 1 in each book.

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

Not applicable

OTHER INFORMATION:

Course assignments must be submitted as a Word (.doc) or rich text format (.rtf) file ONLY! You cannot submit your assignments as zip files.