Travel Courses

MC to Washington, D.C.

August 2 – 6, 2027

Deadline: February 9, 2027

Information Session: 

October 22, 2026

12:15 pm OR 6:30 pm
Marie Hall Academic Building, Room 185

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This Washington, D.C. trip provides students with direct engagement in the political and cultural development of the United States through visits to major national landmarks, museums, and archives. By exploring sites such as the National Archives, Arlington National Cemetery, the Holocaust Museum, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, students connect historical events from the nation’s founding through the modern era. 

Students who take this trip for course credit can enroll in 1 – 2 courses (GOVT 2305 and HIST 1301 or HIST 1302). The courses will have an online component that will run during the Summer II session. Students will be expected to view a preparatory video for the trip to help build context. While on the trip students will work through at least five quizzes on the experiences which provide contact hours. The week will also end with a group dinner that will constitute contact hours as shown above. Each course will additionally entail a PowerPoint highlighting pictures from their experiences and a writing project that will balance out the course hours.

The cost of this trip is $2,265 which includes accommodations, meals, ground transportation, guides, gratuities, and cultural immersions. This does not include tuition/fees, airfare, or any meals, activities, or transportation arranged by individual participants.

Deadline to Register: February 9, 2027

 

Questions?

Ginger Schantz
Government Department Chair
gschantz@midland.edu
(432) 685-5563

Allison Williford
History Instructor
awilliford@midland.edu
(432) 685-6851