The Department of Leadership, Counseling and Instructional Technology at the University of North Florida offers an interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate that is acceptable to fulfill the Cognate requirement in the Leadership doctoral program. This graduate certificate seeks to establish a supportive learning community that emphasizes reflection, self knowledge, cross-cultural understanding, nonviolent communication and proactive conflict transformation. Students develop knowledge and skills for understanding and addressing conflict within academic institutions, governments, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, the media, and other professional venues.

Why Study Conflict Transformation?
Conflict is omnipresent, emerging from many sources with intrapersonal, interpersonal and systemic antecedents. Responses to conflict can be highly enlightening and valuable for all who are experiencing and managing them. The Conflict Transformation (CT) Program enhances the abilities of individuals and communities of people to recognize diverse needs and develop nonviolent processes for transforming conflicts. Processes studied will include conflict transformation and conflict resolution, forgiveness, reconciliation, and peacebuilding.

Cognate Requirements: Minimum of 12 Credits
Certificate Requirements: Minimum of 18 Credits

The CT Graduate Program is intentionally interdisciplinary in nature. Consequently, students in every college of the University of North Florida may study in the new CT Program. Below are 3-unit courses with CT foci that are offered for graduate students.

Required Courses for Certificate:

• EDG 6403: Foundations of Conflict Transformation, summer

• EDA 6991: Applied Transformation of Conflict, spring

• PAX 6940: Internship in Public Administration, always

Course Options:

• EDG 5608: Sociological Bases of Education, fall

• MHS 6428: Introduction to Family Counseling, fall

• MHS 6428: Counseling Diverse Populations, spring

• MHS 6510: Group Counseling, summer

• LIT 5XXX: Truth and Reconciliation in Modern Literature,

• EDF 6990: Independent Study (with associated faculty), always

• Additional Courses: TBA. Other course offerings will also be offered soon.