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2024/2025  KAN-CBUSV4002U  Internship

English Title
Internship

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 15 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
BUS Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Torkil Clemmensen - Department of Digitalisation (DIGI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Information technology
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 10-04-2024

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Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Ability to account for the research question and its relevance in relation to the internship
  • Ability to select and review a substantial amount of literature (minimum 600 pages), relevant to the research question and to the internship
  • Plan, carry out, and reflect critically on a substantial data collection, relevant to the research question and to the internship. The required “substantial data collection” in terms of amount and quality of data must be documented in an appendix to the report.
  • Ability to analyse, discuss and provide a perspective on the tasks performed during the internship or on the field of practice of the internship business company, institution or organization, in relation to relevant literature
  • Ability to reflect critically on theories and methods in relation to the field of practice of the internship company
Course prerequisites
The application for pre-approval and the signed internship contract needs to be approved. Please read on my.cbs how to proceed.
Examination
Internship:
Exam ECTS 15
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 20 pages
The report must include a 500 words abstract.
Assignment type Report
Release of assignment Subject chosen by students themselves, see guidelines if any
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer and Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

The report must describe, analyse and discuss the tasks carried out and problems dealt with during your internship and/or the tasks with which your organization/firm is engaged in, with the point of departure in a relevant academic literature.

The report must be structured as an academic report with a clear research question, a literature review, a methodological section, and an analysis against the backdrop of the reviewed literature. The report must use appropriate academic referencing. The report must include an appendix that provides an overview of the data collected during the internship and used in the report. Finally, it must include reflections concerning the academic skills learned at the programme and used during the internship, as well as a discussion of your internship in relation to your further studies and career.

Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

As a full time student you can transfer an internship to your study program. The internship must take place in an company / organization or in a Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE) approved startup. The internship can be in Denmark or in a foreign country.

 

Internships provide students with a real life professional learning experience and offer students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a business company, institution or organization that works professionally with issues relating to information management. The main objective of internships is to convert academic and theoretical knowledge into professional experience.

 

There are four types of internships

 

  1. Individual internship in an organization: The student has an individual agreement with an organisation. The student hands in a report in accordance with the listed requirements.

  2. Group internship: Students can participate in cross-department or cross-university arrangements where students work in groups on a project defined by an organisation or a university consortia. Based on a shared case the student has to hand in an individual report which fulfills the listed requirements.

  3. CSE approved startup: The student has an internship in his/hers own company with Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE) as incubator.

  4. Research internship: A research internship consists of a period of 4 months where you work in close cooperation with researchers at CBS. During your research internship you will participate in a research project with a topic of your choice or a topic chosen in cooperation with our research group. The student hands in a report or an article which will be evaluated and graded. Note: The host organization supervisor in this case will be the department secretary.

 

Students enrolled in the corporate master programme have the option of doing a research intership (nr. 4), but are not elegible for other types of internship (nr. 1-3).

 

You can find more information about internship at my.cbs

Description of the teaching methods
Field work
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback on the internship academic progress is usually given by the supervisor during supervision or before or after the supervision.
Student workload
Internship in organization 288 hours
Writing of assignment 120 hours
Supervision 4 hours
Total 412 hours
Last updated on 10-04-2024