2024/2025
KAN-CSIEV2001U Project-oriented
internship/anthropological field study
English Title |
Project-oriented
internship/anthropological field study |
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Language |
English |
Course ECTS |
15 ECTS |
Type |
Elective |
Level |
Full Degree Master |
Duration |
One Semester |
Start time of the course |
Autumn |
Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
Min. participants |
1 |
Max. participants |
1 |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Social Sciences
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Course
coordinator |
- Marta Gasparin - Department of Business Humanities and Law
(BHL)
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Main academic
disciplines |
- Management
- Methodology and philosophy of science
- Organisation
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Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
24-06-2024
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Learning objectives |
- Please find the learning objectives for the internship under
Course content and structure
- Please find the learning objectives for the fieldwork under
Course content and structure
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Course prerequisites |
All exams at the first year must be passed.
Internships can only be pre-approved on the third semester.
A curriculum of scientific literature to be used for the report
will have to be composed by the student and is subject to approval
before the start of the internship/fieldwork. The curriculum should
not substantially overlap with mandatory course curriculum (from
the first year) and amounts to 900 pages.
Deadline for handing in the application form: 15 August
Further information at my.cbs.dk; under My studies/ electives and
internship/internship |
Examination |
Project-oriented internship/anthropological field
study:
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Exam
ECTS |
15 |
Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
Size of written product |
Max. 30 pages |
Assignment type |
Project |
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) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
Exam period |
Autumn, The internship report must be handed in
10 January.The make up exam will be 10 March. |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
The student is entitled to 4 hours of supervision.
Cand.soc. supports internships in own startup in
connection with CSE.
This requires an agreement with CSE, which follows a separate
application process - for more information
see: https://cse.cbs.dk/internship-with-ects/
Following an agreement with CSE an application must be sent in
for pre-approval and registration of the internship at
the cand.soc.-Study Board as with any other
internship.
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Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
Purpose of internship:
The purpose of internship is to offer students the possibility to
obtain knowledge and experience in performing tangible tasks and
projects. By being and contributing actively at a relevant
workplace, students get the opportunity to make use of their
professional and theoretical knowledge and to reflect theoretically
on the execution of the work during the period of the internship.
Internship learning objectives: In the report, the student
must:
- apply analytical skills and reflective thinking (i.e. use of
theory) in problematisations of the organisational practice with
relevance for the student’s internship/fieldwork
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discuss and apply the chosen academic literature in the analysis
of specific research areas
-
link practical experience/fieldwork observation and academic
reflection with central, professional issues in the relevant MSc in
Social Sciences programme
- critically reflect on how to combine analytical distance to
with concrete involvement in organisational practices
Purpose of fieldwork:
The purpose of field work is to offer students the possibility to
obtain knowledge and experience in conducting anthropologically or
ethnographically oriented data generation in relation to
professional practices in one or more organizations. By observing
relevant workplaces, students get the opportunity to make use of
their theoretical and methodological knowledge and to reflect
theoretically on the organizational practices in question. A major
distinction between an internship and fieldwork is that in the
latter the student is not part of an organizational hierarchy and
therefore the activities relating to the host/focus organization(s)
are of an observatory character (even if the fieldwork might
involve participatory observation and/or interviews). Fieldwork
might be relevant for students aiming at generating a substantial
element of primary data for their master theses, and thus engaging
and experimenting with the methodological challenges of observing
professional, organizational practices in the context of the
requirements of their particular study program.
Fieldwork learning objectives: The report must
demonstrate
- that the student is capable of theoretical as well as
methodological reflection on his/her field work activities in the
observed organization(s) in relation to the professional field of
the program. This involves an ability to apply conceptual
abstractions in a problematization of the observed organizational
practices.
- that the student is capable of analyzing his/her observation
activities in the host organization(s) in relation to central,
professional issues in his/her education.
- that the student is able to employ business economics,
organizational and/or managerial knowledge in order to analyze the
correlation between field work data and the host organization(s)’
professional activities.
- the student’s capacity to reflect upon what it means to produce
knowledge within ”own” organization, including how to combine
analytical distance with concrete involvement, plus furthermore to
reflect upon the ethical and practical consideration that ought to
be a part of being involved in an internship.
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Description of the teaching methods |
Individual participation in/observation of work
practice combined with individual project writing. |
Feedback during the teaching period |
Indidividual supervision |
Student workload |
Course activities (including preparation) |
4 hours |
Exam (including exam preparation) |
408 hours |
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Last updated on
24-06-2024