Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Location of module: 9th semester Credits:  the project oriented course (internship) and the element-based project work will be evaluated in two separate examinations (examinations 5 and 6), each of which will correspond to 15 ECTS, in total 30 ECTS credits.
 
The module comprises:
 
Part 1 (examination 5): a project oriented course (internship) in an institution, organisation or company in Denmark or abroad and a report on experience gained during the internship.
 
Part 2 (examination 6): an element-based project related to the internship.
 
In order to complete the module, students must pass examinations 5 and 6.
 
The project oriented course (internship) may take place in an institution, organisation or enterprise abroad or in Denmark, where the student works with issues which are relevant to the programme, cf. section 5, subsection 2. For students who have chosen to specialise within Arctic Studies, the project oriented course must be topically relevant to this area specialisation. The project oriented course must be of the duration of at least three months and must possess an international or intercultural dimension. Suggestions made by the student as regards the subject of a project oriented course must be approved in advance by the study board.
 
Only students who have completed examinations in the Master’s programme corresponding to a minimum of 20 ECTS can be enrolled in this module. 
 
Upon approval by the study board, the student may replace the project oriented internship by a student mobility stay at a university abroad or in Denmark offering courses at master level within central disciplinary areas of the programme, possessing an international or intercultural dimension and corresponding to 30 ECTS, cf. section 5, subsection 2. Study activities with appertaining examinations at the selected university must be approved in advance by the study board and will then replace the module “Project oriented course” with appertaining examinations.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• one or more areas of the programme disciplines through encounter with a specific, relevant context
• reflection on selected issues of practical relevance on the basis of theoretical knowledge of international and/or intercultural processes

Skills

• identifying scientific issues within one or a number of the disciplinary areas of the programme of relevance to the internship organisation
• assessing and choosing among scientific theories and methods, and, on the background of these, substantiating choices made and setting up relevant models for analysis and problem solving
• producing independent and focused analyses of issues within one or a number of the disciplinary areas of the programme through investigations in the internship organisation
• communicating these to peers and non-specialists

Competences

• delimiting and analysing issues of practical relevance
• adding a practice-oriented dimension to already existing knowledge
• translating disciplinary theoretical knowledge into practice in an international and/or intercultural perspective
• independently pursuing personal competency development in relation to issues of practical relevance
• entering into disciplinary and cross-disciplinary cooperation in an organisation
• assuming professional responsibility and, on this background, carrying out a given task
• managing work and development situations in international or intercultural environments, which are complex, unpredictable and require new models for problem solving.

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• Only students who have completed examinations in the Master’s programme corresponding to a minimum of 20 ECTS can be enrolled in this module.

Exams