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Social Impact Practicums (SIPs)

  • Students gathered in a room talking.

    Since the Social Impact Practicum Initiative started in the Winter of 2017, SIPs have been integrated into an average of 30 courses per year across over 20 disciplines.

  • A student wearing headphons watches a video being filmed.

    Use your classroom skills to make an impact through a SIPs class.

  • A student looking at a laptop and wearing a brain monitor participates in an EEG test.

    SIPs allow students to practice and apply classroom learning to address real world challenges.

  • Students in a classroom watch a professor lecturing at the whiteboard.

    SIPs are available across a variety of academic disciplines.

What is a Social Impact Practicum (SIP)?

A Social Impact Practicum (SIP) is a project-based experiential learning opportunity connecting undergraduate courses at Dartmouth with community needs identified by nonprofit organizations throughout the Upper Valley. 

In other words, a SIP is a real-world project with real-world impact.

For more information or to suggest a course that you think could benefit from a Social Impact Practicum, please contact Bryan Duff. 

DCSI also collaborates with Thayer's Senior Design Challenge to match human-centered design projects proposed by Upper Valley nonprofits with this two-term  senior-level engineering course.

SIP Course Search

Find detailed information about the specific projects and community partners associated with each SIP course: SIP Course Search