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INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING
2018-2019	EnIESEG School of Management ( IÉSEG )
Class code :	1819-IÉSEG-M1S1-NEG-MA-EI42UE	NEGOTIATION

Level	Year	Period	Language of instruction
Master	1	S1	EnEnglish

Academic responsibility	JP.DA ROCHA
Lecturer(s)	Jose Pascal da Rocha

IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 1 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

No mandatory pre-requisites. Students will be invited to the course site and asked to read two preparatory documents and to watch a Ted Talk to be prepared for the context of the class. Students will be tasked to share their learning goals prior to the class.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should be able to :
•Understand definitions and current discourse in conflict management
•Contrast liberal peace building theory and practical approaches to peace building
•Develop greater awareness of the roles and relationships peace actors develop and foster in post-conflict environments

Course description

This course will provide students with the theory and practice to engage in international conflict management. It situates the discussion in the aftermath of violent warfare and therefore puts emphasis on the ending of hostilities and the consolidation of short-term peace and long-term nation building. It will relate to the many levels and multi-dimensional scopes of international mediation, incl. tactics, actors, and dynamics at the negotiation table. Based on applied theory and real world scenarios provided by the course instructor, students will be immersed into the complexities of conflict resolution and peace building on an international scale. Whether Darfur, Syria, Myanmar or Colombia, students' awareness and understanding about interdependent issues at the international level will be raised.

Class type

Class structure

Type of course	Numbers of hours	Comments
Independent study
Individual Project	4,00	Daily journals reflecting on class learning
Estimated personal workload	6,00	Write a final analysis (2 pages) and correlate with class inputs
Independent work
Research	4,00	Students are expected to write a final analysis of a peacebuilding example and to provide self-directed research insights into the topics
Reference manual 's readings	6,00	Short articles for each topic in order to frame student's understanding for the covered subject matter
Face to face
Interactive class	16,00	Interactive class discussions, based on readings done by the students, supported by content-driven discussion, additional framing of the context provided through the lecturer's experience and a group work activity focusing on case studies
Total student workload	36,00

Teaching methods

Interactive class
Lecture
Project work

Assessment

The course is based on experiential and self-directed learning. Grades are obtained as follows: Class participation (40%), daily reflective journal (assessing daily learning, critical thinking, writing skills, and transfer knowledge (40%), a final film analysis (applying all the course learning into the assessment of a peacebuilding case (20%).