Sample Schedule
While not every schedule looks the same, here is an example of a U.S. Policy & Politics program.
Washington, D.C. Days 1-5

Day 1

  • Registration
  • Campus Tours
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Reception
  • TA Group Orientation

Day 2

  • Lecture Series: Legislative Process & Congress as an Institution
  • Ropes Challenge Course
  • Leadership Series: Group Dynamics & Personality Matrix
  • Pizza Night

Day 3

  • Party Caucus
  • Guest Speaker: Politics & Money
  • Senate Simulation: Committee
  • Dinner at Baltimore Harbor

Day 4

  • AU Credit Option
  • Lecture Series: Inside Politics: Political Parties, Interest Groups & Think Tanks
  • Capitol Hill and the Smithsonian Institution
    • Congressional Visits
    • Library of Congress
    • Air and Space Museum
    • National Gallery of Art
    • American History Museum
    • And many more
  • Dinner at Historic Union Station
  • Senate Simulation: Committee
  • Campaign Simulation: Campaign Committee, Interest Group & Media Corps Meetings

Day 5

  • State Department visit
  • White House Picnic at Lafayette Park
  • Primary Elections
  • Guest Speaker: Media & Politics
  • Party Caucus
  • Washington at Night Tour
    • Jefferson Memorial
    • FDR Memorial
    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Vietnam War and Korean War Memorials
    • Iwo Jima Memorial
Washington, D.C. Days 6-10

Day 6

  • Campaign Simulation
  • Guest Speaker: Influential Analysts & Advisors on the Hill
  • Senate Simulation: Committee
  • Leadership Series: Communications & Negotiations
  • TA Group Activity & Super Tuesday Primaries
  • Game Night

Day 7

  • AU Credit Option
  • Senate Simulation: Committee
  • Guest Speaker: Role of the White House Executive Offices
  • Holocaust Memorial Museum Visit
  • Campaign Simulation
  • Movie Night

Day 8

  • Arlington National Ceremony Visit
  • Special NSLC Wreath-laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns
  • Campaign Simulation
  • Senate Simulation: Committee
  • Performance at the Ronald Reagan Building: Capitol Steps

Day 9

  • Leadership Series: Ethical Decision Making
  • Senate Simulation: Committee
  • Guest Speaker: A Campaign Manager in Action
  • Presidential Debate
  • Dance

Day 10

  • AU Credit Option
  • General Election
  • Senate Simulation: Final Voting
  • Electoral College
  • Guest Speaker: Interagency Cooperation
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Final TA Group Meeting