Work Placement (Internship) 10 ECTS
Study Board of Political Science, Journalism, Sociology, and European Studies
Teaching language: English
EKA: B450005102, B450005112
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn, Spring
Level: Master
Course ID: B450005101
ECTS value: 10
Date of Approval: 13-03-2018
Duration: 1 semester
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Aim and purpose
The aim of the internship is to provide the students with the opportunity to come in direct contact with organizations connected in various ways to welfare policies and programs. The internship gives students the opportunity to connect the knowledge and skills acquired at university to the practical aspects of producing, implementing, monitoring and administrating welfare policies and programs. According to government regulations, students cannot receive a salary for the work done during the internship, but the inviting organization can cover confirmed costs incurred (for example, accommodation, transportation).
The study program is organized in order to make it possible to obtain the 30 ECTS by attending courses in addition to the internship (e.g. summer school, seminar course etc.). Therefore, it is the student’s responsibility that he or she does not fall behind in the study program progress. This can be done by earning 20 ECTS extra in the semester prior to the internship, or by enrolling in courses worth 20 ECTS in the same semester as the internship, or by a combination of the two. It is also an option that the student makes an agreement with the internship organization to follow the necessary courses in parallel with the internship.
Content
The internship includes a minimum of 248 hours (corresponding to 2 months full time) study programme-related work with a public authority, a NGO, a private company or another organization, if the selected organization has a clear connection to at least one of the aspects related to welfare policies (development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, analysis or administration). The internship can either be project oriented, or the trainee (student) can take a position which is part of the internship organization’s daily operations. The main part of the work must be academically relevant assignments in which the student, together with the organization, handles one or more specific issues and daily tasks related to the student's academic field.
The precise organization and content of the work must be described in a written intern agreement (contract) signed by the student and the employer. The contract must make clear the duration of the internship, its conditions and the tasks the student is expected to fulfill. This contract must be endorsed by a full-time faculty member (post doc., assistant, associate or full professor) of the Department of Political Science and Public Management. The endorsement takes the form of the supervision agreement, which the student must fill in online.
Learning goals
The students
- will obtain practical experience and gain knowledge about the administrative procedures and functions of a public authority, a NGO, a private company or another organization involved in implementing, creating or evaluating welfare policies.
- will be capable of handling and solving issues within the relevant academic fields in practice
- can, through the written report, account for assignments during the internship and relate the accumulated experience/knowledge to the knowledge and skills obtained through regular coursework at University.
Literature
Depends on the subject and is selected by the student according to the experiences gained during the internship.
Teaching Method
The student is referred to the contact person in the organization of the internship for regular supervision and the content of the written report, whereas the course teacher from the study program will make recommendations on the format and the theoretical framework of the report and will provide supervision for the writing of the report. The course teacher assesses the report, but the responsibility of the content itself - and of other products that the student may have produced during the internship - is with the student and the internship organization.
The intern agreement (contract) and the supervision agreement are submitted for approval by the Head of Studies no later than September 1 (fall semesters) or February 1 (spring semesters). If the agreements are not submitted at this point or if it cannot be approved, the student must de-register from the work placement and register for other courses counting the same number of ECTS points within the first two weeks of the semester.
There is a maximum of 2 hours of supervision from the faculty supervisor (preparation is not included).
The internship ends with a written report in which the student must account for the work carried out during the internship and relate the knowledge acquired during the internship to issues discussed in class.
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Reports written for work placements in fall semesters must be handed in in the beginning of January. Re-examination in the end of February. Third hand-in will be in the beginning of June in the following exam-period.
Reports written for work placements i spring semesters must be handed in in the beginning June. Re-examination in the end of August. Third hand-in will be in the beginning of January in the following exam-period.
Exact dates appear in the examination plan.
Registration for the course is automatically a registration for the ordinary examination in the course. Cancellation is not possible. If the student does not participate in the examination, the student will use an examination attempt.
The university may grant an exemption from the rules in case of exceptional circumstances.
Rules
-3 is not allowed, 00 is not allowed
Tests
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Project report
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
During semester.
Length
Written report of maximum 8 pages of 2,400 characters (spacing, appendix and notes included, but table of content and bibliography excluded), to be handed in via Blackboard and assessed by the course teacher who endorsed the internship.
The Academic Study Board of Political Science conclusively approves the 10 ECTS on the basis of the report. If the report is not approved, a new report can be handed in according to agreement with the examiner which does not require choosing a new subject.
ECTS value
10
Additional information
Examination conditions:
Intern agreement and the supervisory agreement must be submitted by September 1 (fall semesters) or February 1 (spring semesters) (B450005112).
The report must reflect how the student applied the knowledge obtained during the study programme to the practical training carried out with the internship.
Comments:
Due work prior to admission to the programme will not qualify as an internship.
The student may not receive payment for the project-oriented study, as a) the activity is an ECTS-bearing activity, and b) the student may receive SU during the study. Reimbursement for some expenses or a monthly payment for confirmed expenses can however be granted during the study. If repayment/reimbursement is received, it is the student’s responsibility to ensure whether it is taxable or not.
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Exam | B450005112, Intern agreement and supervisory agreement | B450005101, Work Placement (Internship) 10 ECTS |
EKA
B450005102
Intern agreement and supervisory agreement
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Intern agreement and supervisory agreement
Form of examination
Participation
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
EKA
B450005112
External comment
NOTE - This course is identical with the former course Work Placement (internship) 10 ECTS (97012701).
Used examination attempts in the former identical course will be transferred.
Courses that are identical with former courses that are passed according to applied rules cannot be retaken.
The student is automatically registered for the first examination attempt when the student is registered for a course or course element with which one or more examinations are associated. Withdrawal of registration is not possible, and students who fail to participate in an examination have used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.
If a student does not meet the established university prerequisites for taking the exam, he or she has used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.