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2016/2017  KAN-CPOLV3003U  MSc IBP Internship, 30 ECTS

English Title
MSc IBP Internship, 30 ECTS

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 30 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn, Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Sanne Brasch Kristensen - Department of Business and Politics (DBP)
Main academic disciplines
  • Globalization and international business
  • Political Science
  • Strategy
Last updated on 23-11-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • to gain practical experience relevant to the IBP competency profile by working for a public or private, profit or non-profit organization
  • to develop a balanced, critical and reflexive understanding of the internship organization and the economic, political and social context within which it is situated
  • to identify International Business and Politics-related challenges or issues that are related to the internship organization
  • to develop the ability to place the identified issues within the relevant academic literature
  • to draw upon relevant theoretical insights and perspectives from the IBP curriculum so as to analyze critically a problem or issue derived from this experience
  • to critically reflect on the selected theories and their appropriateness in the light of the identified problem or issue
  • to select, execute, and defend an appropriate research design to analyze the selected problem or issue, including the collection and analysis of empirical data
  • to arrive, on the basis of the analysis, at a set of feasible recommendations that address the given problem
Examination
Internship:
Exam ECTS 30
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 40 pages
Assignment type Report
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Summer and Winter, The hand-in deadline
Autumn semester: 1st September 2016
Spring semester: 1st February 2017
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

Students can only take up to 30 ECTS credits in internships.
 
Internships need pre-approval by an IBP faculty supervisor approved by the Study Board.  Internships need to be pre-approved prior to the start of the internship.

Before applying students are requested to read the Internship page on my.cbs.dk

 

A 7.5 ECTS internship requires a minimum of 187,5 hours (5 weeks) documented employment. A 15 ECTS internship requires a minimum of 375 hours (10 weeks) documented employment. A 30 ECTS internship requires a minimum of 750 hours (20 weeks) documented employment.

 

Be aware of that it's only possible to take one internship, so you have to decide if it should be to 7.5, 15 or 30 ECTS.

Course content and structure

The eligibility of proposed internships is evaluated by the supervisor on the basis of two criteria:

  1. The relevance of the host organization.

In line with the focus of the study program, the activities of the host organization must be related to one of the IBP core areas. The core areas of the IBP programs are politics, business and management, economics and law.
 

  1. The relevance of the internship position.

The second requirement is that the student’s responsibilities during the internship must be related to the IBP competence profile. The description of tasks and responsibilities must be clear stated in the internship application.

Teaching methods
15 supervision hours
Student workload
Preparation time (readings, group work etc.) 556 hours
Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam period) 276 hours
Further Information

A 30 ECTS internship report should contain:

 

a. a research question related to the host organization

b. an extensive, systematic review of academic literature relevant to the chosen problem

c. the specification of a research design to examine the chosen problem

d. an empirical analysis of the chosen problem on the basis of the student’s research design

e. a discussion of the implications of the analysis for one or more of the theoretical approaches considered on IBP

f. extensive recommendations on how this issue can be addressed

g. a critical reflection on the quality of the answers produced.

Last updated on 23-11-2016