Course Catalog - Academic Internship Program
ACIP 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
Focuses on the characteristics of effective leaders and effective organizations of all kinds—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. 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 law a profession or a business? Provides a unique opportunity for students contemplating a career in the law to examine this question. Explores 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 examines 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, a big and pervasive business in the United States, has changed the way we live. 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. This seminar provides a forum for critical analysis of health care in the U.S. The seminar component, with relevant readings and discussion, provides additional depth to the student’s internship experience by providing a more coherent and thorough examination of our health care delivery system—its strengths, problems, and weaknesses. One unit.
ACIP 379-05 - Professional Ethics Seminar
Fall, spring
Designed for students participating in professional internships of 8 hours per week in a variety of fields. Using both historical and contemporary texts, this seminar examines the meaning of professionalism and professional ethics. By analyzing cases from medicine, law, education, journalism, politics, corporate business and engineering, this course helps students to formulate their 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 in grades 4-8. These students visit an elementary school one day per 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.