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The
Chevalier interdepartmental major in Diplomacy and World Affairs
provides an opportunity for students to prepare for a broad spectrum
of careers in international relations. Recognizing the variety of
goals of such internationally-oriented students, the major cuts
across several related disciplines. Offerings in the departments of
American Studies, Asian Studies, Critical Theory and Social Justice,
Economics, German, Russian, and Classical Studies, History,
Politics, Religious Studies, Sociology, Spanish and French Literary
Studies, and Urban and Environmental Policy supplement the core
courses offered by the DWA department itself.
The Chevalier
Program was established in 1957 by the late Mrs. Stuart Chevalier to
honor the memory of her husband, a distinguished lawyer and pioneer
leader on behalf of the United Nations, who for 19 years served as a
member of Occidental’s Board of Trustees. The program is one of the
few undergraduate interdisciplinary majors in international
relations offered by an institution the size of Occidental.
OCCIDENTAL-AT-THE-UNITED NATIONS
Students participating in the
U.N. program reside near United Nations headquarters and take a
regular 16 unit load. Other programs of interest to DWA majors
include
Occidental Abroad and
Occidental-in-Washington, D.C.
CAREERS
Opportunities of interest to DWA
graduates include service with U.S. government agencies, such as the
Department of State and the Foreign Service, the Peace Corps, the
Agency for International Development (AID), the Department of
Defense, and Central Intelligence Agency, as well as careers with
the United Nations or one of its affiliated agencies, and in the
non-governmental organization (NGO) community. Students also have an
opportunity to prepare themselves for work in the general fields of
international business and banking, law, or the academic world.
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