As a student in SNHU’s 3Year Honors Program in Business, you will gain practical business experience as part of your course work, while serving the community.
Senior Year - New Paradigm Design
Seniors operate a consulting business, New Paradigm Design, completing projects for real-world clients in the community. This is the academic service learning portion of the program.
Teams of students are matched with agencies, organizations and businesses that have specific needs that are related to course content. The teams then research and propose solutions for clients’ business challenges.
“Teams of students are matched with agencies, organizations, or business enterprises that have specific needs. Students then perform the needed service, which is research based, drawing upon past and current course content and reflecting on their experiences. At the end, the team provides a tangible final product or deliverable as a result of its efforts.
“My consulting team is currently working with the New Hampshire Supreme Court Society and New Hampshire State Archives to devise a definitive plan for organizing, preserving and making accessible the state’s court records.”
– Brian Schremser, 3Year Honors Program in Business student
NPD teams have worked on strategic plans, websites, marketing plans and more with such organizations as:
- American Express
- Capitol Center for the Arts
- Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association
- Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors
- Currier Art Museum
- Granite State Literacy
- Key Partners
- Heritage United Way
- Manchester Community Health Center
- NHCHEF Inc.
- New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
- New Hampshire Food Bank
- New Hampshire Supreme Court Society
- Women’s Business Center
Integrating Experiences
At the end of each semester, teams of four to five students work together on real business issues during the weeklong “integrating experiences.”
You and your teammates will take what you’ve learned through the course modules offered during that semester and use it to solve a business challenge. At the end of the week, team members present their research and recommendations to professors, much as they would to supervisors, board members and shareholders in the business world.
The integrating experiences are designed so you can see the relevance of the course material as well as develop new skills. You will receive a team grade and college credit.