Course content

The students in the master programme Globalization will undertake an internship project in an enterprise or organisazation and must complete an individual assignment. The assignment has to fulfil the academic requirements of a master's level programme. The assignment has to be an academic piece of work which has to refer to, or include parts of, the internship project. The following are examples of the areas of research covered by the course, and which the internship project could relate to: International Relations, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Value Chains, International Standards and Indicator Systems for Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Translation.

Learning outcome

The learning objectives are to develop and build the personal, academic and professional capacities of the students by allowing them to research and manage an individual work project within a global company/organisation, or a work project at NTNU in cooperation with an international company/organisation, using interdisciplinary approaches.

Learning methods and activities

The students will have individual supervision from both NTNU and the internship/work place.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Requires admission to the Master's programme in Globalization.