University of Richmond

Concentration in World Politics and Diplomacy

Sheila Carapico, Melissa Labonte, and John Treadway, Advisors

8 units, including

  • Three units chosen from
    ECON 105 Introduction to Global Economics
    ECON 210 The Economics of the European Union
    ECON 211 Economic Development in Asia, Africa and Latin America
    ECON 310 International Trade and Finance
    GEOG 370 Geographies of Economic Development and Globalization
    HIST 214 United States and the World, 1877-1945
    HIST 215 United States and the World Since 1945
    HIST 248 European Diplomacy from Bismarck to Hitler
    HIST 391 Transnational Social Reform
    IS 320 Power, Space and Territory: Geographies of Political Change
    IS 351 Globalization
    PLSC 350 American Foreign Policy
    PLSC 352 International Law and Organizations
    PLSC 356 International Political Economy
    PLSC 360 International Development Policy
  • Five additional units selected from above and below
    ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
    ANTH 336 Politics, Power and Ritual
    ANTH 328 Anthropology of Human Rights
    ECON 230 Environmental Economics
    ENGL 336 Literatures of Globalization
    GEOG 206 World Geography-Developed Regions
    GEOG 207 World Geography-Developing Regions
    GEOG 345 Society, Economy and Nature: Global Perspectives on Sustainable Development
    HIST 236 Russian Empire, Soviet Union and After
    HIST 237 The Last Soviet Generation
    HIST 240 Modern European Thought, 1650-1850
    HIST 242 Modern Germany
    HIST 243 Modern Britain
    HIST 244 The Hapsburg Empire and After
    HIST 245 Modern Balkans
    HIST 246 Russia in Revolution, 1905-1934
    HIST 247 Modern Ireland
    HIST 249 Twentieth-Century Europe
    HIST 250 Modern East Asia 1600-1960
    HIST 252 China Modern: 1900-1940
    HIST 253 Empires and Nations in Modern East Asia
    HIST 254 Modern Japan
    HIST 255 Meiji Japan: An Emperor and the World Named for Him
    HIST 261 Modern Latin America
    HIST 262 The Making of Modern Brazil
    HIST 263 Latin America in the Cold War Years
    HIST 270 Early Islamic World
    HIST 271 The Modern Middle East
    HIST 272 The Ottoman Empire
    HIST 282 Africa in the Twentieth Century
    HIST 283 South Africa Since 1500
    HIST 290 British Empire and Commonwealth
    HIST 291 History of Canada
    HIST 340 Imagining the Other: China and the West
    HIST 341 History and Memory: WWII in East Asia
    HIST 360 Crime and Punishment in Modern Latin America
    HIST 390 Food and Power in Africa and Asia
    HIST 392 Nations and Nationalism
    IS 230 Introduction to Africa
    IS 310 Tribe, Nation, World: The Anthropology of Globalization
    IS 321 Exploring Latin American Experience
    LDST 307 Leadership in International Contexts
    LDST 354 Conflict Resolution
    PLSC 240 Introduction to Comparative Politics
    PLSC 340 Islam and Politics
    PLSC 341 Great Britain, France and Germany
    PLSC 342 Transitions from Communism in Europe and Eurasia
    PLSC 343 Politics of Asia
    PLSC 344 Europe Today
    PLSC 345 Politics of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
    PLSC 346 Politics of Cultural Pluralism
    PLSC 347 Politics of Developing Nations
    PLSC 348 Politics of Africa
    PLSC 349 Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean
    PLSC 355 Middle East Security
    PLSC 358 The United States and the Pacific Rim
    PLSC 374 Methods for Cross National Research
    RELG 250 Introduction to World Religions
    RHCS 345 Rhetoric of Terrorism, (In)Security and the State
    RHCS 350 International Communication
    SOC 231 Across the Pond: Europe vs. USA
    SOC 232 Postsocialism in Russia and Eastern Europe
    SOC 306 Social Change in a Global Perspective
    SOC 308 Sociology of War