U.S. Diplomatic Tradecraft (DHP-D206)
Fall 2025 · DHP D206 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate
Designed to help students build the skills needed to succeed in modern diplomacy, including finding reliable sources of information on foreign events, analyzing how various events affect U.S. foreign policy priorities, writing for the workplace, briefing high-level officials, working with foreign interlocutors, and navigating the U.S. interagency. The focus of the course will be the U.S. Foreign Service, but students from other countries are welcome, as is their input and comparison on practices in their own countries’ diplomatic corps. The course will begin with a general overview of the history, structure, and culture of the State Department.
Course codes: DHP-D206
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