Information on the Michigan in Washington program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2. What Will A Semester in
Washington Look Like?
3. Independent
Research Project
1. Professional Internship
(4 days per week)
2. Coursework
(1 or 2 electives, Speakers Series)
Total UM Credits = 12-15

3. What Do Students Gain?
MichiganinWashington

4. What Do Students Gain?
1. Learning Inspired by Experience
2. Work Experience That Aids Post-
Graduation Competitiveness
3. Self-designed Research Experience

5. Who is the MIW Student?
Sample Majors & Minors:
Political Science
Public Policy
Psychology
Applied Statistics
History
Industrial and Operations Engineering
German Studies
Economics
Sociology
Spanish
Program in the Environment
Communications
International and Comparative Studies
Economics
Law, Justice & Social Change
American Culture

6. Where have students
found internships?

7. Internships Examples
C-SPAN
Middle East Institute
Delta Airlines (Public relations dept)
Dept of Justice (Consumer Protection Branch)
CBS (60 Minutes)
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Admin (Public Affairs)
American Enterprise Institute
Heritage Foundation
National Museum of American History
Brookings Institute
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Kennedy Center
Arab American Institute
Penn Hill Group
Speaker of the House
National Defense University

8. Typical Week: The Internship
Monday-Thursday, 9-5pm, Students Attend Internship
(Total 32 hours per week)
Experience networking with
professionals in their field
Students work with a intern
supervisor to set goals

9. Typical Week: The Coursework
•Monday Evenings: Speaker’s Forum
•Center forums provide an opportunity for students to meet informally with politicians, policy makers,
professionals, advocates journalists and prominent scholars. Recent speakers of note have included
Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Consumer Advocate
Ralph Nader, Washington Post Columnist Ezra Klein, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
•Tuesday & Thursday Evenings: Elective Courses
•Friday Mornings: Research Seminar
•Weekends: Sightseeing, Group Outings, Etc.

10. Selected Electives:
•Campaigns and Elections
•American Political Journalism
•Lobbying, Money & Influence in Washington
• The Politics of Theater/The Theater of Politics
•U.S. Foreign Policy in the Mid-East

11. What do students research?
• Polarization of Climate Change: Understanding the group that predominantly denies human
causation of changing climate patterns despite scientific evidence.
• The Decline of State Support for Higher Education:
Assessing the Impact of the Governor's Party Affiliation
• The Racial Symbolism of Voter Identifications Laws and Their Impact on African American
Voting- Three Case Studies of State Election Data
• Farm to School: Measuring the Effects of School Food Programs on Student Success
• Determinants of Insurance Rates: Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act
• Voting Early, but Not Often: How Campaigns Fail to Persuade Voters to Vote Early
• Running the Country Like a Business: Applying Best Practices from the Private Sector
to the Defense Sector

12. Support in D.C.
•UCDC Support Staff and Faculty: Students have
access to residential advisors, counseling and conflict
resolution services, faculty, and our own on-site
representative.
•Internship Supervisor: Your supervisor is your
direct line for support at work and we make contact
with your internship to monitor progress.
•Mentors: We pair students with two Michigan
alumni in D.C.

13. Life in D.C.
•University of California, Washington Center (UCDC)
•Centrally located in D.C.
•24-hour security
•Each 2-bedroom apartment comes furnished.
•Make friends beyond Michigan!