Violence in the Modern World

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Explain the foundation and development of peace and conflict studies;

• Identify techniques used for peace development and reconciliation;

• Examine how instances of ethnic conflict and genocide have taken place in the modern world;

• Explore how the environment, gender, economics, and religion impact many modern conflicts;

• Evaluate the roots of conflict and related techniques for its non-violent transformation;

• Describe dynamic elements of different cultures (MAC SLO 1);

• Explain how similarities, differences, and connections among different groups of people or global systems affect one another over time and place (MAC SLO 2).

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Introductory Video Post	10 points
Participation Points	20 points
Practice Exercises (4)	20 points
Full-Class Discussion Board (1)	5 points
Small-Group Discussion Boards (4)	20 points
Final Project: Choice of Topic	5 points
Final Project: Annotated Bibliography	10 points
Final Project: Outline and Small-Group Check-In	10 points
Final Video Presentation	20 points
Extra Credit Opportunities	As announced

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
94–100	A
90–93	A-
87–89	B+
83–86	B
80–82	B-
77–79	C+
73–76	C
70–72	C-
67–69	D+
63–66	D
60–62	D-
Below 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

In this asynchronous online course, your active participation — through engaging with written and audiovisual course materials, completing required tasks and assignments, and interacting with your classmates on discussion boards and otherwise — is essential. You will not, however, be assigned an attendance or participation grade beyond the assignments outlined above. You will earn “Participation Points” in this course through light, low-stakes activities that you will find within the modules on Canvas.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.