Peace Development and Community Building

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Evaluate positive versus negative peacebuilding models and methodologies;

• Demonstrate an understanding of community practice, peacebuilding, and conflict management;

• Evaluate community and peacebuilding interventions and programs;

• Apply models of community practice within a peacebuilding context;

• Use positive peacebuilding skills within the context of community;

• Develop community interventions and programs that promote nonviolent principles; and

• Apply those interpersonal and group skills that are essential to working with target groups in community organizations and localities.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Points
Class Attendance, Participation, and Engagement	20 points
One-on-One Meeting with Your Professor	5 points
Reflective Journal	15 points
In-Class Community-Building Activity Facilitation	5 points
Case Study of Community-Level Peacebuilding	15 points
In-Class Dialogue Facilitation	10 points
Final Project: Community-Based Peacebuilding Practice (Goal Setting, In-Class Presentation, and Final Paper or Other Deliverable)	30 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:

Your active engagement in this course will be an essential part of your learning. Some of the factors to take into consideration for this component of your grade include:

• Your consistent attendance

• Your preparation for class (i.e., completing assigned readings and other tasks)

• Your spoken participation in class

• Your nonverbal participation in class (i.e., listening to your classmates and instructor, reflecting on questions and content)

• Your cooperation with your classmates in small-group activities

• Your respect of our classroom norms

• Your participation in discussion boards and other course-related opportunities outside of class time

• Your general engagement with the course materials and participation in activities

You will be graded for your participation twice during the semester: once just before Fall Break, and again at the end of the term. I will ask you to provide input on what you think your participation grade should be and why both times.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.