Program Requirements
Complete 12 credits from three to four courses including two core courses and one to two concentration courses.
Concentrations: Students must choose a concentration in conflict resolution and management, mediation, organizational conflict, or international conflict
The mediation certificate options involve more than 40 hours of classroom training and more than 30 hours of district court mediation, mentoring, and evaluation, meeting all the requirements of the Guidelines for Implementation of Qualification Standards for Neutrals, adopted January 24, 2004, pursuant to Rule 8 of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Uniform Rules on Dispute Resolution.
Students who successfully complete one of the mediation certificate options will receive a Certificate of Completion showing completion of the training and mentoring components of mediator qualifications according to those guidelines and M.G.L. Chapter 233 section 23 (Confidentiality Statute).
Statute of limitations: Three years.
