Internship

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of English (C2) and/or of the host institution's working language.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methods are focused, on the one hand, on tutorial sessions by FEUC's internship supervisor, with regular meetings and a work plan to write the final Internship Report and, on the other hand, on the daily supervision, management and support provided by the institution's intership advisor. 

Learning Outcomes

Main learning outcome:

- Obtain professional experience in the area of International Relations

Specific learning outcomes and skills

- Aquire professional skills in the area of International Relations

- Confront the knowledge aquired with the reality of the professional context in which is working

- Critically analyse the relation between theory and praxis applied to the issue within which the internship is developed

- Develop skills of critical analysis, synthesis and argument, as well as oral and written presentation.

Work Placement(s)

Yes

Syllabus

1. Preparation

Identification of the instituion where the internship will take place and associated professional and scientific justification (literature review, suitability of the institution, pertinence of the internship's work programme).

2. Implementation

Doing the 12 week-internship.

Gathering of relevant information.

3. Analysis

Systematization of the information gathered.

Critical analysis of the information collected.

4. Report

Writing the Internship Report.

Head Lecturer(s)

Bernardo da Silva Relva Teles Fazendeiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 25.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 75.0%

Bibliography

Wallace, W. (1996). Truth and power, monks and technocrats: Theory and practice in international relations. Review of International Studies, 22(3), 301-321. doi:10.1017/S026021050011856X

A restante bibliografia é definida de acordo com a área específica em que a instituição de acolhimento do estágio se insira, por exemplo,

Connelly, James; Smith, Graham; Benson, David; Saunders, Clare (2012) (3^rd ed) Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice.  New York e London: Routledge.

Donnelly, Jack (2013) (3^rd ed) Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Cornell University Press.

Glasbergen, Peter; Biermann, Frank; Mol, Arthur P.J. (eds.) (2007) Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development. Reflections on Theory and Practice. Cheltenham e Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Gready, Paul; Ensor, Jonathan (eds) (2005) Reinventing Development? Translating Rights-based Approaches from Theory into Practice. London e New York: Zed Books.