Internship Ideas
Some of the possibilities available to Economics majors in Washington DC:
- Carlyle Group
- CBS
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Committee for Economic Development
- Congressional Management Foundation
- CONNECT Business Development and Public Policy
- Corporate for Enterprise Development
- Council on Hemispheric Affairs
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Economic Strategy Institute
- Federal Reserve Board
- Federal Reserve Board - Division of Consumer Affairs
- Financial Management Service
- Foundation on Economic Trends
- Global Security and Innovative Strategies
- Heritage Foundation
- Humanities Council of Washington D.C.
- InterAction
- International Trade Administration
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Merrill Lynch
- National Fair Housing Alliance
- National Foreign Trade Council
- Oxfam America
- TechNet
- The Center for a Secure Free Society
- Federal Reserve Board - Office of Consumer and Community Affairs
- The Globalist
- The Noetic Group
- The United States Small Business Administration
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Global Intellectual Property Center
- U.S. Department of Agriculture -Economic Research Service
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Small Business Administration
- U.S. Department of Commerce - ITA
- U.S. Department of Commerce - Minority Business Development Agency
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Department of Transportation - Inspector General
- U.S. Department of Treasury - Debt Management Services, Office of Fiscal Secretary
- Urban Land Institute
- World Bank
- World Resources Institute - Funnel the Money Project
Major/Minor Credit
Many UCD majors and minors incorporate credits earned while completing an internship and/or an independent research project. Students in some programs have been able to use their Washington Program Internship (WAS 192) and Research Seminar (WAS 199) credits as substitutions for their major or minor requirements.
Check with your advisor to see if you can do this as well!