Most of all, you need to be personally committed to learning as much as possible from the experience. There is a good mix of paid and unpaid opportunities in D.C. Many government agencies offer only unpaid internships, while many non-profit organizations offer a stipend. We encourage students to choose their internships as much as possible based on the educational and career value. Any stipends or other arrangements are the responsibility of the individual student to work out with the internship supervisor. These units are upper-division elective credit.
Students get a Transcript Notation for the internship.
Development and completion of an independent research project under the supervision of the Washington Center Director, a UCSD Professor, and guided by a teaching assistant. Students from departments other than Political Science, Communication, and USP should contact their home departments to determine if this course will be counted toward their major. The research project is on a topic of your own choosing and related to your internship, under faculty and TA supervision. All research projects require hard work and commitment. You must take one other course.