Description
Unit 1: Introduction to Embassies and Consulates
Provides a foundational overview of diplomatic missions and their global presence.
Learning Objectives:
– Define the mission, structure, and functions of embassies and consulates.
– Analyze the differences between embassies, consulates, and diplomatic delegations.
Content: Provides a foundational overview of diplomatic missions and their global presence.
Activity: List all embassy functions and discuss their strategic impact.
Assessment: Strategic analysis paper on embassy services.
Unit 2: Organizational Structure and Function
Explores internal organization, departmental responsibilities, and chain of command.
Learning Objectives:
– Analyze the differences between embassies, consulates, and diplomatic delegations.
– Evaluate the strategic role of diplomatic posts in foreign policy implementation.
Content: Explores internal organization, departmental responsibilities, and chain of command.
Activity: Organize a mock org chart of a medium-sized diplomatic post.
Assessment: Organizational structure review and peer critique.
Unit 3: Embassy vs. Consulate: Scope and Services
Distinguishes operational focus and service delivery between embassy and consular posts.
Learning Objectives:
– Evaluate the strategic role of diplomatic posts in foreign policy implementation.
– Demonstrate procedures for consular services and crisis response.
Content: Distinguishes operational focus and service delivery between embassy and consular posts.
Activity: Compare service menus of three global consulates online.
Assessment: Comparative analysis chart submission.
Unit 4: Crisis Response and Citizen Protection
Focuses on protocols for emergencies, evacuations, and citizen support.
Learning Objectives:
– Demonstrate procedures for consular services and crisis response.
– Understand the role of local staff and community engagement in diplomatic success.
Content: Focuses on protocols for emergencies, evacuations, and citizen support.
Activity: Simulate a consular response to a local disaster.
Assessment: Written crisis response protocol and reflection.
Unit 5: Community Engagement and Host Country Relations
Covers partnerships, cultural programming, and bilateral relationship building.
Learning Objectives:
– Understand the role of local staff and community engagement in diplomatic success.
– Examine host-country dynamics and how they affect embassy operations.
Content: Covers partnerships, cultural programming, and bilateral relationship building.
Activity: Design a host-country community cultural exchange program.
Assessment: Outreach program proposal and group feedback.
Unit 6: Public Diplomacy from the Mission
Teaches outreach strategies and campaign planning within the host country.
Learning Objectives:
– Examine host-country dynamics and how they affect embassy operations.
– Apply digital tools and secure communication methods in diplomatic missions.
Content: Teaches outreach strategies and campaign planning within the host country.
Activity: Create a plan for a local public diplomacy event.
Assessment: Event planning checklist and instructor review.
Unit 7: Security, Technology, and Communication Systems
Reviews cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and secure diplomatic communication.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply digital tools and secure communication methods in diplomatic missions.
– Assess leadership and management models for overseas diplomatic posts.
Content: Reviews cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and secure diplomatic communication.
Activity: Evaluate two secure communication platforms for embassies.
Assessment: Tech platform briefing memo.
Unit 8: Leadership and Team Management in Missions
Examines effective leadership styles and managing multicultural teams abroad.
Learning Objectives:
– Assess leadership and management models for overseas diplomatic posts.
– Create a staffing and operations plan for a diplomatic mission.
Content: Examines effective leadership styles and managing multicultural teams abroad.
Activity: Role-play a team management challenge with local staff.
Assessment: Management case study response paper.
Unit 9: Mission Strategy Planning and Operations
Guides development of operations, reporting, and contingency planning.
Learning Objectives:
– Create a staffing and operations plan for a diplomatic mission.
– Design public diplomacy campaigns in a host country context.
Content: Guides development of operations, reporting, and contingency planning.
Activity: Draft a 6-month operations and reporting calendar.
Assessment: Operations plan rubric-based evaluation.
Unit 10: Capstone: Designing a Diplomatic Post
Brings together all course elements into a strategic mission design.
Learning Objectives:
– Design public diplomacy campaigns in a host country context.
– Define the mission, structure, and functions of embassies and consulates.
Content: Brings together all course elements into a strategic mission design.
Activity: Build and present a full diplomatic mission plan.
Assessment: Capstone presentation and full written mission plan.
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