“We should expect private enterprises, civil society organizations and possibly individual people to engage in more and more diplomacy as they become more influential in international relations. We should want them all to be good at it.”
- Paul Sharp, Diplomatic Theory of International Relations, 2009
The Urban Diplomacy concentration provides a foundation for those who are interested in applying the insights and practices of diplomacy to the context of the modern city. The concentration is ideal for those pursuing vocations in local politics, urban non-profit organizations, community organizing or globally-connected business. Students selecting this concentration will place the study and practice of diplomacy into conversation with the disciplines of history, urban studies, art, anthropology, peace studies, religion and political theory.
Students in the Urban Diplomacy concentration are required to take PSC 223: Urban Politics. Students are advised to take PSC 223 before choosing five additional courses from the following list.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose six from the following, two must be taken at the 300-level: | 24 | |
| AFRICAN AMERICA: PEOPLES, CULTURES, IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS | ||
| RACE AND RACISM | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND THE QUESTION OF RACE | ||
| BLACK FEMINIST THEORIES IN A U.S. CONTEXT | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTERNATIONAL/GLOBAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | ||
| CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION | ||
| CULTURES IN CONVERSATION | ||
| URBAN COMMUNICATION | ||
| ARGUMENTATION, ADVOCACY, AND DELIBERATION | ||
| CRITICAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | ||
| MINDFULNESS AND ACTIVISM | ||
| LEADERSHIP AND DIPLOMACY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| URBAN ECONOMICS | ||
| THE CHICAGO ECONOMY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | ||
| URBAN PLANNING | ||
| MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES) | ||
| CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (WORLD CITIES) | ||
| HISTORY OF CHICAGO | ||
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| CONSTRUCTING LATINO COMMUNITIES | ||
| AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND AFRO-LATIN AMERICA: PEOPLES, CULTURES, IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS | ||
| WORK IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD | ||
| GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S. | ||
| SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES | ||
| MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES) | ||
| ANALYZING POVERTY, ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES | ||
| THE ETHICS OF POVERTY | ||
| TOPICS ON HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY | ||
| ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT | ||
| AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE | ||
| URBAN POLITICS | ||
| CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT | ||
| URBAN POLICYMAKING | ||
| CHICAGO GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY | ||
| THE LATINX RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | ||
| BLACK INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS | ||
| RELIGION AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT | ||
| ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| POLICING THE MARGINS | ||
| WORK IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | ||
| GLOBAL CITIES | ||
| URBAN SOCIOLOGY | ||
| HOMELESS IN THE CITY | ||
| SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| POWER, DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL | ||
| SOCIAL INEQUALITY | ||
| URBAN ETHNOGRAPHY | ||
| CLASS, POWER AND DECISION MAKING IN THE CITY | ||
| THE CITY IN THE FUTURE | ||
| REVOLUTIONS AND PEASANT REBELLIONS | ||
| ETHICAL THEORIES | ||
| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND RACE | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND THE CITY | ||
| ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| SURVEY OF ETHICS | ||
| SURVEY OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | ||