KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL OR REVISION,
Cover Sheet (10/02/2002)
Course Number/Program Name INCM 9602 / International Conflict Management
Department College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree Title (if applicable) Ph.D. in International Conflict Management
Proposed Effective Date Spring 2012
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Course Prerequisite Change
Course Description Change
Notes:
If proposed changes to an existing course are substantial (credit hours, title, and description), a new
course with a new number should be proposed.
A new Course Proposal (Sections II, III, IV, V, VII) is required for each new course proposed as part of a
new program. Current catalog information (Section I) is required for each existing course
incorporated into the program.
Minor changes to a course can use the simplified E-Z Course Change Form.
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Course Prefix and Number ___INCM 9602_______________________
Course Title Peacebuilding Assessment________________
Class Hours
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Prerequisites Admission to the PhD Program
Description (or Proposed Degree Requirements)
In this course students apply conflict management skills to the analysis of complex emergencies
and international conflict using examples from the field of peacebuilding and post-conflict
reconstruction. Through classroom discussion, exercises and role play, students develop policy
recommendations and design and plan strategies for conflict prevention and/or intervention.
III.
Justification
This course will familiarize students with the evolution of post-World War II peace operations,
incl. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Generation Peacekeeping, Peace Building, Peace Enforcement, Peace
Support, and their purpose and status in international law. The course will also give students tools
to assess the effectiveness of measures designed to prevent, manage or resolve international crises
or conflicts and understand the elements for effective post-conflict stabilization, transition,
reconciliation and sustainable development. In the end, students should be able to apply an
annotated planning framework to peace and complex emergency operations.
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IV.
Additional Information (for New Courses only)
Instructor: Dr. Volker Franke
Text: see syllabus
Prerequisites: Admission to the PhD Program
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students should:
 Understand the context and evolution of UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding;
 Be able to distinguish types of peace operations, identify core peacekeeping goals, and determine
criteria for evaluating peace operations;
 Understand and apply the Complex Emergency Intervention Planning Framework to specific
international emergencies, crises, or conflicts and be able to determine parameters that enable the
development of a sustainable peace;
 Conduct a drivers-of-conflict analysis, including narrative of the conflict context, the core
grievances and the windows of vulnerability and opportunity;
 Complete a mission analysis, including a description of the overall desired end state (agreeable to
all intervening actors and the conflicting parties) and an assessment of what ideally should be and
realistically can be accomplished.
Instructional Method
-Lecture, presentations, group discussions, projects
Method of Evaluation
Participation
CEIPF Presentation
CEIPF Draft
V.
30%
20%
50%
Resources and Funding Required (New Courses only)
Resource
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Faculty
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Supplies
Travel
New Books
New Journals
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VI. COURSE MASTER FORM
This form will be completed by the requesting department and will be sent to the Office of the Registrar
once the course has been approved by the Office of the President.
The form is required for all new courses.
DISCIPLINE
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If course used to satisfy CPC, what areas?
Learning Support Programs courses which are
required as prerequisites
INCM
9602
Peacebuilding Assessment
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Spring 2012
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APPROVED:
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Vice President for Academic Affairs or Designee __
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VII Attach Syllabus
INCM 9602: Peacebuilding Assessment
Fall 2012
Dr. Volker Franke
Class Meetings:
Office Hours:
Phone/Office:
Email:
Aug. 24-26
T 10-12 a.m. and by appointment
770-423-6127; SO 2019
vfranke@kennesaw.edu
Course Description
In this course students apply their conflict management skills to the analysis of complex emergencies and
international conflict using examples from the field of peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction.
Through classroom discussion, exercises and role play, students develop policy recommendations and
design and plan strategies for conflict prevention and/or intervention.
Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should:
 Understand the context and evolution of UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding;
 Be able to distinguish types of peace operations, identify core peacekeeping goals, and determine
criteria for evaluating peace operations;
 Understand and apply the Complex Emergency Intervention Planning Framework to specific
international emergencies, crises, or conflicts and be able to determine parameters that enable the
development of a sustainable peace;
 Conduct a drivers-of-conflict analysis, including narrative of the conflict context, the core
grievances and the windows of vulnerability and opportunity;
 Complete a mission analysis, including a description of the overall desired end state (agreeable to
all intervening actors and the conflicting parties) and an assessment of what ideally should be and
realistically can be accomplished.
Course Requirements and Grading
Attendance and Participation:
Complete all readings prior to class and attend all class meetings. This course is taught in an intensive
format which does not allow you to make up readings or assignments down the road. If you are not
prepared to complete the assignments when they are scheduled in the syllabus, you will not be able to
participate in the classroom activities. The success of this skills-based course is largely dependent on
classroom discussion and active participation. The class will serve not only as a forum to discuss
conceptual ideas but will also be a laboratory for you to apply the APF to a real world conflict/
peacebuilding scenario and adapt its operational criteria to a specific conflict context. Your participation
in the course will count for 30% of your overall course grade.
CEIPF Draft:
The only written assignment for this class is a draft briefing with recommendations for a Third-Party
intervention to either prevent violent conflict from breaking out, to respond to a humanitarian crisis or to
interdict conflict and provide security and stability to put in place the parameters that enable the
development of a sustainable peace. You may select a crisis or conflict you are particularly interested in
and are encouraged to partner with a classmate to conduct the assessment draft. Be sure to divide the
labor in such a way that your contribution to the overall operational assessment is easily identifiable.
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Your CEIPF draft will count for 50% of your overall course grade.
