Enhance Your Leadership Skills
Sunny’s using skills learned in the Conflict Management program to supplement her career in research and social work for displaced and resettled populations.
“This program has provided me invaluable tools and skills to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics…I’ve gained the confidence to foster inclusive and collaborative environments, preparing me to handle difficult conversations and create positive change.”
–Sunny Smart, MS + BS Social Work, Conflict Management Certificate, Human Rights Certificate
Our Mission
The mission of the conflict management program is to prepare students to be confident, capable and resilient leaders through the challenges in their professional and personal lives. We engage students in innovative, experiential, and supported learning environments that are founded on self-discovery, our common humanity, and critical inquiry into civil discourse and collaborative engagement across diverse groups and perspectives.
The conflict management certificate is an important addition to your degree of study because it adds the human dimension of employability. You leave Boise State with the content knowledge in your subject areas. Conflict Management students also leave Boise State with the ability to solve challenging team dynamic issues, give and receive feedback, collaborate to solve problems, and de-escalate themselves and others in high stress moments.
About the Certificates
The graduate-level certificate program focuses on developing knowledge and skills in interpersonal conflict management, group and intercultural conflict management, negotiation, and mediation.
The undergraduate-level certificate program integrates skill development in areas such as conflict management, negotiation and mediation with relevant theory and research.