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Interdisciplinary Project-Oriented Internship (Global Studies and Social Science)

Semester
E2021
Subject
Global Studies * / Social Science *
Activitytype
Internship
Teaching language
English
Registration

You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage.

Administration of exams
ISE Studieadministration (ise-studieadministration@ruc.dk)
ECTS
30
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
  • Knowledge of social conditions within the activities and field of the internship host, with particular regard to the aspects on which the student chooses to write a project.

  • Insight into the theoretical, methodological and analytical approaches and practical utility of the concepts of Global Studies and Social Science.

  • Knowledge of the latest academic literature relevant to illuminating the topic of the internship project.

  • Skills in working with an academically-relevant issue within the activities and field of the internship host, in connection with a project.

  • The ability to combine academic insights (theories, methods, approaches) from the subjects and link these with practical issues and tasks at the internship host.

  • Skills in carrying out specific tasks allocated by the internship host.

  • Skills in linking academic insight and knowledge gained from both subjects to the practical issues and dynamics of a workplace.

  • Competency to independently compile an internship project, including planning and managing the workflow.

  • Competency to relate practical knowledge and experience to the academic theories, concepts and methods of the subjects.

Overall content

Learning during the internship takes place through a mixture of practical work, reflections on the encounter between theory and practice, and independent compilation of the internship report. The writing of the internship report takes place under the guidance of an internship supervisor.

Teaching and working methods

Teaching and working methods
Students are themselves responsible for securing an internship host and for the practical implementation of the internship, including ensuring that both their tasks for the internship host and their obligations to the University are fulfilled. The internship must be approved by the Study Board before it is commenced. It is expected that the semester’s work will be distributed as 3/4 for the internship host and 1/4 for the University (equivalent to approximately 540-600 hours for the internship and about 200 hours of university work). The intern’s main activities must be described, and must lie within the fields of both Global Studies and Politics. The student has obligations towards both subjects. Overall, Global Studies receives an internship project, and Politics receives a number of tasks.

Obligations towards Global Studies:

Internship project The problem statement of the internship project must relate to theoretical or empirical issues drawn from the field of Global Studies, and which the internship at the host organisation (or its activities) provides an opportunity to illuminate, but may otherwise be freely chosen by the student. Students are encouraged to focus on issues in which aspects of Politics can be brought into play.

See also the description of the internship project under ‘Form of examination’.

Obligations towards Social Science: Politics receives a concluding written assignment, consisting of three reflection assignments.

The internship project must contain the following:

  • Reflections on (a) the use of social scientific methods at the internship venue, and (b) a discussion of either how the internship venue could make more optimal use of various methodological approaches, or an example of how the internship venue could organise an assignment using various social scientific methods, together with their strengths and weaknesses in the light of the special interests of the internship venue.
  • Reflections on theories within Social Science that are particularly relevant to the internship venue and/or the field of activity of the internship venue. The choice of theories must be argued, with reference to scientific articles/texts. The scope of the referenced literature must be at least 300 pages.
  • Memorandum for internship venue. The subject of the memorandum may be freely chosen by the student, but must be relevant to the internship venue and lie within the subject field of Social Science. The memorandum might for example consist of a policy brief, a reasoned recommendation for future areas of action, or a reasoned proposal for organisational change.
Teaching language

Engelsk

Form of examination
Der foretages en mundtlig eksamination med udgangspunkt i praktikprojektportfolioen ved fag 1 og en bedømmelse af praktikprojektportfolioen uden mundtlig eksamination ved fag 2.

Praktikprojektportfolioen består af 3 produkter, som helt eller delvist udarbejdes under praktikforløbet. Portfolioens delprodukter samt anbefalet omfang for de enkelte dele er beskrevet under 'Undervisnings- og arbejdsform'.
Det samlede omfangskravene for praktikprojektportfolioen er minimum 40.800 og maksimum 48.000 antal tegn inkl. mellemrum.
Omfangskravene er inklusive eventuel forside, indholdsfortegnelse, litteraturliste, figurer og andre illustrationer, men eksklusiv eventuelle bilag.
Portfolioen afleveres samlet (uploades på eksamen.ruc.dk). Evt. løbende delaflevering til vejleder med henblik på feedback erstatter ikke den samlede aflevering.

Fag 1:
Mundtlig eksamination med udgangspunkt i den studerendes praktikprojektportfolio og eventuelle bilag afleverede samtidig med portfolioen.
Prøven starter med et oplæg inden for et selvvalgt emne, der er relevant for problematikken belyst i praktikprojektrapporten. Oplæg inkl. spørgsmål hertil har en varighed på op til 5 min.
Oplægget efterfølges af en dialog mellem den studerende og bedømmerne med udgangspunkt i praktikprojektportfolioen.
Der kan under prøven stilles spørgsmål inden for fagmodulets område.
Bedømmelsen er en samlet bedømmelse af praktikprojektportfolioen og den mundtlige præstation.
Stave- og formuleringsevnen i praktikprojektrapporten indgår i bedømmelsen.

Eksaminationstid inkl. votering: 30 minutter.

Tilladte hjælpemidler ved prøven: Alle.

Bedømmelse: 7-trinsskala.

Censur: Intern medbedømmer.

Fag 2:
Bedømmelse af praktikprojektportfolioen som skriftligt produkt inden for fagmodulets område.
Stave- og formuleringsevnen i praktikprojektportfolioen indgår i bedømmelsen.

Bedømmelse: 7-trinsskala.

Censur: Ingen.


Form of Re-examination
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
Exam code(s)
Exam code(s) : U40351 / U40440
Last changed 02/02/2021

lecture list:

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Monday 20-12-2021 10:00 - 20-12-2021 10:00 in week 51
Interdisciplinary Project-Oriented Internship - Hand-in (GS, SV)

Monday 03-01-2022 08:15 - Monday 31-01-2022 18:15 in week 01 to week 05
Interdisciplinary Project-Oriented Internship - Oral exam (GS, SV)

Tuesday 01-02-2022 08:15 - Monday 28-02-2022 18:15 in week 05 to week 09
Interdisciplinary Project-Oriented Internship - Oral reexam (GS, SV)