The purpose of the internship is to provide students with an opportunity to practically apply in a professional setting the advanced knowledge they acquire in Media and Communication Studies, Communication for Development, or Culture and Change. The internship must be clearly linked to either Media and Communication Studies, Communication for Development, or Culture and Change; therefore, a substantial part of the receiving organisation’s activities must be relevant to one of these fields.

Students will engage in the everyday life of their selected organisations; therefore, specific content will depend on the organization in question. At the close of the course, students will write a report and present their experiences in an individual or seminar discussion.

After completing the course, students shall be able to:

1. critically reflect on the internship experience in relation to previous training

2. independently prepare and present a written report on the experiences gained from working practically in the field

3. independently identify and formulate possible future career paths and the potential need for further education

4. critically evaluate and discuss what skills are needed to work in the field

Practical work with organizations and issues relevant to the main field of study.

All learning outcomes of the course will be assessed based on a written report, prepared by the student, detailing the internship experience. LO 2,3, and 4 will also be examined orally.

Three opportunities for examination are offered during the academic year. Students who have not finished the course, have the opportunity to take part in examinations the next time the course is offered. Under such circumstances, assignments are carried out according to the literature and assignments that are valid during the time the examination is carried out.

Literature and teaching materials are individualised, depending on the choice of subject.

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.