Description:

Experiential SIP (1 unit). 

The ESIP takes place over the Summer.  It consists of an internship or other professional experience pursued during the Summer before the Senior year.  The ESIP consists of two components: 1) An experiential component which consists of a concise written description (perhaps 5 to 10 pages) of the internship.  2) An essay (5 to 10 pages) that attempts to integrate economic and/or business theories and analyses on specific areas related to the internship experience.  This would entail a serious and meaningful attempt to relate the student’s classroom and experiential learning.  References to academic sources are required in this section.  Clearly, how this is done would depend on the nature of the project and would include consultation of the student with her/his faculty  SIP advisor.  

For instance, if a student works at a financial institution, such as a bank or a brokerage house, she/he could do the following to address the second component of the ESIP.  The student could write an essay on recent trends on merger activities in the financial institutions; or on  pending legislation on bank reform; financial diversification; statistical analysis of financial data; or even on gender and labor market discrimination as applied to the financial institutions.  This essay must, in some specific way, relate to the internship pursued by the student.

The SIP is not an ordinary report or term paper.  It is intended to be a significant piece of work, reflecting meaningful experiences and analytical research.  The SIP needs to be well written, with a meaningful thesis and strong organization.  It needs to demonstrate a clear understanding of economic principles and issues.  It needs to be well researched and to include references to academic sources.  Our expectations are shown in A Grading Rubric for SIPs .

Internship SIPs will only be available to non-majors upon approval of a written petition to the Department before Registration.

1 credit SIPs are not eligible for Honors in the Department of Economics and Business

This SIP is graded Credit/ No Credit.