Washington Semester Program, Washington, DC - American University
ABOUT WASHINGTON SEMESTER


How it Works...

You can spend a semester in Washington, D.C. in a full-credit program offered through American University where you get to apply all the material you learn in textbooks to the real world. Upon successful completion of the Washington Semester Program, you earn 12-16 American University credits (depending on your program choices) that you transfer back to your home school.

Books

Showdown at Gucci Gulch:
Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Unlikely Triumph of Tax Reform

Jeffrey Birnbaum and Alan Murray

Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Edward Lazarus

Hardball: How Politics is Played—Told by One Who Knows the Game Christopher Matthews

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Political Issues
George McKenna and Stanley Feingold

How Washington Really Works
Charles Peters

Interest Groups in American Campaigns: The New Face of Electioneering
Mark Rozell and Clyde Wilcox

Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional
James Thurber

The White House Staff
Bradley Patterson

The Congressional Experience
David Price

No Place for Amateurs
Dennis Johnson

Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics
David O’Brien

The Basics of American Politics (12th Edition)
Gary Wasserman

American Government and Politics Today: The Essentials
2006-2007 Edition (American Government and Politics Today)

Barbara A. Bardes, Mack C. Shelley, and Steffen W. Schmidt

American Government: Readings and Cases (16th Edition)
Peter Woll

The Complete Idiot's Guide To American Government
Mary Shaffrey and Melanie Fonder

The Logic Of American Politics
Samuel Kernell and Gary C. Jacobson

Mass Media and American Politics
Doris A. Graber

Origins of American Politics
Bernard Bailyn

Why Americans Hate Politics: The Death of the Democratic Process
E.J. Dionne

Under God: Religion and American Politics
Garry Wills

Perspectives on American Politics
William Lasser



Journals



American Spectator

American Legion

Vital Statistics on American Politics

Who’s Who in American Politics
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