Internship Ideas
Some of the possibilities available to Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning majors in Washington DC:
- 1SKY
- American Council on Renewable Energy
- Center for International Environmental Law
- David Gardiner and Associates
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earth Day Network
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute
- Greenpeace
- HALT
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Inter-American Institute for Cooperation of Agriculture
- Internet Education Foundation
- National Academy of Science
- National Geographic Society
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Nature Conservancy
- Oxfam America
- Senator Dean Heller
- The Wilderness Society
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Justice - Environmental & Natural Resources Division Environmental Law Institute
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Environmental Justice
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Public Engagement
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Water
- U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- World Resources Institute
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!