COM3 Internship

• Topics

  Participating in an internship during your studies provides numerous advantages. It allows you to apply academic knowledge to real-world job tasks, explore various industries before choosing a career, build a professional network, and enhance your personal resume. Internships also help you develop hard skills, like technical expertise relevant to a field, and soft skills, like communication, teamwork, problem-solving, adapting to a workplace culture, and managing professional responsibilities.

  The internship should encompass 450 hours (approximately 3 months) of work performed at a professional level between February and June. Work hours are based on an 8-hour day, Monday through Friday. While adjustments can be made, the full 450 hours must be completed by the end of June.

  After completing the internship, students will submit a report summarizing the knowledge gained, reflecting on their personal growth, and providing insights into the industry.

• Learning outcome

  Knowledge

  Upon successful completion of the course, the student can:

  • Identify key characteristics of the industry relevant to the internship
  • Describe the main roles and functions within the organization
  • Explain how theories from economics/business administration, and practice interconnect

  Skills

  • Address practical problems using theories and methods from business, economics and data science

  General Competence

  • Understand how theories and methods from business, economics and data science are applied in practice
  • Reflect on the relevance and applicability of knowledge and skills acquired during the studies in relation to professional practice
  • Reflect on personal development related to communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and responsibility in a professional context

• Teaching

  The course does not include any scheduled teaching. Guidance on academic writing and preparing an internship report is available on the Canvas page. Students are required to submit a draft of their report to the course coordinator for feedback before submitting the final version.

• Restricted access

  COM3 is offered exclusively to BEDS students. For more information about the internship, please visit the following link: https://www.nhh.no/en/for-students/career-centre/the-beds-internship-semester/ (copy URL).

• Credit reduction due to overlap

  Students enrolled in the Bachelor program in Business, Economics, and Data Science (BEDS) are not eligible to apply for INTERN-A-B or INT111, the internship courses offered in the Bachelor in Economics and Business Administration.

• Compulsory Activity

  • Submission of the first draft of the internship report on Canvas.
  • Written evaluation confirming that the internship was completed in full, that the assigned tasks were performed satisfactorily, and that the intern demonstrated professionalism and effectively integrated into the workplace culture.

• Assessment

  The course assessment is based on an internship report (100%) of 4,000 words (+/- 10%), excluding references, written by the student. In the report, the student is expected to reflect on their learning outcomes and the new perspectives they have gained during the internship.

  The internship report must be written in English.

  Note: The report must not include any potentially confidential information about the employer.

• Literature

  Self-selected.

• Retake

  Retake is not offered in the non-teaching semester. The assessment may be retaken the next time the course is offered.

  For detailed information regarding the retake policy, please visit our website: https://www.nhh.no/en/for-students/examinations/retake-of-exams/ (copy URL).