COURSES TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR SAID:

FALL 2004 COURSES:

Peace Paradigms SIS 607.002
This course examines the history and development of contending approaches to peace, their basic assumptions and methodologies, and their application to current conflict situations, with particularemphasis upon the following: peace through coercive power; peace through nonviolence; peace thorugh world order; and peace through personal and community transformation.

Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution SIS 308.001
Conflict and violence, as well as cooperation and peaceful change, within and among individuals, cultures, and systems. Effective means for diminishing the level of violence, for increasing the potential for non-exploitative cooperative coexistence, and for collaborative conflict resolution are explored.


SPRING 2005 COURSES:

Islamic Sources of Conflict Resolution SIS 510.001
Investigates the role of cultural and religious elements in conflicts affecting the Muslim world, and examines Islamic precepts as they relate to the theory and practice of conflict resolution. After reviewing principles and precedents from the Qur'an, the Hadith, the Shari'ah, and traditional Islamic culture, students engage in research projects to analyze conflict and conflict resolution processes both within the Muslim world and between Muslim and non-Muslim ethnic and political groups.