Washington Semester
2014
We are very pleased
to announce the upcoming session of the Washington Semester, Extended Summer Session
2014
Our first Information
Session will be held in Room 200 of the Architecture Annex as
follows:
Tuesday, October 1,
12:30p-1:30p
Washington Semester
is open to all Virginia Tech students, regardless of major, who have earned a
minimum of 60 credits and are in good academic standing. Enrollment is limited
to 18 participants.
Application deadline
(early decision) is December 2, 2013.
Final application
deadline is February 3, 2014.
Please visit our
website and Facebook pages for more information:
Updates to the
website will be made as the information becomes available.
Located
in Old Town Alexandria, the Washington Semester is an eleven-week summer program
that provides students the opportunity to acquire professional experience in a
governmental agency or other relevant enterprise in the private or nonprofit
sector. Washington Semester Fellows will attend seminars that enable them to
understand their internship from a range of analytical perspectives. While the
program is open to all majors, it is of special relevance for students with
career interests in politics, public management, public policy, law, or the
nonprofit or for-profit sectors. Students receive twelve hours of academic
credit for the program.
Internships:
All
students are placed in an internship with a public or nonprofit organization
that requires 30 hours of work per week. Placements are based on each student’s
interests and professional goals. The internship experience provides a platform
for linking seminar discussions and readings to broader issues of management and
policy. The emphasis placed on incorporating both theory and practice sets the
Virginia Tech Washington Semester program apart from other Washington internship
programs.
Examples of
previous internship placements include:
U.S.
House of Representatives
Alexandria
Economic Development Partnership
U.S.
Information Agency
City
of Alexandria, Department of Planning
National
Institutes of Health
Catholic
Charities, U.S.A.
U.S.
Marshal’s Office
U.S.
Agency for International Development
Arlington
County Planning Office
HUD
American
Red Cross
Human
Rights Watch
Campagna
Center
EPA
Street
Law
Government
Accountability Office
World
Resources Institute
Curriculum:
Students
enroll for all courses for the 1st summer session. This 12-hour program is an
overload for 1st summer session. Each student must get permission from his/her
Dean’s office in order to add the overload hours (we will help you with
that).
PSCI
4314 - Senior Seminar in Political Institutions
UAP/PSCI
4624 - The Washington Semester: Seminar in Politics and Public
Policy
UAP/PSCI
4644 - The Washington Semester: Politics, Policy and Administration in a
Democracy
UAP 4964 -
Field Study - OR - PSCI 4754 – Internship
Tuition,
housing and other costs will be forthcoming (since this program is held in
Alexandria, you will not pay on-campus comprehensive
fees).
