Internship
Postgraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 30
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- GOV371
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Through participation in the daily operations of a development/government/research organization, student will experience, develop understanding of, and reflect critically on professional/academic practices. The student will perform relevant research and/or policy relevant work under the guidance of experienced researchers, analysts, and mentors in the host institution, performing duties agreed to in an Internship Agreement. As part of the internship, time will be set aside with the internship mentor at the host institution for discussions about the student's experiences, and the institution's experiences with the student.
Students apply for internships at our partner institutions. Currently, our partner institutions includes Bergen Kommune, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), HK-dir (Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills), NORCE, NORAD, The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Veyt Carbon and UN Global Compact.
Learning Outcomes
A student who has completed the course should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.
Knowledge
The student:
- Can integrate theoretical and methodological knowledge with work-life challenges and practices.
Skills
The student has:
- The ability to apply relevant scientific methods and theories in practice.
- The ability to combine theory with experiential learning, and reflect on the relationship between theory and practice.
- The ability to plan and carry out complex tasks and projects in the internship organization, and to reflect critically on performance and choices made.
- The ability to demonstrate the academic and personal skills required to reflect upon professional experiences in an ethical and socially responsible manner.
General competence
The student:
- Is able to enhance one's own professional competency based on reflection over self-assessed and mentor-assessed performance.
- Is able to critically reflect on political science perspectives and theories when faced with practical challenges.
- Is able to reflect on how the host institution benefited from the students existing competences, and explain how the internship has developed those competences further.
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Seminar and Hands-on experience working in a professional setting
Total workload in the internship workplace is stipulated to 12 weeks, 5 workdays per week, 37,5 working hours per week.
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
The student must complete the requirements of the internship Agreement, and the partner institution must confirm that the requirements have been met.
In addition to the working hours dedicated to the internship workplace, the students will submit a final report and present the findings in a seminar at UiB at the end of the internship
The compulsory assignment must be approved in order to take the exam. Approved compulsory assignments are valid in the current semester only.
Forms of Assessment
A 5000 word (+-10%, excluding the title page, table of contents, references, tables, and all attachments) internship report delivered by the end of the internship semester.
The exam answer can be submitted in English.
Grading Scale
Assessment Semester
Assessment in teaching semester.
A retake exam is arranged for students with valid absence according to ยง 5-5 in the UiB regulations.
If there is a retake exam, this will be available for students with the follow results/absences:
- Medical certificate/valid absence
- Interruption during the exam
- Fail/failed
If you have the right to take a retake exam and a retake exam is arranged for students with valid absences, you can sign up yourself in Studentweb after January 15.