common courses

NHR527 Philosophers and Pioneers of Non-Violence                                                credits: 3
NHR527 is a comprehensive and intensive introduction to the most prominent thinkers and pioneers of non-violence who built the foundations of this philosophy in the ancient and contemporary history, the choices they made in their work as in their lives. The course includes an in-depth study of the fundamental concepts that shaped the intellectual and philosophical debate about violence and non-violence, such as good and evil, the ego and the other, the means and the end, truth, conscience, power, submission and obedience, cowardice and courage, struggle and disobedience. The course also prepares students to identify the meanings of non-violence elaborated by Gandhi, and acquire the skills of systematic analysis of philosophical reference texts that formed the legacy of non-violence. Students will prepare five to seven articles about a non-violent philosopher or pioneer.
Prerequisites: None

NHR501 Culture of Non-Violence and Non-Violent Communication                   credits: 3
This course provides students with mechanisms and techniques to understand non-violence, its roots and areas of application at the educational, social and professional levels and in conflict management and building relationships. This course aims at enabling students acquire the skills of analyzing non-violent concepts, based on methodological and intellectual standards, in comparison to the concepts of violence. In this course, students will be able to gain general knowledge about the origins of the concept of violence and about the violence and the human nature theories, in order to discover the meaning of the ‘real self’ and ‘false self’. The course also includes theoretical and practical skills about the pillars of non-violent communication, the philosophical, sociological, psychological and educational roots of communication, as well as the components of violence in communication. This course was developed to allow students experience their communication skills. Students will prepare two to three articles about the non-violence philosophy.
Prerequisites: None

REM001 Rehabilitation of the Self                                                                   credits: 3
This course aims at rehabilitating students at the cognitive and applied levels and introduce them to the role of theater in rehabilitation and in building non-violent solutions for self and the others. The course covers a general knowledge about the emergence of the science of drama in therapy and its areas of application in education and social work. The course was designed to enable students practice application sessions for rehabilitation with non-violent theater techniques and advanced international experiences. The course also includes special practical sessions on the early development of young people in concern with the relations of authority and obedience and their impact on early development and on later stages of the human life and in terms of tendency to violence or non-violence. In addition, this course is dedicated to the student's self-test of the potential of violence and non-violence within the self in support to his/her studies and specialization in the culture of non-violence and human rights.
Prerequisites: None

NHR503 Culture of Human Rights                                                       credits: 3
NHR503 is an intensive introduction to the foundations of human rights, the instruments of international human rights and the concepts of war, peace and conflict. The course focuses on student education, thru a general review, about the background of the culture of human rights and its philosophical and reference bases, with an overview of the international and regional instruments. The course, focuses on general knowledge of the International Humanitarian Law and its theoretical and practical functions in conflict and in the protection of rights. It includes an accurate look at the United Nations Charter as to the concept of war and peace, the history of just war and the extent of incorporation of the non-violence principles. The course also includes a quick look at the concept of human development in relation to socio-economic rights. This course is designed to prepare students through applications and case studies, to acquire the skills of reading human rights texts, and the skills of analysis, classification and criticism.
Prerequisites: None

NHR523 Positive Approaches of Conflicts                                                    credits: 3
NHR523 is an intensive introduction to scientific approaches on the concept of conflicts, conflict management, conflict resolution, conflict prevention and conflict transformation. This course aims at providing theoretical and practical knowledge, based on pioneering models from the world, to allow students acquire scientific methodologies and analytical approaches and abilities in non-violent conflict solutions. It includes the study of conflict paths, strategies, networks and solutions in order to accustom students to conflict study vocabulary, forms and mechanisms and to the scientific comparison between violent and non-violent options. The course includes practical applications dedicated to test the key elements in conflict management: anger, fear, logic, hostility, vocabulary, tones, expressions, listening capacity, objectivity, sympathy, creativity, positive and negative experiences, ability of organization, time management, formulation of questions, the requirements, shape and location of self-behavior, rights protection, and the body neuropsychology.
Prerequisites: NHR501

NHR509 Research and Thesis Methodologies                                                         credits: 3
The course aims at introducing students to a wide range of research purposes and methodologies to prepare research in the fields of non-violence and human rights. It involves both understanding and applying skills, such as identifying problems and hypotheses, searching for and evaluating sources, obtaining data from them, forms of research design, classification of the contents, sequence of research stages, selection of proportional and applied proofs, analytical skills and abstraction. It also covers methodologies for coordinating a thesis with all its components, while testing the skills of oral presentation and thesis defense. In addition to lectures and theoretical knowledge, the course includes exercises on research techniques in electronic libraries and the Internet through the use of specialized search engines. Among the ethical objectives of this course is training on the avoidance of plagiarism in all writings including the projects, articles and master's thesis.
Prerequisites: None

For Master Degree

NHR599 Thesis                                                                                         credits: 6
The student conducts research on a specific topic, under the supervision of a faculty member or a person appointed by the university. Students are provided with a systematic guide on all stages of the thesis, including the principles of choice of subjects in the field, the basis of the design of the research, and the basis of the formulation, relationship with the supervisor, research ethics, the mechanisms of organization and follow-up and the oral presentation and defense of research. Students also attend training sessions and workshops on the methodological aspects in order to learn the systematic preparation of the first research stages. At the end of the research period, the student must submit a written thesis, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted at the university, and defend it. The student should maintain continuous contact with the thesis supervisor, the academic adviser, and communicate with the members of his/her supervisory committee.
Prerequisites: Adviser’s consent