66-321 CMUWSP Internship Seminar

15 units, Carnegie Mellon University

NOTE THIS COURSE IS FOR CMU WASHINGTON SEMESTER STUDENTS ONLY. The internship is the experiential core of the Washington Semester program. Students intern three days per week, for approximately 2728 hours, in offices from Capitol Hill to the White House and including opportunities in cabinet agencies, nonprofit institutions, museums, advocacy groups, policy think tanks, cultural institutions, and news organizations. Through the internship, students gain professional experience and make longlasting professional and personal contacts. In addition, students meet once a week with the CMU internship faculty for a 2hour seminar to report and reflect on their internship experiences, and address pressing current issues from the perspective of their internship organization. In addition, the weekly seminar typically includes 12 CMU alumni from the Washington DC area whose personal and professional experiences become part of the seminar conversation, and who make themselves available to students as ongoing sources of information and advice. Students earn 15 CMU units of credit for the internship and internship seminar.

Prerequisites: none listed

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