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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.  Winter Quarter and Spring Quarter students should contact The Washington Center for course offerings during these terms. 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.

Frequently Offered Courses

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN POLICY

• How Washington Really Works: U.S. Foreign Policy Making
• Inside Globalization: The Washington Consensus and Its Impact on the World
• The International Community: Power, Principle, and Practice
• Governance, Democracy and Transformation in Post-Conflict Societies
• American Foreign Policy Post 9/11: The Role of Race, Religion and Geo-politics
• 21st Century U.S. Foreign Policy: The Challenge and Change of 9/11, Iraq, and Afghanistan
• Islam and the Global Culturalism
• Asia and the U.S. in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• Promoting Democracy and Effective Governance in Africa: Global and Local Encounters
• NAFTA: Trade Based Growth and Regional Models 1
• International Organization and Humanitarian Law
• Ethics and International Politics
• Peace Studies: A Solution to Violence

ANTHROPOLOGY, THE ARTS, AND THE HUMANITIES

• Hues of the Federal City
• The Art and Architecture of Washington D.C.: From Antiquity to the Present

COMMUNICATIONS

• Press, Politics and Policy: Communicating in the Capital City
• War and Peace in the Age of 24/7 News
• The Mass Media and National Politics: How the Washington Press Corps Works

PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

• Hunger and Society: Policies and Strategies
• The Iron Triangle of Policy-Making: Congress, the Executive Branch, and Interest Group Advocacy
• National Health Care: Myth versus Reality
• Science Policy Dilemmas

AMERICAN POLITICS

• Congressional Campaigns and Elections
• The Congressional Arena: Practical Problems and Impact Strategies
• Power and Politics in Washington, D.C.
• The President, Congress, and Federal Agencies: Their Role in Meeting the Economic Challenges of the 21st Century
• Ethics & the U.S. Congress

LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• Our Living Constitution
• Forensic Psychology
• Introduction to Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
• Law and Politics in America: Citizen Action and Reaction

HOMELAND OR NATIONAL SECURITY

• Managing the American Intelligence Community
• Homeland Security: Some Unmet Challenges
• Arms Control Policy: Combating the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction - Past, Present and Future

LEADERSHIP

• Women and Leadership
• Essentials for Aspiring Leaders: A Washington Perspective

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

• Global Markets and International Business Strategies
• International Business: Focus on the Middle East
• International Business: Strategies to Achieve Company Goals
• Mastering International Markets: Making Sense of Global Strategies
• The Business Game: Cultural and Economic Forces that Influence Business
• From Ideas to Action: The Anatomy of Entrepreneurship

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

• Fundraising and Development Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations
• Life in the Not-for-Profit Sector: A Comparative Perspective

RESEARCH

• Research Seminar

 

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