GRA 3168 Internship for MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
GRA 3168 Internship for MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED AS A RE-SIT EXAMINATION ONLY IN SPRING 2024.
BI Internship is an opportunity to work full-time in a company/organization as a part of your studies. BI Internship provides the opportunity to gain practical experience in your particular field of study. It will give you valuable insights in real-world challenges in topics within your chosen track, and should help you in applying your academic learning towards meeting entrepreneurial innovation challenges and opportunities. An internship should help you in applying your academic learnings in an empirical setting.
Note that in order to get a BI Internship approved as part of the degree, the student needs to apply according to BI’s procedures and submit a valid Learning Contract prior to starting their internship and in due time before the deadline.
- Knowledge of key practical dilemmas of the everyday work in the company
- Knowledge of the formal management systems in the company
- Knowledge of the structure, networks and organization of innovation
- Knowledge of processes and details of intellectual property, financing and other facets associated with innovation
- Ability to define and execute tasks under conditions of uncertainty and change associated with innovation
- Ability to support suggestions for practical solutions with academically sound analysis.
- Ability to collaborate and to work in teams
- Ability to implement an entrepreneurial mindset across a variety of settings
- Learn to think critically and focus on essential aspects of innovation
- Develop an understanding of the complexities of mobilizing an organization and stakeholders for innovation
- Openness to ideas from a variety of perspectives
Students will work in a selected company and the tasks are assigned by each company. The project should be focused on entrepreneurship and/or innovation related targets either in the context of a young/small venture that is scaling up, or in a corporate context that is focused on entrepreneurship/innovation.
Students will work full time for a minimum of 10 weeks (400 hours) in a company or organization. The internship will have to be completed by the end of week 43. The internship may be paid or unpaid. Tasks are assigned by the company/organization and students must attend work as agreed upon. Towards the end of/after the internship, students will write a reflection note and prepare a presentation.
Students are also expected to participate in the following activities:
- Online employability course prior to the application process – compulsory
- Individual supervision – up to 3 hours
- Internship kick-off session – up to 1 hour
- Term paper guidance session – up to 1 hour
- Reflection seminar – up to 4 hours
For further information about the application process, links to the Learning Contract and the Career Portal where BI Internship positions are posted, and relevant dates/resources regarding the BI Internship course, please visit the Student Portal.
The internship is for a minimum of 10 weeks, full time. A completed, approved internship will give 18 ECTS credits only when the student has passed the term paper/reflection note and presentation.
Each student must write a term paper individually.
Students must attend work as agreed upon with the company they are assigned to and write a paper towards the end of the internship.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have specific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
Participation requires that you have no more than one pending course from your first semester and that your internship does not interfere with any resit exams. You must secure your own internship. See the student portal for detailed practical information.
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Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Presentation Weight: 50 Grouping: Individual Exam code: GRA 31681 Grading scale: Pass/fail Resit: Examination next semester, thereafter when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 50 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Comment: Reflection note: The reflection note (max 10 pages) should cover the following: 1) A description of what you did during the internship. 2) A reflection on your experiences. The latter includes answers to questions like how did the internship affect your personal growth, what was useful (and what was not), how did the internship connect to your studies, and how did you grow professionally? Students submit a company evaluation together with their paper. Both parts of the exam must be passed in order to obtain a final grade of pass in the course. Exam code: GRA 31682 Grading scale: Pass/fail Resit: Examination next semester, thereafter when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore acourse of 18 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 480 hours.
Both parts of the exam must be passed in order to obtain a final grade of pass in the course.