US: D.C. Internship

Students on this program pick a particular concentration area (listed below) and then take the following courses:

• Internship and Internship Course: provide students with professional experience in their concentration area or a related field. Students use the program's internship network to search for a placement site: internship placements are confirmed during the first two weeks of the program.
• Two Seminar courses focused on your concentration area that utilize guest experts and out-of-classroom visits to enhance the learning experience.

Students choose one concentration area to focus on for the internship and core seminars:

• U.S. Presidency
• International Peace + Security
• Criminal Legal System: Mass Incarceration and Racial Disparity
• Globalization in Crisis
• U.S. Public Policy
• Political Communication
• Re-ordering of US Foreign Policy
• For additional details, visit American University in Washington, D.C. Semester Programs

• Students will choose off-campus housing from a selection offered by AU from the following: the Flats at Bethesda, 1301 Thomas Circle, or Meridian Mount Vernon.
• There is no meal plan. Instead, apartments have kitchens and students buy groceries and cook for themselves.

• Student Association of Student Activities (SASA): organizes events for students such as barbecues, a Super Bowl Watch Party, and Second Chance Prom.
• SASA also plans community service events, fundraisers for local/international organizations and host special guest speakers to the Tenley campus.
• Students also have access to other American University activities, events and facilities.