1. PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess

2. PACS 4500 Website/Syllabus Access http://peacestudies.colorado.edu/PACS4500 -001-course-homepage-temp

3. PACS 4500 Website/Syllabus Access http://peacestudies.colorado.edu

4. D2L Website Link, Grades, and Discussion Board Only

5. Peace & Conflict Studies Program

6. peacestudies.colorado.edu Courses Program

7. PACS Requirements

8. PACS Forms

9. PACS Director

10. PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess

11. Attendance Sheet

12. Your Instructor

13. Screenshots  The next set of slides are all “screenshots” from the class website.  All of this information is available online.  Use the online version of these pages, do not use these PowerPoints as your reference.  You will receive e-mail notifications of all significant changes to the website  Send to your _____@colorado.edu address_____@colorado.edu

14. Course Rules You are responsible for reading and following the course rules on the Website

15. Contact Info / Office Hours Informal conversations encouraged

16. Urgent Contact Form

17. Main Campus Norlin Office Norlin Library S423 (Inside S436)

18. East Campus Office East Campus Office: ARC building, 3100 Marine St, East campus, Room A228 [2nd floor (excluding basement), south "Annex" wing, (not room 228)] -- Take the Stampede bus. East Campus Office: Call first to make sure I'm available! East Campus Office Phone: 303-492-1635. Use this or e-mail (preferred) for messages.

19. PACS Political Orientation Government of the people, by the people, for the people

20. Teaching Philosophy Tweaking the Image / NOT Professorial Download Lots of Ideas Your Filters Your Worldview

21. Play-by-Play vs. Color Commentary Core Ideas: Peace and Conflict Theory Current Cases: Current Peace and Conflict News

22. A Different Kind of Academic Rigor Master the concepts Engage the material Develop your own personal views Don’t worry about being “right”

23. Urgent Contact Form

24. Other Links

25. Resource Library

26. Online Text

27. Online Textbook Voucher Purchase at UMC Bookstore $16.75

28. Temporary Text

29. Logging In, Lost Password

31. Week by Week Plan

32. Week 1 Readings

33. .mp4 Podcasts

34. Laptops – For Class Use Only Power Point-based Note Taking Occasional exercises

35. Course Components / Expectations

36. Attendance

37. Participation,.PPTs,.MP4s

38. Written Assignments Get Acquainted

39. Reading Reflections

40. Semester Project

41. Project Topic

42. Conflict Maps

43. Concept Papers

44. General Policies

45. Grading

46. Schedule  Week 1 -- January 14, 16 -- The Intractable Conflict Challenge  Week 2 -- January 21, 23 -- Nature and Causes of Intractability  Week 3 -- January 28, 30 -- Complex Nature of the Intractable Conflict Systems  Week 4 -- February 4, 6 -- Applying Complexity Thinking to Conflict and Peace  Week 5 -- February 11, 13 -- Conflict Mapping I  Week 6 -- February 18, 20 -- Conflict Mapping II  Week 7 -- February 25, 27 -- Theories of Change  Week 8 -- March 4, 6 -- Focusing on the Core Issues: High- Stakes Distributional Conflicts and Moral Conflict  Week 9 -- March 11, 13 -- Focusing on the Core Issues: Identity, Security, and Status

47. Schedule  Week 9 -- March 11, 13 -- Focusing on the Core Issues: Identity, Security, and Status  Week 10 -- March 18, 20 -- Conflict Overlays: Escalation  Week 11 -- April 1, 3 -- Preventing, Identifying, and Correcting Misunderstandings  Week 12 -- April 8, 10 -- Restoring Broken Relationships/Building New Relationships  Week 13 -- April 15, 17 -- Governance and Power  Week 14 -- April 22, 24 -- Coordination and Synthesis  Week 15 -- April 29, May 1 -- Presentations (Intervention Peer Reviews)

48. Introductions ~ 1 minute  Name  Major  Career goals  Plans after graduation  Peace and conflict issues of greatest interest

49. Post-Graduation Worries

50. Havlick’s Principle

51. Mega Worries What are the big problems that have to be solved? What are the obstacles to solving them? To what extent are these conflict problems? What kind of conflict problem?