Guided Internship

Aim

After completing the course, students at an advanced level should be able to:

• Demonstrate topic-specific knowledge in the area or areas of the work place,
• Problematize and analyze the tasks of scientific perspectives relevant to International and European Relations,
• Independently and on a theoretical basis to conduct a qualifying work and make independent assessments and decisions,
• Communicate results,
• Demonstrate a critical attitude and ability to take into account various relevant scientific perspective.

Content

The course consists of a guided internship at an organization with relevance for international and/or European relations, and in writing an internship report. The student is responsible for identifying an appropriate internship position, which must be approved by the programme coordinator. The intended tasks must be authentic and sufficiently challenging in terms of complexity and responsibility to allow for the student to implement knowledge and skills previously acquired, and to be deemed relevant in relation to possible future employment.

Before departing and taking up the internship position, the student must submit a plan for the internship period, indicating specific tasks, as agreed upon with the host organization, and a preliminary problem formulation for the internship report. The latter indicates that the report should not just be a summary of the student’s work experience, but provide a discussion and analysis of the host organization’s purpose and activities, which relate to the theme and previous courses of the International and European relations master.

During the internship the student is supervised by a person appointed by the host organization, and by an academic supervisor, appointed by the programme coordinator. The host organization supervisor is expected to establish a plan for the internship period, in consultation with the student, and to provide practical guidance to the student. The academic supervisor is expected to primarily assist the student in questions concerning writing the internship report.