Semester-in-Residence Program
A New Educational Program from the National Institute of American History and Democracy at the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Sponsored by the National Institute of American History & Democracy, a joint project of the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Williamsburg Semester-in-Residence Program provides an interdisciplinary approach to early America stressing the use of historic places as a means of understanding the past.
The program is available to undergraduates in any major, as well as to graduate and professional students, at colleges and universities world-wide who would like to spend either a fall or a spring semester in residence at the College of William and Mary, one of the country's most distinguished institutions of higher education.
The Chesapeake Region as a Resource
The town of Williamsburg is a remarkable presentation of life in the "old colonial capital," including the historic campus of the College of William and Mary, where the 1695 Wren Building is the oldest academic building in the United Stated still in active use. Beyond Williamsburg, no region is so blessed with historic places relevant to the colonial and revolutionary history of the United States as is the Chesapeake. From nearby Jamestown Island to Yorktown Battlefield, museums, archaeological projects, and historic structures and landscapes abound. The Semester-in-Residence Program makes use of all of these resources to teach students about life in America during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries.
