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GEOG3012

Internship - Globalisation and Sustainable Development

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Credits 30
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2024 / Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Assignment

About

About the course

Course content

The internship will provide students with insights into how different organisations work with globalisation and sustainable development in practice. It will also provide students with the opportunity to use the qualifications acquired through their study programme in practical contexts. The experience from the internship will increase the student`s awareness of their own competence, contribute to the student`s academic development and constitute work experience that will be valued and useful in a professional career.

During the internship, the students will undertake an independent assignment that will end in an individual report. The individual assignment has to fulfill the academic requirements of a master's level programme and be informed by relevant theories, topics and concepts connected to the programme. The following are examples of the areas of research covered by the programme, and which the internship project could relate to: International Relations, Social Change, Sustainable Development, Mobility, Conflict and Peace, Cross-Cultural Management, Knowledge and Technology Transfer.

It is the student's responsibility to obtain a professionally relevant internship for a minimum of 14 weeks.

Learning outcome

A student who has completed this course should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

  • has obtained in-depth knowledge of how an organization works in practice with globalisation and sustainable development.

Skills:

  • can conduct an independent project where they apply the academic knowledge they have acquired in the course on concrete challenges organisations work with related to globalisation and sustainable development.

General competence:

  • has practical work experience and competence in developing networks, writing reports, and engaging in analysis that connects theory and practice.

Learning methods and activities

The students will have individual supervision from NTNU and the company/organization.

Compulsory assignments

  • Internship

Further on evaluation

The examination in this course is an individual assignment related to the internship/work project. The assignment is worth 100% of the final grade.

The assignment amounts to 30 credits and should be close to 8000 words (+-10%). The assignment will be graded passed/failed by the NTNU supervisor. For more details read the guidelines for the internship assignment.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Globalisation and Sustainable Development (MSGLOPOL)

Required previous knowledge

Requires admission to the Master's programme in Globalisation. Completed minimum 30 credits in courses from the Master's programme in Globalisation. The required previous knowledge must be fulfilled to be admitted to the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
GEOG3011 22.5 sp Spring 2010
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Geography
  • Globalisation
  • Social Sciences

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Geography and Social Anthropology