SDU undergraduate students can prepare themselves by exploring new ways of thinking about, framing, and analyzing today’s most important global questions through a minor in Diplomacy and International Relations. The Minor in Diplomacy and International Relations is designed to equip students with an understanding of the transprofessional nature of modern diplomacy, which holds that while diplomacy is practiced by nation-state diplomatic corps representatives, it is also practiced by business people, scientists, artists, educators, religious leaders, community organizers and activists, among others. The core courses required for a Minor in Diplomacy and International Relations have been chosen to give the students a strong foundation upon which to build a bridge between their own major and the discipline of diplomatic studies.

IRN 211 Diplomatic and Consular Services 

• IRN 348 Techniques of Conducting Diplomatic Negotiations
• IRN 306 Diplomatic Protocol and Documentation
• IRN 311 Multilateral Diplomacy

To earn a minor in Diplomacy and International Relations, students must successfully complete at least 20 credits in the following required and elective courses.