“International relations will not stay like it is whether in theory or in practice, whether for scholars and students or for citizens and practitioners. Religion will play a role in that.”
- Mariano Barbato,
Pilgrimage, Politics, and International Relations: Religious Semantics for World Politics, 2013
The Diplomacy and Religion concentration provides a foundation for those interested in pursuing work in the foreign service, interfaith contexts, or advanced studies in international relations. Students will bring the study and practice of diplomacy in to conversation with the disciplines of geography, history, Islamic studies, peace studies and religious studies.
Students in the Diplomacy and Religion concentration will be required to take REL 260: Religion and Political Conflict, before choosing five additional courses from the following list.
“International relations will not stay like it is whether in theory or in practice, whether for scholars and students or for citizens and practitioners. Religion will play a role in that.”
- Mariano Barbato, Pilgrimage, Politics, and International Relations: Religious Semantics for World Politics, 2013
The Diplomacy and Religion concentration provides a foundation for those interested in pursuing work in the foreign service, interfaith contexts or advanced studies in international relations. Students will bring the study and practice of diplomacy in to conversation with the disciplines of geography, history, Islamic studies, peace studies and religious studies.
Students in the Diplomacy and Religion concentration will be required to take REL 260: Religion and Political Conflict, before choosing five additional courses from the following list.
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 24 |
ABD 241 | RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | |
CMN 103 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 349 | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS | |
CSS 340 | MINDFULNESS AND ACTIVISM | |
DPL 210 | LEADERSHIP AND DIPLOMACY | |
DPL 295 | SPECIAL TOPICS | |
GEO 204 | RELIGIOUS GEOGRAPHY | |
HST 143 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1400-1920 | |
MPOP 265 | FAITH,REDEMPTN,& TRANSCENDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | |
PAX 387 | TOPICS IN PEACE, JUSTICE AND RELIGION | |
REL 212 | RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE | |
REL 217 | ISLAMIC CULTURES AND SOCIETIES | |
REL 241 | RELIGION IN CHINESE HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE | |
REL 242 | HINDU THOUGHT AND CULTURE | |
REL 243 | BUDDHIST THOUGHT IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | |
REL 245 | RELIGION IN JAPANESE HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE | |
REL 246 | TRADITIONS OF CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE | |
REL 248 | LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN CHINA | |
REL 252 | FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION | |
REL 260 | RELIGION AND POLITICAL CONFLICT | |
REL 263 | RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST | |
REL 290 | LATINX LIBERATION TRADITIONS | |
REL 291 | LIBERATION THEOLOGIES | |
REL 295 | SHI'ITE ISLAM | |
REL 298 | THEORY AND METHOD IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION | |
REL 300 | THEORIES OF CULTURE AND RELIGION | |
REL 302 | THEORIES OF RELIGION AND ETHICS | |
REL 305 | TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE | |
REL 342 | ZEN MIND | |
REL 344 | YOGA AND TANTRA | |
PHL 200 | ETHICAL THEORIES | |
PHL 244 | PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | |
PHL 341 | AESTHETICS | |
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