Course Catalog - Academic Internship Program
CIP 379-01 - Academic Internship
Fall, spring
An independent internship arranged by the student with a faculty sponsor. The internship commitment is 8 hours per week. The student meets with the faculty sponsor in a weekly tutorial as well. One unit.
ACIP 379-02 - Management/Leadership Seminar
Fall, spring
The seminar focuses on the characteristics of effective leaders and effective organizations of all kinds of business, government, education, and not-for-profit. Each student uses the organization at which he or she is an intern as the model for analysis of each of the topics discussed. Topics include the components of typical organization, creating shared aims and values, defining the expected results, achieving customer satisfaction, focusing on people and encouraging innovation. The classes involve lectures, discussion of assigned reading, and discussion of situations drawn from the internship experiences of the class members and the professional experiences of the instructor, a senior executive. One unit.
ACIP 379-03 - Legal Issues Seminar
Fall, spring
Is the law a profession or a business? This course is designed to provide a unique opportunity for students contemplating a career in the law to examine that question. The course will explore the ethical underpinnings of the legal profession by examining codes of conduct governing both lawyers and judges. The art of negotiation is an essential study for anyone interested in law, public policy or international relations. This course will examine the current trends in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. One unit.
ACIP 379-04 - Health Care Management Seminar
Fall, spring
The health care industry, which has been big business for some time, has become even more pervasive in the United States. In doing so, it has changed the way we live. It has medicalized much of life. It has prompted debate on our fundamental definitions of life and death, aroused concern about cost, equitable access and the quality of care giving, and it has triggered unpopular social policies. But who are the principles and practitioners involved in both the medical marketplace and the delivery of health care? The answers are, in part, found by carefully examining the range of issues; e.g. economic, medical, political, social, and moral. The principal goal of this seminar is to provide a forum for critical analysis of health care in the United States. The seminar component, with relevant readings and discussion, provides additional depth to the student's internship experience by helping the student to develop a more coherent and thorough understanding of our health care delivery system: its strengths, problems, and weaknesses. One unit.
ACIP 379-05 - Professional Ethics Seminar
Fall, spring
This course is designed for students participating in professional internships 8 hours each week in a variety of fields. Using both historical and contemporary texts the course examines the meaning of professionalism and professional ethics. By analyzing cases from medicine, law, education, journalism, politics, corporate business, and engineering, this course helps the student to begin to formulate his or her own professional identity. Students not enrolled in an academic internship through CISS may participate in "P4C", a project in teaching philosophy to elementary school pupils from 4th-8th grades. These students will go to an elementary school one day each week to conduct philosophical dialogues, and conduct research into philosophy with children. One unit
* The courses and descriptions listed above are taken directly from the official College Catalog.