Internship in Strategic Urban and Regional Planning

Aim

On completion of the course, the student must, at an advanced level, be able to:

• independently assess and analyse the opportunities and limitations of strategic urban and regional planning issues that exist within an organisation
• in relation to the challenges and work duties of working life in strategic urban and regional planning, critically assess one’s own knowledge and skills within the field of urban and regional planning
• critically reflect on how theoretical knowledge can be transformed into practice in an organisation
• plan and execute an analytical assignment in strategic urban and regional planning in collaboration with an organisation within given time and resource limitations

Content

The course comprises internship at an organisation in the field of strategic urban and regional planning. The course consists of at least 80 days of work experience at an organisation of relevance and with relevant work tasks. The course concerns the opportunities and limitations that strategic urban and regional planners face in the working life. A key part of the course is to plan and execute an analytical assignment of relevance to the field of strategic urban and regional planning in collaboration with the internship placement organisation. The course also includes to reflect on the analytical task and on experiences from the internship period in relation to current research in a written individual independent assignment as well as orally during seminars. The student is responsible for finding an organisation where the internship can be carried out. The internship must be approved before the start of the course by the course coordinator. The internship may be situated in Sweden or abroad.