Theory & Practice Track

Federal Fellows & Global Fellows

University Honors partners with the Federal Fellows, Global Fellows, and Maryland Fellows programs to offer a range of sequential theory and practice track opportunities. These tracks pair a fall-semester theory course, taught by expert practitioners and leaders in their field, with a spring-semester internship in the DC-area. Students benefit from professional development workshops and one-on-one advising throughout the year.

Through the Fellows program, University Honors students have engaged in internships in the White House, Federal agencies, congressional offices, the Maryland General Assembly, non-governmental organizations, non-profits, foreign embassies, think tanks, and more.

For more information, including course descriptions and professor bios, see Federal Fellows, Global Fellows. For in-person consultations and fellowship, please drop by the Fellows Office, Marie Mount Hall 2407, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Course Options

Fall Seminars (choose one)

  • HNUH318T: Political Engagement and Advocacy
  • HNUH328T: Public Health Policy
  • HNUH338T: Homeland and National Security Policy
  • HNUH348T: Energy and Environmental Policy
  • HNUH358T: Critical Regions and International Relations
  • HNUH359T: International Security and Intelligence
  • HNUH368T: U.S. Diplomacy and Policymaking
  • HNUH369T: Economic Diplomacy
  • HNUH378T: Science Diplomacy: Foreign Policy & Science, Tech, and Innovation
  • HNUH388T: Responses to Global Challenges
  • HNUH398T: Water Security and Global Health Challenges

Spring Internship

  • HNUH398P (3-9 credits, DSSP)

Minimum Requirements

  • GPA of 3.0
  • Open to Sophomores & Juniors for UH credit

NOTE

Students who wish to count this theory and practice track toward their citation
requirements in their junior year must request an extension of the citation timeline from
the Assistant Director for Academic Life, Dario Middleton.

To Apply