Internship (Modul 10)
One way to use your 10 ECTS compulsory optional Module is to do an internship during one of the term breaks. You would need to complete 300 hours in eight weeks, which includes 280 hours of attendance in your internship institution and 20 hours of preparation, as well as writing the report.
You can also choose to do two or more internships, but you must also prove a total of 280 hours.
THE PROCESS
1. Find an internship
Search for positions at relevant institutions. Examples of such institutions include museums, cultural management, NGOs, archives, public associations, political consulting, or public history agencies.
Please note that if you choose an internship, you will be responsible for finding a suitable placement on your own. We do not arrange placements, but are, of course, here to support you.
FU’s Career Service can help you as well throughout this process.
2. Let us know before you start
In order to make sure your internship can be recognized and credited for module 10, please make sure to contact the responsible staff or internships and include the following information:
- Institution
- Location
- Duration
- (Tasks)
Contact: Minu Hashemi Yekani globalhistory@fu-berlin.de
3. Register in Campus Management
Register during the regular registration of the semester you complete the internship in.
Please note that the internship will not show up in the Vorlesungsverzeichnis (course catalogue)
4. Do the Internship
We recommend you take notes as you go to make writing the report easier.
You can also consider drafting an informal agreement with your host institution about expectations.
5. Submit your documents
Once you completed your internship, please send the following documents to globalhistory@fu-berlin.de. If they meet the requirements, your internship will be marked as completed in your Campus Management system.
- Official Confirmation from the internship provider (hours, tasks, duration) using our internship confirmation form an official letter by the institution including the relevant information to verify the hours you worked is accepted as an alternative proof.
- Internship report (see below)
REPORT
Format:
- Min. 2,000 words
- Continuous text, page numbers, line spacing 1.5, justified print, Arial or Calibri 12, footnotes 10.
Structure:
- Introduction & Institution Description (history of the institution)
- Internship objectives & responsibilities
- Skills applied & developed
- Contributions & Challenges
- Conclusions
Note:
Please do not summarize the content of the institution’s webpage.
Your report should demonstrate your individual learning curve during the internship.
Describe the institution’s history and critically examine strengths and weaknesses of the institution.
Additionally, please summarize the key insights you have gained from your engagement in your own words.
If you include citations, please format them correctly and include a bibliography.
The internship (Module 10) belongs to the area of specialization. Besides the two compulsory modules M4 and M5, this area consists of a compulsory elective module (without module examination). Here, students can choose one of the following three module offers: 1. specializing in a specific historical period (either M6, M7, M8 or M9) or 2. the eight-week internship (M10), or 3. a theoretical-methodological module (M11).
Generally, the internship should enable students to acquire knowledge in the professional application of global historical knowledge in relevant institutions, organizations and companies, for example in a museum, in cultural management, a NGO, archives, public associations, political consulting or a public history agency. If you want to be sure that your chosen internship place is suitable, please enquire at globalhistory@fu-berlin.de.
It is an eight-week internship with 300 hours (280 hours of attendance, plus 20 hours reserved for preparation and writing the report).
Can longer internships also be credited?
Yes, the internship can also be longer – the length also depends on how many hours per week are completed. If the internship has a larger number of hours, it can still be credited, but only with a maximum of 10 LP (credit points).
According to the study regulations (SPO), the internship must be scheduled during the semester break. However, you should still register your internship in Campus Management during the regular registration period at the beginning of the corresponding term.
If you cannot conduct the internship during the teaching period, you should consult with the Studienbüro.
To receive 10 ECTS credits for your internship, you must submit an internship report. This report should reflect on the content and goals of your qualification, along with a discussion of how your academic studies relate to the work you did during the internship.
Please see here to find a guideline for this in a document intended for BA students; however, please note that it is only available in German.
Please send your internship report and proof of the hours completed signed by your employer to the program coordinator.
Instead of the standard proof of hours, students may also submit a letter from their internship employer that verifies the hours worked. The coordinator will review your documents, and if they meet the requirements, they will mark the course as completed in your Campus Management system.
No, unfortunately not. While we see why this would be an attractive way to gain internship credits, the module is for students interested in working outside academic institutions such as the University or any research institute.
In other words, the possibility of an internship serves those students who want and need to gain professional experience outside the narrow academic field.
The module participants should acquire knowledge in the professional application of global-historical knowledge in relevant institutions, organizations, and companies (cf. § 3 para. 3), for example, in a museum, a publishing house, in cultural management, political consulting, or a public history agency.
It is intended to serve the purpose of professional training and is defined as a non-university internship for the MA Global History. This means positions as student assistants (also at research institutions close to the field, such as the ZMO, MPI, etc.; tutor, mentor, etc.) cannot be recognized within the internship framework.
