Inside Washington: Policymaking from the Ground Up
PA 8330
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
This course competitively selects a group of UT System graduate students to spend an 11-week summer program in Washington, D.C. The course is designed to complement students' experiences at their accompanying three-semester credit hour internship placement. The course provides a context for and a familiarity with the dynamics that influence all activity in the government, including meeting officials from the White House, House and Senate, nonprofits, lobbying firms, think tanks, the media, and others. Students return with a participant's understanding of the workings of the remarkable machinery of the federal government. 3 credit hours.
Corequisites: PA 8331 and PA 8332 and instructor consent required.
Offering Frequency: Each year
Grades: 155
Median GPA: A
Mean GPA: 3.874