D.C. 学期 is a unique opportunity offered by Cedarville University and managed by the Department of History and Government.
The semester is a competitive program that runs each fall semester. A faculty member is sent from Cedarville to live in Washington, D.C. 运行程序. Students who are accepted into the program pay the normal block 学费 还有房费. Board is not charged with the program and students are able to use that money to purchase food for themselves during the semester in D.C. The students live at a dorm attached to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank only three and a half blocks from the Capitol.
Students take two courses with the professor that is there with his or her family and go on a variety of tours and activity outings. In addition, each week on Mondays, there is a briefing at a government agency, a think tank in D.C.，非政府组织 organization of some type, or a Christian lobbying organization.
The courses taken focus on a biblical understanding of citizenship, 政府的角色, and the process of policy making in a democratic society. Students uniformly remark that this is a life-changing semester for them, and many have gone back to 工作 offered to them as a result of their internship work.
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Living in DC has been pushing my boundaries and helping me solidify good habits that will benefit me for years. I have been learning that God is present even here in DC; this place can be regarded with a sense of hopelessness or suspicion, 但当它失去的时候, it also has a vibrant body of believers completely sold out, 反文化, and committed to the cause of Christ.
D . Sage shower.C. 学期 
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If you are interested in History and Government, you have to spend a semester working and living in DC! The opportunities are endless, the connections are priceless, and the real world experiences will challenge your understanding and knowledge beyond your imagination. I would not trade this semester for anything!
本杰明·梅斯，D.C. 学期 
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D.C. has provided me with some grand new friendships with people in the department that I have never even met before! We have grown so close in the short time we’ve been here, and it has been such a blessing to get to witness everyone growing professionally as well as spiritually.
艾比·所罗门博士.C. 学期 
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I've learned to let go of my own expectations and plans. Proverbs 16:9 says, "The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." I came into this semester with so many assumptions about my internship, 我的住房, 我的人际关系, 还有我的课, and I am by nature someone who likes to plan ahead. God took those assumptions and has gently reminded me that he is directing my steps, whether or not I would have chosen them.
莉迪亚·斯威策博士.C. 学期 