The Certificate of Advanced Study in Postconflict Reconstruction (PCR) is a 12-credit, multidisciplinary program for law and graduate students preparing for careers in PCR, peace building, humanitarian relief, and international development. Topics include international law and the rule of law, human rights and human security, conflict studies, diplomacy and international relations, humanitarian relief, economics of development, and capacity-building. A sequence of specialized coursework is coordinated across SU’s campus, at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Law, Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. All students take the core course, Fundamentals of Post-conflict Reconstruction, and complete a capstone project related to PCR.
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