Certificate Program

As previously stated, the required program of study consists of five courses:

• one course from Group A;
• two courses from Group B; and,
• two courses from Group C.

Group A

Choose ONE

• Congressional Operations Seminar
• Seminar for Executives on Legislative Operations
• Congressional Briefing Conference (or Capitol Hill Workshop) of four or more days. (This is normally arranged by a Federal department or agency for a group of its employees.)
• Capitol Hill Fellowship Program

Group B

Choose TWO

• Advanced Legislative Process
• Advanced Budget and Appropriations Process
• Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony
• Executive - Legislative Branch Relations

Group C

Choose TWO

Any of the courses in Group C can be arranged, on a limited basis, as an Independent Study for participants outside of the metropolitan Washington, DC, area.

Courses in Group C are conducted at the Government Affairs Institute or on Capitol Hill. Each course meets four times for two hours in the late afternoon, over the course of 12 weeks.

• The Evolution of the Contemporary Congress
• Congress and National Security Policy
• The Congressional Electoral Process
• Interest Groups, Lobbying and Campaign Finance
• Committees and Parties in Congress
• Congressional Power and Presidential Authority