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There are plenty of courses available this summer to count towards the completion of the Peace, Conflict, and Security Certificate, see below for what is being offered, what term, and course descriptions. For more information about CU Summer Session, visit their website, click here.

PACS 2500-581: Introduction to Peace, Conflict and Security Studies
(Continuing Education online offering, session A)
Introduces the related fields of peace, conflict and security studies. Examines causes and dynamics of conflict and violence (interpersonal to global). Examines theory and research concerning peace movements, conflict resolution and security institutions. Explores career options in related fields.

PACS 3700-581, -582: Communication and Conflict Management
(Continuing Education online offering, session A and B)
Examines interdisciplinary concepts and theories enabling students to better understand different types of conflict, sources of conflict, and communication patterns that serve to create, maintain and transform conflict. Teaches practical skills in conflict management areas such as bargaining, facilitation, mediation and negotiation. Same as COMM 3700.

PACS 3850-200: International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
(Online, sesson B)
Provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of international conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Bases the quest to build sustainable peace not on military supremacy or coercive diplomacy, but rather the ability of states and peoples to work collaboratively to develop mutually beneficial solutions aimed at the satisfaction of basic needs, collective security, political representation, and respect for human dignity. Explores how international conflicts are mitigated, contained, and resolved through processes such as DDR (disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration), citizen diplomacy, and reconciliation.

PHIL 3290-001: War and Morality and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom
(Remote/virtual class, Monday - Friday 12:30pm - 3:30pm)
Designed primarily for PHIL, PSCI, IAFS, and PACS students.This interdisciplinary course combines the ethical and empirical study of revolutionary violence. Explores normative theories of political obligation and democratic governance, arguments from collective self-determination that prioritize the sovereignty of states over the rights of oppressed individuals, principles of just war, as well as select empirical studies of the causes and effects of violent revolutions, and of the reasons why some rebel groups receive assistance from the international community, while other insurgencies are left to fight and die alone.