Course content

The students in the Global Politics and Globalization specialization will undertake an internship project and must complete an assignment. The assignment has to fulfil the academic requirements of a master’s level programme. The assignment has to be an academic piece of work which has to refer to, or include parts of, the internship project. The following are examples of the areas of research covered by the course, and which the internship project could relate to: International Political Economy, International Relations, Social Change, Marginalization and Mobility, Conflict and Peace, Cultural Knowledge, Cross-cultural Management, Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Translation.

The students in the Global Technology Management specialization will undertake a work project at NTNU, linked to the university’s cooperation projects with industry, on a topic relevant for globalization. The following are examples of the areas of research covered by the course, and which the internship project could relate to: Production Strategy, Technology and ICT Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or Project Management. The Global Technology Management students must write an assignment which fulfils the academic requirements of a master’s level programme. The assignment has to be an academic piece of work which has to refer to, or include parts of, the work project.

Learning outcome

The learning objectives are to develop and build the personal, academic and professional capacities of the students by allowing them to research and manage an individual work project within a global company/organisation, or a work project at NTNU in cooperation with an international company/organisation, using interdisciplinary approaches.

The students will gain an interdisciplinary perspective on their studies. They will also gain insights in the relations between globalization processes and company strategies related to cross cultural management or technology and knowledge transfer across cultural boundaries, which happen in the interaction between economics and culture.

Learning methods and activities

The students from both specializations will have individual supervision from both NTNU and the internship/work place. The assignment is to be submitted to the student’s NTNU supervisor.
A compulsory written assignment relating to the internship/work project (between 30 and 40 pages; 12 pt, 1.5 spacing) should be submitted to the NTNU supervisor by 15 December. The assignment will be given a pass/fail grade by the NTNU supervisor.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Bachelor's degree in humanities, social sciences or technology.
Requires admission to the Master's programme in Globalization.

Credit reductions