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 to credit-bsoc@cbs.dk. 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:

 

1. 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
2. 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.