Internship Ideas
Some of the possibilities available to Middle East & South Asia Studies majors in Washington DC:
- Amnesty International
- Brookings Institution
- Center for International Private Enterprise
- Center for Strategic & International Studies
- CFED - Expanding Economic Opportunity
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Education for Employment
- Institute for Palestine Studies
- Middle East Institute
- Project on Middle East Democracy
- Stimson Center
- U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council
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!