2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

SOC 206 The Sociology of Conflict and Dispute Resolution

3 hours 

Focuses on why there are struggles over income, property and power on the interpersonal, community, national and international levels. Examines the causes of disputes, the difficulties that arise in resolving them, the alternative methods for settling them (conciliation, mediation, arbitration, adjudication) and the advantages of peaceful resolution.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101 and SOC 101