Both programs combine a fall seminar course in an issue area
with a spring internship in Washington D.C. Some of our concentrations include: Responses to Global Challenges, Energy and Environment, and Science Diplomacy.
Past internship locations include: Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and Genetic
Alliance. Year-round activities include trips to Capitol Hill and federal
agencies, professional development workshops, and conversations with
policymakers.
For details and an application form, go to
http://federalsemester.umd.edu and/or http://globalsemesterdc.umd.edu or
contact our office: 2407 Marie Mount Hall, (301) 314-0261. First wave of
applications will be reviewed on March 7, 2016. Rolling admissions thereafter.
