Studying Politics at CCU
Colorado Christian University is the Lantern of the Rockies – committed to being a light for truth in an ever-growing dark human existence. Guided by our Strategic Priorities, we seek to impact our culture with Grace and Truth.
The study of Politics at Colorado Christian University deliberately combines philosophic breadth and theological insight with practical relevance. Students explore human nature and ethics along with political and economic power and history. They are led to grapple with the meaning and significance of the American founding, with the relation of virtue and liberty to the rule of law and human happiness, with America’s role in the world, and with the current political landscape.
The Centennial Institute, in partnership with the Politics program, works to connect students with local and national internship/fellowship opportunities, including experiences within the Colorado General Assembly and at all levels of the national government. Additionally, our annual Washington Week seminar course provides you an opportunity to meet with government officials, policy analysts, and members of the news media.
As a Politics student at CCU, you will be provided with a solid and coherent foundation of your political and civic responsibilities and will be required to take them seriously. CCU is an institution that is convictionally Christian and principally conservative — thus, our students learn how to examine public policy from a perspective informed by Christian faith and traditions. This provides graduates with the concepts and methods for analyzing the role and impact of political players and institutions across the world, while integrating theological principles within the context of current political affairs and good citizenship.
Launch your Career within the Conservative Movement
As part of Colorado Christian University and Centennial Institute’s mission to train the next generation of Christian conservative statesmen and stateswomen, we seek the best opportunities to launch our graduates to join the conservative movement – both locally and nationally. If you would like your organization added to our list, please email centennial@ccu.edu.
Internship Opportunities
Internships are a vital first step when launching a career in the political world. These organizations provide excellent career development and internship experiences: Internships may be paid or unpaid with the option for course credit.
- Advancing American Freedom
- American Cornerstone Institute
- American Enterprise Institute
- Capital Research Center
- Center for Immigration Studies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Claremont Institute
- Committee on the Present Danger
- Council for National Policy
- Family Research Council
- First Liberty Institute
- Focus on the Family
- Foundation for Economic Foundation
- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- The Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution for War, Revolution, and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- James Wilson Institute
- Leadership Institute
- Manhattan Institute
- Middle East Forum
- Media Research Center
- Mountain States Legal Foundation
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- Pacific Research Institute
- State Policy Network
- Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
- Young America’s Foundation
- National Interest
- Reason
- The Public Discourse
- National Review
- First Things
- National Affairs
- Modern Age
- Intercollegiate Review
- The American Conservative
- Human Events
- Journal of American Greatness
- Daily Caller
- The Daily Signal
- The Federalist
- The New Criterion
- TownHall
- Ricochet
- Library of Liberty and Law
- American Thinker
- The American Spectator
Fellowships
Fellowships are intensive academic and professional opportunities that give students (both undergraduate and graduate) and recent graduates in-depth development to launch their careers. Most fellowships are funded and very competitive.
- American Enterprise Institute Summer Honors Program
- Claremont Institute
- Forge Leadership Summit
- Foundation for Economic Freedom Hazlitt Fellowship
- The Fund for American Studies Woodhouse Public Policy Fellowship
- The Heritage Academy Online Public Policy Fellowship
- Hertog Foundation Political Studies Program
- Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp
- Hudson Institute
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute Honors Program
- John Jay Institute
- Leadership Institute’s Christian Leaders Program
- Mercatus Center
- Patriot Academy
- The Russell Kirk Center Wilbur Fellows Program
About Colorado Christian University
Colorado Christian University (CCU) is located in Lakewood, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. Founded in 1914, CCU is the flagship Christian university in the Rocky Mountain region. A leader in higher education, the University is consistently ranked in the top 2 percent of colleges nationwide for its core curriculum by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
CCU offers undergraduate and graduate degrees for traditional and adult students through its College of Undergraduate Studies and College of Adult and Graduate Studies. More than 8,000 students attend the University on the main campus, in regional centers throughout Colorado, and online. CCU is an NCAA Division II university in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). Visit the CCU Home Page.
