Specialized practical training (15 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

The internship is generally completed after the second academic year. The internship can be combined with doing the thesis and collecting its material.

Objective

The students advance and deepen their expertise in a chosen specialisation area through practice in a workplace/community of the specialisation area. They are able to set themselves learning objectives, to actively apply for work in teaching- and development-oriented workplaces/communities, and to evaluate their own progress and development of work. They develop from learners at work into developers and experts of working life. They are able to plan and organise activities. They adopt an initiative- and development-oriented approach, are able to solve problems creatively both independently and in teams, and to make decisions in their work. They are familiar with the basic principles of operation and management in their practical training organisation, and have the abilities needed in management. They know the ways of action of working life and are able to act appropriately in a work community. The students support orientation to working life and employment.

Content

Setting targets for the development of one’s own expertise, finding a practical training placement, work at a workplace approved by the tutoring teacher, make a report.

Teaching methods

The internship is based on the personal goals you set for your own learning, which are described in the internship plan before the internship. In principle, you cannot do the internship in your own work, but you do it for yourself in a new operating environment. Completing an internship in your own job requires a good rationale to support your own development of agrological skills.
You can start your internship according to an individual schedule after your instructor has approved your internship plan.
You carry out the training according to the training plan. After the internship, you will have a feedback discussion with your responsible trainer. The internship should be considered as hourly accounting of the work done. To evaluate your own learning, it is a good idea to keep a learning diary.
You create a training report based on your hourly accounting and diary. The report describes the development of your skills and the achievement of your goals, as well as the work tasks you have done.

Employer connections

The internship takes place in a workplace that is unfamiliar to you at home or abroad.

International connections

It is possible to do an internship abroad if it is appropriate given your learning goals.

Completion alternatives

You will acquire the skills of this course by planning, implementing and evaluating a ten-week internship based on your personal goals in a workplace that is unfamiliar to you. The internship should support and develop your agrological skills.

Student workload

The course corresponds to 405 hours of work, which is divided as follows:
Participation in information and application for an internship (5 h)
Internship work (380 h)
Internship discussion during the internship (1 h)
Internship report (19 h)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Practical training report 100%. The grading scale is approved/disapproved.

Further information

The assessment material consists of your training plan and training report, as well as guidance discussions.