Off-Campus Opportunities

Mitchell Lincoln '09 had an internship in Senator Harkin's D.C. office in spring 2007.

Coe has a Washington Term Program in which political science students are encouraged to participate. It involves living in Washington, D.C. for the entire fall term and taking a first-hand observer course in American government and a part-time internship--usually in a governmental or interest group office.\

Other off-campus programs are well-suited to political science majors, including ACM* programs in Chicago, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, and Botswana.

Internships, either full-time or part-time, are also possible in other locations. Past examples include working in local government offices in Maine and Iowa, presidential campaigns, a U.S. senator's office, the Illinois and Iowa legislatures, and the local office of legal assistance.

* The ACM (Associated Colleges of the Midwest) is an educational consortium to which Coe belongs.