Sustainable Peacebuilding, Master of (MSP)
Sustainable Peacebuilding Courses
3 cr. Graduate.
Guided by principles of ecological systems, environmental policy and global sustainability, students explore how systems view, data, and mapping can grow insight and strengthen analysis.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Intensive experience in both the theory and practice of effective negotiation, conflict mediation, how to have difficult conversations, influence others, and manage group problem solving processes.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Previously MSP 790.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Provides students with an introduction to conflict theory and analysis and an introduction to theory and skills of restorative practices/restorative justice.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Theory and practice of group facilitation and effective presentations as tools for building community, transforming conflict, and promoting social change.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Field experience in sustainable peacebuilding with placement in the United States.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and admission to the Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding program; or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Retakable to 12 cr max. Previously MSP 798.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Summer 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Field experience in sustainable peacebuilding with placement outside the United States.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and admission to the Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding program; or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Retakable to 12 cr max. Previously MSP 797.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Transdisciplinary research methods and the processes employed to apply qualitative and quantitative information to the practice of sustainable peacebuilding.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Learning-enabled approaches for monitoring, assessment, and evaluation for adaptive management in complex systems.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to strategies and effective practices for planning, implementation, management and monitoring of field projects in sustainable peacebuilding.
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Capstone focused on theory, tools, and skills needed to build and promote a career related to the practice of sustainable peacebuilding.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and admitted to the Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding program.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Supervised research, readings, or project related to sustainable peacebuilding.
Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MSP or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/