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UMD summer courses in negotiation and conflict

Negotiation (COMM 425) Summer 1
In this accelerated summer course, students will practice and develop their skill and confidence as negotiators. This course offers extensive opportunity to practice negotiation. Students will learn key themes about how to problem solve effectively through readings, lecture, and experiential learning. Whether you see yourself as a great negotiator and want this course to help prove your chops as a negotiator, or if you want to see your confidence as a negotiator grow, this course is for you!


Conflict Management (COMM 426) Summer 2
In this accelerated online course, students will get immersed in how people experience conflict, how we engage with conflict, and the ways we handle it. The course will involve interaction through online discussion, as well as extensive opportunity for self reflection and exploration of conflict themes through film and audio clips, case studies and readings materials.