Internship Evaluation Report
Full course description
As a separate component in combination with the research-based Internship Thesis, students who choose the Internship exam option write a Report about their experience. While the Thesis satisfies the academic development component of an internship, the Internship Evaluation Report describes and evaluates the internship in terms of the student’s personal and professional development. The report contextualizes the work done in the internship organisation, describes what work the student carried out and the student’s accomplishments, reflects on the relationship between the Internship and the MA GDS programme, and finally reflects on lessons and goals achieved during the internship.
Course objectives
After completion of this course, students are able to:
- apply and make use of the relevant knowledge and skills acquired during the Master GDS
- provide a contextualizing background and a characterisation of the internship organisation and its sphere of activity
- describe in an accurate manner the work carried out and what was accomplished during the internship
- demonstrate having worked within a set organisational structure (hierarchy) with fixed working hours, work patterns and routines
- illustrate which knowledge and skills acquired in the MA GDS were used during the internship and which new skills and competences were acquired
- reflect and report on their personal strengths and weaknesses as well as discuss areas for personal improvement
- critically reflect on the host organisation as well as the professional sector
- critically evaluate the internship and explain whether the goals were accomplished