General provisions

This is an optional course in the Master's Programme in the Humanities, specialisation Aesthetics. The student is expected to find the internship and an internship supervisor themselves. The internship and the supervisor must be approved by the programme director at the department prior to the start of the internship.

Entry requirements

A student is eligible if they have fulfilled the requirements for a bachelor's degree in humanities or hold an equivalent foreign degree.

Learning outcomes

The purpose of the course is to offer the student the possibility to apply and develop the knowledge and skills obtained during the master's programme in an appropriate work environment.

After the course the student is expected to:

• be able to give an account of the goals and structure of the internship organisation, and of the nature and relevance of their assigned work tasks
• be able to give an account of the knowledge and skills obtained in relation to the working methods and routines of the internship
• have developed their abilities to constructively follow supervision and to co-operate with the staff at the internship workplace
• be able to reflect on the internship experience in relation to the theoretical elements of the programme.

Content

The course consists in an internship in an organisation with operations relevant to the programme specialisation. The length of the internship is five weeks full-time or equivalent.

Instruction

Recurrent supervision at the internship workplace. Attendance is mandatory during the working hours of the internship workplace.

Assessment

After the internship the student is expected to submit a written report and evaluation of the internship to the course director. The opinion of the internship supervisor and the report will serve as bases for assessment and grading.

Transitional provisions

In case of a transition from the Faculty of Arts' Master's Programme in the Humanities to a master's programme under the Department of Philosophy, this syllabus may be reused in the department's master's programme. The text under the heading Decisions and Guidelines should then be interpreted as applying to the department's master's programme.