Mediation Certificate

Mediation Certificate Requirements

13 credits

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
COMM 1270	Critical Thinking and Communicating (SS)	3
COMM 3330	Negotiations and Bargaining	3
COMM 3340	Survey of Dispute Resolution	3
COMM 3360	Mediation and Negotiation	3
COMM 4860	Mediation Practicum	1

Completion Requirements

1. Grade C- or higher in each Discipline Core Requirement.
2. GPA 2.5 or higher Discipline Core Requirement.

Mediation Certificate Program Learning Outcomes

At the successful conclusion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Integrate critical reasoning into the formulation and delivery of effective and ethical personal, social, professional and public oral and written messages for a variety of audience compositions in numerous mediation contexts.
2. Analyze and critique messages in a mediation setting to determine message effectiveness ethics appropriateness and strategies utilized by the message designer.
3. Apply effective and appropriate written oral communication skills when exposed to intercultural settings and cross-cultural environments to achieve a cultural sensitivity to diversity as well as to navigate and overcome potential communication differences in a mediation environment.