CÖSM50: Qualified Internship in Asian Studies
The course consists of an internship aimed to prepare you for a future working life. You are responsible for finding a suitable internship place that meets the course requirements.
You will have the opportunity to relate your academic skills to professional assignments and establish contacts in working life. The internship is located at a workplace in Sweden or abroad with a clear connection to the main field of Asian Studies.
Students with a background in Asian studies will be able to apply their academic knowledge and learn new skills in a professional context. Students with a master's degree in other humanities or social science subjects can take this course to expand their knowledge of Asian studies through workplace tasks.
The course requires a minimum of 16 weeks of full-time work. Under the guidance of the host organization, you will undertake various tasks. These assignments should connect Asian studies to practical work, offering opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills.
Throughout the course, you will compile a portfolio of completed tasks, which will serve as one of the assessment components. Based on this portfolio, you will write an essay reflecting on your applied learning experience and the connection between theory and practice. These assignments will require approximately four weeks of full-time work.
The internship must be approved by the course director. For the internship to be approved, the host organization must sign an agreement that meets the institution's requirements for relevant, varied, and qualified assignments that enhance competence and knowledge relevant to Asian studies.
It is the student's responsibility to find a work placement and finance any accommodation and travel expenses.
Additional information
Please note that it is the student's responsibility to secure a work placement and cover any related costs, such as accommodation and travel expenses. As the placement/internship must be approved by the course director, it is essential to contact the director well in advance of the course start date.
How to apply outside regular application rounds
Applications for the course should in the normal case be applied for through Universityadmissions.se during the regular admission rounds. The application deadline is usually the 15th of April for the autumn semester and the 15th of October for spring.
However, If you want to do your internship with short notice, you apply like this:
- If you are not a student of the Master's Programme in Asian Studies given by the Centre, start by contacting Nina Brand to make sure you fulfil the admission requirements.
- If you fulfil the requirements, you then contact the course director to discuss the planned internship and ensure that the internship fulfils the requirements in the course syllabus.
- Contact the host institution and negotiate an internship agreement. Our approval of your host institution will depend on whether they can provide you with opportunities to apply your academic Asia knowledge during the internship. See the CÖSM50 course syllabus for what is required and use the internship agreement (word document) to set up the agreement with the host institution.
- Once the text in the agreement has been approved, you and the host institution sign the agreement and you then send the signed agreement to the course director so that he can sign it as well and the agreement can be registered in the Lund University registry system.
Please note that it is not possible to do the internship over the summer.
Course code: CÖSM50
Credits: 30 ECTS credits
Cycle: Second Cycle
Language of instruction: English
Study venue: -
Rate of study: Full time (100%)
Teaching hours: -
Entry requirements: Master's degree in humanities or social sciences, 120 credits, or equivalent, and English equivalent to English 6/B from Swedish upper secondary school.