ELE 3667 Internship in Your Own Start-Up Company
ELE 3667 Internship in Your Own Start-Up Company
The objective with the internship program is to give students the opportunity to combine work to scale their own start-up company, with guidance towards an academic assignment with a self-chosen curriculum towards the end of the semester. Students are given the opportunity to use theories and models they have learned to solve specific tasks in their own business, thus experiencing the relevance of their academic knowledge. At the same time, we practice in this course active application of reflection and learning systematically. The students become more aware of their own actions and patterns, and that the dialogue with the other students in the course increases the learning outcomes for the individual.
We require the start-up company to be registered and consider each application individually.
- Knowing your own business, industry and context
- Have an overview of the formal management systems of the enterprise.
- Understand how informal rules and business culture shape everyday work
- Could apply growth methodology MIT REAP, Bill Aulet
- Know about the key operative function in an enterprise and their interconnections.
- Have an overview of the formal management systems of the enterprise.
- Understand how informal rules and business culture shape everyday work
- Respect for the complexities involved in doing business.
- Independence and responsibility.
- Critical reflection
- The internship phases adapted to your own business
- Learning contract and work plan
- On companies and enterprises, the work tasks
- Problem statement, syllabus and term paper
- Professional development
- Uses of theory
- Reflection tools
In internship company: 240 hours
The work tasks are defined and set up at the start, including time spent working with the term paper. The work must be done during the semester through two full workdays (à 8 hours) per week from the start of the semester and until after the last workshop. The length of the internship work in the company shall not exceed 15 weeks calculated from the start of the semester. The work is not paid, and emphasis is on the intern's learning.
At school: 160 hours
- Kick-off seminar with interns and companies
- 6-8 mandatory workshops for students, and one term paper review session.
- It's learning activities.
- Literature review/term paper (individual).
- Prepare oral presentation.
There is a maximum of 60 students on the course.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
The applicant must have registered a company in the enterprise register. Candidates with an idea or wish to start a business will not be able to apply. A comprehensive assessment of all application will be made; application, motivation letter and CV. The motivation letter shall provide a professional justification for the relevance of work tasks and expected goals.
The course is only offered in Norwegian. Students must master Norwegian verbally and in writing.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: ELE 36672 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Activity, Oral Form of assessment: Presentation Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 40 Grouping: Individual Duration: 20 Minute(s) Exam code: ELE 36673 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Teaching | 24 Hour(s) | |
Company visit and/or Study trip | 240 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 136 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 15 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 400 hours.