The Internship Report
Internships provide students with a real life professional
learning experience and offer students a unique opportunity to gain
hands-on experience in a company, institution or organization that
works professionally with issues relating to business
administration and sociology. The main objective of internships is
to convert academic and theoretical knowledge into professional
experience. This must be mirrored in the report.
Hence, the report contains two elements. Firstly, a description
of the organization and the internship along with key learning
experiences. Secondly, a reflective paper relating the host
organization and/or the work completed during the internship to
relevant theories, issues or problems from the BSc Soc
curriculum. The formal requirements for the internship and report
are available from MyCbs.
The report should be between 15 and 20 standard pages (both for
7,5 and 15 ECTS). The internship report for, 7,5 ECTS is
graded pass/fail and 15 ECTS with 7-step scale by one internal
examiner (the supervisor). The re-take takes place according to the
same rules as the ordinary examination.
The internship report must be submitted on Digital
exam. The hand in dates will be announced at MyCBS. The
student must also hand in documentation of completion of the
internship.
The student is offered a feedback debriefing with the supervisor
after having handed in the report and passed the internship. The
debriefing will take place within two weeks after passing the
internship.
CBS academic supervisor
The student is responsible for finding a supervisor at CBS from
the BSc Soc faculty. The role of the supervisor is to ensure the
internship meets the overall requirements and is relevant for the
study program. Furthermore, the supervisor can help in framing the
topic and content of the internship report. If the student wants to
collect data for future projects (e.g. the bachelor project) the
supervisor may also be helpful in planning this. The student is
entitled to 4 hours supervision (including preparation time for the
supervisor). The student is responsible for scheduling meetings and
meeting agendas.
Pre-approval and Internship Contract
At CBS: The internship must be pre-approved by the course
coordinator. The application is to be submitted on the form
provided on MyCBS. Along with this form, two other documents are to
be submitted:
- The internship contract with the organization stating the time
period and contract hours of the employment and the host
organisation’s description of the extent and nature of the intern’s
work and learning processes ,and
- A motivational essay (1-3 pages). This must address why the
internship is relevant for a BSc in Business Administration and
Sociology student and include a preliminary academic hypothesis
suitable for examination through the activities the student is
engaged in during the internship. The internship must be relevant
for the BSc Soc qualification profile. This is judged by the nature
of the host institution and by the nature of the work.
The internship can be transferred either as business
administration electives or as free electives, depending on the
content of the internship; if you would like it to be transferred
as a business administration elective, you need to include in your
motivational essay your arguments for this choice.
Internships must be pre-approved by the course
coordinator PRIOR to internship commencement. The pre-approval
application must contain:
- Your name, CPR number and contact details
- The name of the host organisation
- The host organisation’s description of the extent and
nature of the intern’s work (on the form available on MyCBS)
- An explanation of the relevance for the BSc Soc programme
- An academic hypothesis, suitable for examination through the
activities that the student is engaged in during the internship
(The academic hypothesis can be revised later, but remember to get
your academic supervisor’s approval)
- The name of the suggested academic supervisor
- The suggested supervisor’s agreement to supervise
Please read on MyCBS how to apply.
Contract with the organization: The student also needs to
sign a contract with the host organization prior to the internship.
This can be done in collaboration with the supervisor and the
mentor and should contain agreements on: tasks, working hours,
expectations to the outcome, formal requirements and contact
persons. Important issues in this regard are the definition of the
work content and the workload. The tasks undertaken by an intern
are often related to assisting the organization with their daily
work. However, it is a good idea to combine this with a special
assignment that can relate to the internship report. This could be
an investigation into a specific area of the organization. It is
important to state clearly that the content of the work needs to be
relevant for the study BSc Soc program and have a business
administrative content.
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