Projectbased Business Cooperation

2024/2025

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

In this module the student will complete collaborative process with a Danish or foreign organisation. This allows students to gain a minimum of 420 hours of valuable work experience while studying. During the collaborative process, students will work on completing specific tasks related to the master programme while working on identifying, exploring, analysing and reflecting on a master programme-related problem of their choice.

The purpose of this module is to allow the student to acquire practical experience through working in an organisation and bring their knowledge into play by trying out their theoretical and methodological competences in practice. The business cooperation will result in a written report, where the student explicates the knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired during the internship and combine it with contemporary knowledge acquired through a thorough literature review. A supervisor will be assigned to the student.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary knowledge on:

  • how organisations apply principles from the master programme discipline in practice.
  • practical issues within master programme issues
  • contemporary research in the chosen topic.
  • how projects are led from the idea phase to the implementation of solution proposals.

Skills

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary skills in:

  • applying relevant knowledge and skills in practice to identify and solve specific master programme – related tasks.
  • critically thinking and reflecting on practice to connect theory and practice, including how principles from the master programme disciplines can be applied in practice.
  • selecting and applying relevant theories for understanding and analysing specific master programme – related problems.

Competences

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary competences in:

  • converting practical experiences performed during the business cooperation into learning and new knowledge.
  • combining theory and practice to solve master programme-related tasks.

Type of instruction

For information see § 17.

Exam

Exams

Name of examProjectbased Business Cooperation
Type of exam
Oral exam based on a project
Group examination with max. 4 students. The student may also choose to write the project alone.
ECTS20
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleProjektorienteret virksomhedsforløb
Module codeKAORS202212
Module typeProject
Duration1 semester
SemesterAutumn
ECTS20
Language of instructionDanish and English
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Education ownerMaster of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration
Study BoardStudy Board of Economics and Business Administration
DepartmentAalborg University Business School
FacultyFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities