MBA Program

Sloan Innovation Period

The Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) throws open a window to a new view of curricular innovation. We've replaced the traditional 13-week semester with a refreshing new rhythm — six weeks of course work on either side of an intense week of experiential leadership learning and exposure to the groundbreaking faculty work that puts MIT Sloan in a league apart.

With SIP, students and faculty have the time and flexibility to engage in new and exciting intellectual exploration. Outside the rigid bounds of ordinary classrooms students practice the hands-on skills of leadership, and delve deeply into their areas of interest.

In both years of the MBA program, students will enroll in a variety of SIP seminars and activities focused on leadership and the marriage of theory and practice, earning credits in an approved sequence for graduation.

Highlights from the Fall 2007 SIP included simulations on international issues from the recent past — including challenges in Bosnia and Bangladesh — as well as highly experimental offerings like Leadership as Acting, Obstacles, High Ropes, Leadership, and Teams, and Improvisation and Influence.

For more on the over 40 SIP sessions, please visit the MIT Leadership Center.