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“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