This course is a vehicle through which students receive ENV course credit for participation in the supervised internship and Washington forum components of SNHU's Semester in Washington, D.C. program. The Semester in Washington, D.C. program promotes learning by doing among SNHU political science majors and other SNHU students through for-credit internships and academic seminars hosted by The Washington Center in Washington, D.C. The Washington Center is an independent, not-for-profit organization that since 1975 has provided internship programs and academic seminars to college students from throughout the United States and around the world, and is affiliated with more than 850 colleges and universities nationwide. The Washington Center provides students with housing and places them in internships appropriate to their interests. nine of the twelve credits awarded for ENV 410A will be derived from the supervised internship component of The Washington Center's Science and Policy Program. Students must choose an internship of relevance to environmental studies. The remaining three credits will be derived from participation in The Washington Forum component of the program, which includes a Presidential Lecture Series, a Seminar with Senators, a Congressional Speaker Series, an Embassy Visits Program, and small group activities. Although SNHU's Environmental Studies Program Chair or other supervising environmental studies faculty member will undertake an independent evaluation of the student's completed internship portfolio, the Chair or faculty member generally will adopt the final internship grade recommended by the Washinton Center program supervisor as the student's letter grade for ENV 410A. For further information, see the Environmental Studies Program Chair and The Washington Center's website (www.twc.edu). Offered every semester. For more information, see the Environmental Studies Chair and the Washington Center's web site (www.twc.edu).