Internship / Internship

The Academic Board of Business Administration, Esbjerg
Teaching activity id: 9264501.
Teaching language: English.ECTS / weighting: 15 ECTS / 0.250 full-time equivalent.
Examination language: English.
Exam activity id: 9264502.Approved: 16-03-17.
Period: Autumn 2017 to Spring 2018.
Grading: Internal grading.
Assessment: 7-point scale.
Offered in: Esbjerg.
Subject director:
Oliver Schnittka, Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics.

Prerequisites:
This course is offered to students in Esbjerg on the programmes:
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Marketing and Innovation
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Sports and Event Management

Agreement on the internship must be signed and approved by profile responsible before the start of the period for the internship. The course builds on the knowledge acquired from the courses in the four preceding quarters.

Purpose:
To give students the opportunity in a practical setting to use the empirical and theoretical knowledge they have acquired from the previous study on a specific problem in a company/organizational-setting. Through the internship students moreover have the opportunity to get insight into organizational issues, processes, and working methods and to concrete market conditions under which the company may operate. The internship, hence gives students the opportunity to gain insight into and understanding of some of the many challenges that a company meets.
Content - Key areas:
Theoretical reflections based on problem solving in practice.
Goals description (SOLO taxonomy):
To achieve the purpose of the internship, the learning goals of the course are that the student:

• Demonstrate that s/he has participated actively and analytically in solving a problem related to business administration/economics.
• Apply concepts and frameworks from business economics to facilitate the solution of specific problems during the internship.
• Disseminate findings from the internship in a report containing a log describing the tasks performed during the internship as an appendix. The report must demonstrate the student’s ability to:
-Formulate and delimit a problem.
-Refer to theories and models relevant for the chosen problem.
-Include and apply theory in a suitable manner.
-Complete an appropriate analysis of the problem using relevant theory and empirical knowledge.
-Put forward a conclusion on the task to the extent that the analysis has provided the needed answers to the given problem. It is important that the report shows a clear coherence between the analysis section and the action section i.e. the section that contains the suggested solutions to the given problem.
• Account for and reflect on the contents of the study program in the context of experiences when performing the tasks connected to the internship
• Present results for the company.

Literature:
The students must independently find relevant literature.
Time of classes:
In agreement with the organization where the internship takes place.
Scheduled classes:
None

Form of instruction:
Internship in a company. 15 ECTS is equivalent to approx. 413 hours of work. This means that the internship can take up 55 working days. During this time, there must be time available to prepare a report. The student is responsible for making contact to the organization in which the internship takes place. Schedule for the working days/hours is made in agreement between the student and the organization/company. The internship can take place in a public or a private company / organization.

The content of the internship must be related to a specific project within the area of business economics or business administration in a broad sense but within the MSc program profile. The work to be performed in the internship thus must include appropriate tasks, i.e. the student's work must have a specific academic content and include not only general office work or similar.

There must be a written agreement between the student and the organization in which the internship takes place concerning the learning purpose of the internship as well as work organization and the target for the study report. Before the study period begins, the student contacts a teacher from the staff at University of Southern Denmark. The teacher must be involved in the preparation of the internship agreement and contacts the profile responsible  concerning the agreement.

At the company/organization an employee must be appointed as a liaison between the university and the student. This person will also assist in resolving practical issues related to implementation of the project.

The internship agreement must as a minimum contain the following information:
• Name of organization/company at which the internship takes place
• Name and title of contact person at the study site
• Description of work content of the internship
• Goal for the project report
• Period for internship
• Working hours per week

The signed internship agreement has to meet the conditions for approval and sent by e-mail to Student Services.
The internship agreement is not approved before you have received an e-mail confirmation from Student Services.

The deadline for handing in the internship report will be announced in the exam plan.

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.  

Companies and organizations can give students in unprofitable projectoriented courses and on unpaid study stays an acknowledgment of up to DKK 3,000 a month.
Students who participate in projectoriented courses abroad may receive a salary if there is a legal requirement for minimum wages in the country in question.

Time of examination:
Ordinary exam after: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter and 4th quarter and re-exam in the following quarter.

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.

Examination conditions:
None.
Form of examination for the certificate:
Written report.

Supplemental information for the form of examination:
Report containing the solution of the specific assignment that has been agreed upon in the internship agreement, reflection on learning and contents of the study programme in the context of the internship, and a log of task during the internship as an appendix. The log must contain a description of workload in hours allocated to major tasks across the weeks of the internship

Duration: See the plan for exams.
Place: No restrictions.
Internet access: Necessary.
Distribution of assignment: Through Blackboard.
Submission of examination paper: Via SDU-assignment in Blackboard.
Number of pages: The report must not exceed . 25 pages á 2.400 keystroke. Please read the general requirements for written assignments (in English) on the website about exam information.
Examination aids: All examination aids are permitted.

The report must demonstrate that the student meets the objective referred to in the goals description.

Programmes:
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Sports and Event Management
Autumn Semester, Not chosen, elective subject. Offered in: Esbjerg
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Marketing and Innovation
Autumn Semester, Not chosen, elective subject. Offered in: Esbjerg
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Sports and Event Management
Spring Semester, Not chosen, elective subject. Offered in: Esbjerg
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Marketing and Innovation
Spring Semester, Not chosen, elective subject. Offered in: Esbjerg