Past Courses

See a list of courses related to the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life that have been offered over the years.

Spring 2009 Courses

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COEX 220a - Strategies for Coexistence Interventions
Instructor: Mari Christine Fitzduff
Time: Mondays, 2:10 to 5 p.m.
Studies the utilization of a variety of multifacted approaches to policy and practice in coexistence and conflict interventions, as well as the strategic design and evaluation of such interventions. Usually offered every year.

Prerequisite: COEX 210a. Open only to students enrolled in the MA program in coexistence and conflict. Other students considered with permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 30.

COEX 250a - The Arts of Building Peace
Instructor: Cynthia Cohen
Syllabus
Time: Tuesdays, 1:40 to 4:30 p.m.
How can music, theater, poetry, literature, and visual arts contribute to community development, coexistence, and nonviolent social change? In the aftermath of violence, how can artists help communities reconcile? Students explore these questions through interviews, case studies, and projects. Usually offered every year.

Graduate students can register for the course through SAGE. Interested undergraduate students should send a brief email to Prof. Cohen, cecohen@brandeis.edu, indicating the reasons they are interested in the course. Enrollment limited to 25.

COEX 260f - Development, Aid, and Coexistence
Instructor: Theodore Johnson
Syllabus
Time: Fridays, 1:40 to 4:30 p.m.
Increases the knowledge and skills of students undertaking development and aid work in conflict situations. Explores how such work can address development needs, as well as the need to increase intercommunal equity, understanding, and cooperation. Usually offered every year.

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Enrollment limited to 25.

COEX 261f - Advanced Development, Aid, and Coexistence
Instructor: Theodore Johnson
Time: Fridays, 1:40 to 4:30 p.m.
This seminar builds on the concepts and theories offered in the basic course. Students will master the skills of conflict mapping, strategic intervention, and analysis using case studies of current and past conflicts where development assistance was also required. Usually offered every second year.

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit. Enrollment limited to 25.

COEX 270a - The Future of Diversity Work
Instructor: Theodore Johnson
Syllabus
Time: Wednesdays, 2:10 to 5 p.m.
This seminar uncovers the myths and challenges of race and multiculturalism and explores various approaches that have addressed them. It examines future scenarios to help form a more constructive approach to coexistence that goes beyond those challenges. Usually offered every year.

This course may not be taken for credit by students who have taken COEX 270f in previous years. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 25.

COEX 298a, sec. 1 - Independent Study
Instructor: Mari Christine Fitzduff

COEX 298a, sec. 2 - Independent Study
Instructor: Cynthia Cohen