D.C. Internship Program Offerings

Academic Courses

Academic coursework is an integral part of The Washington Center experience. It extends your on-campus learning, complements your internship, and may help you earn credit from your home institution. The Washington Center typically offers thirty-five to fifty courses each semester.  Spring Quarter students should contact The Washington Center for course offerings during that term. Led by well-qualified faculty who are dedicated teachers, classes are grounded in traditional disciplines, yet taught within the context of the wide array of resources available in Washington, D.C. Classes meet one evening a week and are taught in a seminar style.

Sophomore Exploration Program participants will all attend the same course and will not select one from the guide. Those enrolled in the Postgraduate Professional Development Program may audit a course (with full participation) on a space-available basis. Washington, D.C. Legal Externship Program participants will enroll in courses taught by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law faculty.

Frequently Offered Courses

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN POLICY

• How Washington Really Works: U.S. Foreign Policy Making
• Public Diplomacy Challenges: The United States and Developing Countries
•  U.S. Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Dynamics of Change
• U.S. China Bilateral Trade Relationship
• International Organizations and Humanitarian Law
• International Human Rights
• Conflict, Violence and War

ANTHROPOLOGY, THE ARTS, AND THE HUMANITIES

• Washington, D.C. in Film and TV: People, Places and Processes
• Global Health Intersections
• Nonprofit Leadership and Management
• Fundraising in the 21st Century
• Peaceful Solutions: An Alternative to Violence
• Scandalous Washington: Uncovering D.C. History
• A Taste of D.C.: Exploring Washington’s Culture and Cuisine
• Religion and Global Politics

COMMUNICATIONS

• Press, Politics and Power
• Media, Ethics and the Movies
• Intercultural Communications: How Washington-based Organizations Prepare for a Global Workplace
• Campaigning for a Cause: Changing the Nation and the World, One Big Issue at a Time
• The Mass Media and National Politics: How the Washington Press Corps Works

PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

• Hunger, Poverty and Powerlessness
• Issues of Immigration and Contemporary Debates
• Science Policy Dilemmas

AMERICAN POLITICS

• The Road to the White House: Presidential Elections in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
• The Congressional Arena: Practical Problems and Impact Strategies
• Ethics and the U.S. Congress
• How Washington Really Works: Government and Business in the New Economic Reality
• Power, Politics and Prose

LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• Our Living Constitution
• Forensic Psychology
• Introduction to Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

HOMELAND OR NATIONAL SECURITY

• The American Intelligence Community
• Curbing the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• National Security and the War on Terrorism

LEADERSHIP

• Sophomore Experience: Leadership and Professional Development
• Essentials for Aspiring Leaders: A Washington Perspective

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

• Global Markets and International Business Strategies
• International Business: The Middle East
• Ethical Behavior in Organizations
• Trade-based Growth and Regional Models: Integration in the Americas
• From Ideas to Action: The Anatomy of Entrepreneurship
• Project Management and Development

RESEARCH

• Research and Writing Seminar

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)

• Science, Policy and its Challenges
• Forensic Psychology

The Johns Hopkins University Collaboration

During the fall and spring semester, selected students have an opportunity to fulfill their Washington Center academic course requirement by completing a graduate course through the Advanced Academic Programs division of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences of The Johns Hopkins University. Students choose their course from a range of offerings in two part-time master’s programs - Government or Communication in Contemporary Society. A minimum GPA of 3.5 is required, and only seniors or rising seniors are eligible. Students are not awarded credit from Johns Hopkins for the course completed and should check with their home institutions to get information about how credit may be received.

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