Degree Requirements
The program requires that a student take six and a half courses and complete a master’s field project. It involves full-time residency at Brandeis from September to May, followed by nonresident or continuation status from May to December while undertaking the master’s project.
Degree requirements include:
Required Core Courses (2.5 courses)
a) Coexistence and Conflict Theory And Analysis (Professor Fitzduff)
b) Strategies For Coexistence Interventions (Professor Fitzduff)
c) Coexistence Research Methods (half-course) (Brandeis Staff)
Core Electives (at least two courses)
a) Dialogue and Mediation Skills (Professor Johnson)
b) Managing Ethnic Conflict (Professor Burg)
c) Development, Aid and Coexistence (Professor Johnson)
d) The Future of Diversity Work (Professor Johnson)
e) Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East (Professor Feldman)
Elective Courses (two courses)
Students choose two electives from a preapproved list and/or other relevant courses with permission of the director.
Master's Project
Following an academic year at Brandeis (September to May) students will undertake a three month internship or independent fieldwork. The project concludes with a master’s field paper written under the supervision of a faculty mentor, to be completed by December.