Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The student conducts a project report within an external organisation in order to acquire practical experience in solving advanced techno-anthropological challenges in a professional context.

A student who has completed the module 'Project-Oriented Study in an External Organisation' can:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• hold knowledge of techno-anthropological methods for analysis of advanced tasks within the field of the external organisation
• understand the connection between theory and practice
• hold knowledge of the organisational structure and the work of an organisation seen from an interdisciplinary and techno-anthropological perspective

Skills

• be able to apply techno-anthropological methods for analysis and solving of advanced tasks within the field of the external organisation
• be able to compare and evaluate assumptions, limitations and uncertainties related to the methods applied in connection to finding solutions of advanced challenges within the field of the external organisation

Competences

• handle development-oriented situations in connection to either studying or working
• use the correct terminology in oral, written or graphical communication and documentation of challenges and solutions within the field of the external organisation
• analyse the academic, professional and societal benefits of the project-oriented study
• communicate these results in a project report
• evaluate the learning result of the project-oriented study
• liaise the project work to the needs of the labor market

Type of instruction

See general description of type of insctructions in § 17.

Exam

Exams