Recommendations outlining specific courses of action should be based on a detailed mission analysis
containing the following components:
 List all relevant facts (i.e., statements of information known to be true)
 List all relevant actors and their positions and map their relationship (actors mapping). Relevant
actors may include:
o The parties to the conflict (belligerents, victims, IDP, local government, etc.)
o The interveners (UN, US, AU, NATO, etc.)
o Others (e.g., local population and civic organizations, regional and international
organizations, allies & friends, the media, MNCs, public opinion)
 List key assumptions (suppositions about a current situation or future course of events, assumed
to be true in the absence of facts; reassess and verify assumptions on a regular basis)
o Mission critical assumptions – should this assumption prove wrong, the tasks directly
related to it will fail and put the entire mission in jeopardy (cf. necessary condition).
o Significant risk assumptions – should this assumption prove wrong, the tasks linked to it
will fail and mission success will be undermined, but the mission will not necessarily fail.
 List conflict causes and mitigating factors (e.g., identity, resources, greed, grievance, etc.)
 List critical variables and fill in cells of Critical Variable Actor Matrix. Critical variables include
(for description of each see MARO Guidebook for Planners):
1. Geography and physical Environment
2. Nature and Stability of the State
3. Culture
4. Sociological Demographics
5. Regional and Global Relationships
6. Military capabilities
7. Technology
8. Information Dissemination
9. External Organization
10. National will
11. Time
12. Economics
 Conduct drivers of conflict analysis, including narrative of the conflict context, the core
grievances and the windows of vulnerability and opportunity.
 Mission analysis including a description of the overall desired end state (that which all
participating interveners can agree on and that (ideally) is acceptable to the conflicting parties).
 Derive recommendations for what you would like to accomplish and assess what you
realistically can accomplish.
CEIPF Presentation:
In the final part of the course, you will present your CEIPF analysis and recommendations. You should
develop a PowerPoint presentation illustrating the components of your mission analysis. Your case
presentation will count for 20% of your final course grade.
Evaluation and Grades:
Participation
CEIPF Presentation
CEIPF Draft
30%
20%
50%
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Grading Scale:
The following general grading scale will be used for participation, presentations and completed
assignments for this course:

A to A- (90-100 points): The student made a very strong contribution to the course. Class
discussion, comments, presentations and/or completion of assignments reflected a great deal of
thought about the material and moved the discussion ahead in a constructive manner (e.g., not
merely criticizing the readings/arguments by pointing out limitations, but also suggesting useful
directions for advancing the debate).

B+ to B- (80-89 points): The student contributed meaningfully to the course. Class participation,
presentation and/or completion of assignments went beyond repeating the assigned material (e.g.,
pointing to weaknesses/limitations in the literature, but rarely making constructive suggestions for
overcoming those limitations and advancing current knowledge).
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C+ or lower (<79 points): The student did not contribute meaningfully to the course. Class
participation, presentations and/or completion of assignments were limited to more or less
repeating the assigned material rather than identifying limitations and making connections or
extensions, or were filled with mistakes and inaccuracies.
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F: The student was a net drain on the course, rarely if ever speaking in class and failing
assignments.
The Meaning of Grades:
Grades serve as numeric codes to evaluate your performance in this course. While grades characterize
your immediate accomplishments, they say nothing about your general abilities, skills, or qualities. They
also cannot predict your potential as an individual to grow and learn in the future. Therefore, grades do
not reflect my personal preferences for particular students; they are merely a contextual assessment of
your knowledge and performance at a given point in time.
Academic Integrity:
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as
published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct
addresses the University’s policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and
cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University
records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials,
malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student identification
cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the
University Judiciary Program, which includes either an ”informal” resolution by a faculty member,
resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of
Conduct's minimum one semester suspension requirement.
ADA Statement
Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to
meet the course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to arrange the necessary
accommodations. Students should present appropriate verification from KSU disAbled Student Support
Services. No requirement exists that accommodations be made prior to completion of this approved
University process. Accommodations are arranged on an individualized, as-needed basis after the needs
and circumstances have been evaluated. The following individuals have been designated by the President
of the University to provide assistance and ensure compliance with the ADA. Should you require
assistance or have further questions about the ADA, please contact:
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Carol Pope, Asst. Dir. for disAbled Student Support Services
770-423-6443, 770-423-6667F, 770-423-6480TTY
cpope@kennesaw.edu
disAbled Student Support Services Website
http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/dsss/dsss.html
Readings:
The following readings are required and are available either the GeorgiaView Vista course site (GV) or
the bookstore (BS):
Paul F. Diehl & Daniel Druckman. Evaluating Peace Operations. Boulder, CO: Lynne-Rienner
Publishers, 2010. (BS)
Volker Franke & Andrea Warnecke. “Building Peace: An Inventory of UN Peace Missions since the End
of the Cold War,” International Peacekeeping, Vol. 16 (3), 2009: 407-436. (GV)
Karen Guttieri. “Gaps at the Seams of the Dayton Accord: A Role-Play Scenario,” Pew Case Studies in
International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, Case 279,
2005. (GV)
MARO. Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook. Harvard University and
PKSOI, 2010. (BS)
MARO – Guidebook for Planners. (GV)
Session I:
08:30 – 09:00
09:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 18:00
Proposed Course Schedule:
Friday, August 24, 2012
Introduction and Course Logistics
The Peacebuilding Context
Break
Assessing Peacebuilding
Lunch
Case Study “Gaps at the Seams”
Break
“Ghosts of Rwanda” & MARO – Planning Response Operations
Session II:
08:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 15:45
15:45 – 18:00
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Complex Emergency Intervention Planning Framework
Break
CEIPF Application
Lunch
Peacebuilding/CEIPF Case Research
Break
CEIPF Application to Your Case
Session III:
08:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
10:30 – 12:00
Sunday, August 26, 2012
CEIPF Case Application
Break
CEIPF Presentations
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