Courses & Curriculum

The following lists only include CJP courses; if you are interested in electives in other graduate programs at EMU, please contact CJP’s academic program coordinator or check out the graduate & professional programs.

For students in the MA in Transformational Leadership program, you will also be taking courses in the MA in Organizational Leadership program and will want to reference their course offerings page for dates/times of classes.

CJP offers a mix of onsite, online, and hybrid courses. Some courses require prerequisites or simultaneous enrollment in other courses. Some courses require permission of instructor for enrollment of students not in the CJP MA degree or Graduate Certificate programs. Please read the course descriptions carefully.

Please know that CJP seeks to be sensitive to students’ religious beliefs. If you have a conflict due to a religious commitment, please let CJP administration know immediately and we will try to accommodate your schedule.

Fall 2024 Courses Spring 2025 Courses

Master of Arts Curriculum

MA in Conflict Transformation

Core Courses (12 SH)
- Foundations 1 Sequence:
  - PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3 SH)
  - PAX 532: Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3 SH)
- Foundations 2 Sequence:
  - PAX 635: Global Challenges, Local Struggles and Transnational Solidarities (3 SH)
- PAX 535: Research Methods for Social Change (3 SH)
Conflict Transformation Required Courses (6 SH)
- PAX 665: Designing Processes for Conflict Transformation (Fall) (3 SH) OR PAX 687: Critical Issues in Peacebuilding (Spring) (3 SH)
And choose one of the following:
- PAX 601: Mediation & Negotiation (Fall) (3 SH)
- PAX 676: Restorative Justice Practices (Spring) (3 SH)
- PAX 610 Facilitation: Process Design & Skills for Dialogue, Deliberation & Decision-Making (Spring) (3 SH)
Electives (12-15 SH)

Additional skills courses, other PAX courses (see available courses in button above) or other courses decided with your faculty advisor based on your interests and goals. CJP’s annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute is also an excellent opportunity to pick up interesting elective courses taught by practitioner experts.
Practicum (6-9 SH)
- PAX 682 Practicum

MA in Restorative Justice

Core Courses (12 SH)
- Foundations 1 Sequence:
  - PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3 SH)
  - PAX 532: Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3 SH)
- Foundations 2 Sequence:
  - PAX 635: Global Challenges, Local Struggles and Transnational Solidarities (3 SH)
- PAX 535: Research Methods for Social Change (3 SH)
Restorative Justice Required Courses (9 SH)
- PAX 571: Restorative Justice Principles, Theories & Applications (3 SH)
- PAX 676: Restorative Justice Practices (3 SH)
- PAX 677: Restorative Justice and Whole System Approaches (3 SH)
Electives (9-12 SH)

Additional skills courses, other PAX courses (see available courses in button above) or other courses decided with your faculty advisor based on your interests and goals. CJP’s annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute is also an excellent opportunity to pick up interesting elective courses taught by practitioner experts.
Practicum (6-9 SH)
- PAX 682 Practicum

MA in Transformational Leadership

Core Courses (21SH)
- Foundations 1 Sequence:
  - PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3 SH)
  - PAX 532: Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3 SH)
- PAX 535: Research Methods for Social Change (3 SH)
- OLS 510: Leadership for the Common Good (3 SH)
- MBA 560: Stewardship, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (3 SH)
- PAX 568: Transformational Leadership for Creating Change OR MOL: 620: Transformative Leadership in Dynamic Contexts (3 SH)
- Praxis Courses:
  - PAX 507 Praxis: Personal & Community Formation (1 SH)
  - PAX 508 Praxis: Project (1 SH)
  - PAX 509 Praxis: Integrative Capstone (1 SH)
Skills Electives (at least 6 SH)
A variety of courses focusing on leadership skills are available. Topics include:
- Group facilitation and designing facilitated processes
- Mediation and negotiation
- Program evaluation
- Circle processes
- Finance and accounting
- Project management and grant writing
- Ministering in times of trauma
- Pastoral care
Focus-Area Electives (9 SH)
These will be selected from CJP course offerings through consultation with program mentors to help the students meet their professional development goals. Courses may include, but are not limited to:
- CM 631: Churches and Social Transformation (3 SH)
- CM 654: Race and Religion in America (3 SH)
- CM 724: Racial Healing and the Blue-Eyed Soul (3 SH)
- OLS 530: Organizational Behavior (3 SH)
- PAX 540: Strategies for Trauma Awareness & Resilience (STAR) 1
- PAX 640: Strategies for Trauma Awareness & Resilience (STAR) 2
- PAX 571: Restorative Justice: Principles, Theories & Applications (3 SH)
- PAX 677: Restorative Justice & Whole Systems Approaches (3 SH)

Graduate Certificate Curriculum

Conflict Transformation

Required Courses (9 SH)
- Foundations 1 Sequence:
  - PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3 SH)
  - PAX 532: Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3 SH)
- PAX 665: Designing Processes for Conflict Transformation (Fall) (3 SH) OR PAX 687: Critical Issues in Peacebuilding (Spring) (3 SH)
Electives (9 SH)

Additional skills courses, other PAX courses (see available courses in button above) or other courses decided with your faculty advisor based on your interests and goals. CJP’s annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute is also an excellent opportunity to pick up interesting elective courses taught by practitioner experts.

Restorative Justice

Required Courses (12 SH)
- Foundations 1 Sequence:
  - PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3 SH)
  - PAX 532: Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3 SH)
- PAX 571: Restorative Justice (3 SH)
- Practice Course PAX 676: Restorative Justice Practices OR SPI Restorative Justice Skills course (3 SH)
Electives (6 SH)

Additional skills courses, other PAX courses (see available courses in button above) or other courses decided with your faculty advisor based on your interests and goals. CJP’s annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute is also an excellent opportunity to pick up interesting elective courses taught by practitioner experts.

For full descriptions of courses, please view the CJP Course Catalog.

If you are interested in registering for a CJP class, please email Academic Program Coordinator, cjp-registar@emu.edu or fill out the non-degree registration form.