Thank You - Doctor of Philosophy in International Conflict Management

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When you enroll in the Kennesaw State University (KSU) Ph.D. in International Conflict Management degree, you’ll join students from around the world.  You’ll find the learning environment is a dynamic yet intimate educational environment.

This Ph.D. program is a full-time, interdisciplinary, in-residence program intended to help meet the global demand for scholar-practitioners who address the complex array of international conflict and security challenges through their empirically-based development and implementation of research, recommendations, and solutions.

As a Ph.D. student, you’ll join an elite group in advanced training for International Conflict Management. The Conflict Management degree program offers several key elements unavailable in other doctoral programs in this field.

Program Overview

The Ph.D. in International Conflict Management degree at KSU is one of the very few programs of its kind in North America. When you’re accepted into the program, you’ll receive broad interdisciplinary training and opportunities that draw on an array of academic disciplines. To see the complete curriculum for the Ph.D. in International Conflict Management program, visit the program page in the Graduate Catalog.

You will gain skills needed to address problems from a sophisticated knowledge base of substantive, theoretical, practical, and methodological approaches. Your core courses will prepare you for crucial global competencies, including:

• Conflict Management Theory
• Economic Conflict Analysis
• Intercultural Dynamics of Global Conflict
• International Relations

With the Ph.D. in International Conflict Management, you will experience rigorous methodological preparation in your competency approach.  Courses also include required and optional quantitative and qualitative research methods, research design, and international program and policy analysis and evaluation. 

Key Competencies include:

• Intercultural and International Dynamics
• Development Theory and Practice
• Peacebuilding
• Conflict Management Theory

Program Outcomes

The International Conflict Management Ph.D. offers several key and unique benefits to our students:

1. The program's interdisciplinary nature will provide you with broad training, which enables you to integrate the latest research findings into theoretically rich, issue-relevant publications and reports.
2. The rigorous methodological training will prepare you to address global conflict issues using the latest and most effective quantitative and qualitative research methods.
3. International Experience will provide you the capability to integrate theory and practice in your analysis of international conflict.
4. Professional competency in a language other than English will enable you to use your skills in the global arena.
5. The pedagogical training specific to higher education and your guided teaching field experiences will provide you with exceptional preparation for an academic career.
6. You will have access to experienced faculty and enjoy close working relationships with professors to facilitate collaborative research and the timely completion of your dissertation and Ph.D. degree.
7. The campus and program student body is diverse (students from 142 countries currently study at KSU) and contribute to your broad understanding of global conflict issues.
8. The strong links between KSU and the Atlanta metro region and its outstanding resources provide ideal opportunities for your collaboration beyond the campus.

Time Limit to Completion

Within seven years, you must meet all Ph.D. degree requirements, beginning with your initial registration in graduate-level classes upon admission to the degree program. An extension may be granted in exceptional circumstances. Only those courses you earned credit for within seven years of admission will be counted toward your degree.

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