KOM402 Internship
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Humanities and Education
- Course Leader:
- Roy Emanuelsen
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian.
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Master's Programme in Social Communication
Teaching language
Norwegian.Prerequisites
Minimum three of the courses from the first year must be passed
Course contents
During a period of 6 weeks students are staying in an organization or a company where they attend to the ongoing communication work. The stay will be quality assured both by the lecturer and a supervisor from the current company. The practice period will provide academic focus and might provide material to the Master's thesis.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the practical training period, students should
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have insight in the practical training related to the communication work in a relevant organization, included the processes, routines and methodologies that form the basis for the assignments
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be able to carry out some of these assignments themselves, and to outline the organizational and social circumstances that contextualize these assignments and processes
Examination requirements
Practice must be approved by the internship workplace. In order to pass the course students must have no more than 10% of absence during their practice period.
Teaching methods
Practice with supervision. The workload is estimated to about 270 hours.
Evaluation
The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1.
Assessment methods and criteria
Practice report, 6-8 pages. Passed/Failed