GRA 2262 International Internship for MSc in Business
GRA 2262 International Internship for MSc in Business
From 2018/2019, this course (GRA 2262) will change course name to "BI Internship on Exchange".
The international internship is an opportunity to combine a full time or part time internship at an international company with studying one semester abroad at one of BIs partner schools. As a participant in the international internship programme, you have been selected to work at a specific company based on both what the company is seeking and based on what your interests are. The internship will give you valuable insights in real-world challenges in an international perspective, and should help you in putting your academic learning in perspective.
The student shall demonstrate the following competencies after the internship:
- Knowledge of key practical dilemmas of the everyday work in the company
- Knowledge of the formal management systems in the company
- Knowledge of the workdays challenges towards time and efficiency and customer service
- Ability to define and execute tasks under conditions of uncertainty and change.
- Ability to support suggestions for practical solutions with academically sound analysis.
- Ability to collaborate and to work in teams
- Learn not take anything at face value and to defer judgement
- Understanding of the complexities of the market forces that drive business
- Openness to ideas from a variety of perspectives
Students will work in a selected company and the tasks are assigned by each company. By the end of the internship the student will write a paper related to the internship. Each student is entitled to a maximum of three hours supervision on the termpaper.
The student will work 240-300 hours at an international company during one semester, which can be completed either part time or full time. A completed and approved internship will give 12 ECTS credits, once a term paper has been delivered and passed. Students must write their term paper individually.
Students must attend work as agreed upon with the company they are assigned to. The student must write a term paper towards the end of the internship.
The internship is unpaid.
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 spesific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: GRA22621 Grading scale: Pass/fail Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 12 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 320 hours.
The term paper is written individually, but in special circumstances two students can write together.