6 ECTS credits
162 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4022162ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
During the internship students get in contact with practitioners and have the opportunity of applying their academic knowledge and insights to the political praxis. While doing so, students develop a range of professional skills that will be relevant to their later careers, such as working in a team, project planning, presentation and reporting skills, etcetera.
Content-wise, the focus of the internship lies with ‘democracy and leadership’ but students can freely choose whether to do their internship in a local, national, European or international organization or institution. These institutions can be embedded within the formal realm of electoral democracy (such as parties, parliament, ministries, etcetera) or civil society more broadly defines (such as international organizations, INGOs, think thanks, grassroot movements, etcetera).
Students work minimally 120 hours during their internship, the equivalent of three weeks full-time (15 days). Students can work full-time for three weeks or part-time for a longer period (for the equivalent of 120 hours). It is students’ responsibility to obtain an internship position and to register the internship in a timely manner. Deadlines are announced at the start of the academic year.
During their internship, students create a logbook in which they report on their internship activities. At the end of their internship, students submit an internship report.
Students enrolled as working students cannot do an internship in the organization where they work.
The content and deadlines of assignments are specified in the course syllabus on Canvas.
Teaching load (162 uur)
Students:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The evaluation is based on the following categories:
Both evaluation categories are scored on /20 and together make up the final grade. Students can only pass this course when they obtain minimally 10/20 for each evaluation category.
Students are responsible for their work and must adhere to the faculty guidelines on plagiarism. Plagiarism will be sanctioned in accordance with the university educational and exam regulations.
The internship cannot take place during the second examination session (August). The first session result of the evaluation by the internship supervisor will be transferred to the second examination session. Should students fail to submit their internship report during the first session or receive a grade lower than 10/20, they can (re)submit their internship report during the second exam session (August).
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Political Science: Democracy and Leadership (only offered in Dutch)