尽管冲突一直是历史的一部分，和平与冲突研究的目标是研究如何避免它，以减少未来冲突。这是通过研究暴力冲突的起因，则说明他人冲突如何开始，如何管理或避免它做。

Courses are academic classes taught by qualified instructors that are intended to enhance participant’s knowledge of a given area or training in a particular discipline. Courses vary broadly in terms of length, size, content and duration.