Work Experience in Human Geography

The aim of the course is to provide insight into the professional field of human geography, thereby enhancing your employability. The course includes a placement related to human geography.

Work Experience in Human Geography, 15 credits, is offered as a standalone course during both the first and second half of the autumn and spring semesters. The course requires 150 completed credits, including a 15-credit degree project in human geography or geography, or 15 credits from a Master’s programme in human geography.

The student reflects for one thing on the industry for which (s)he is training and in what ways his/her own education answers to the competences required at the workplace, for another on the possibilities and limitations of the work at the placement and the choices and prioritizations made. Furthermore the student will reflect upon the relations between the workplace and the wider society. The student will keep a journal of her/his time at the workplace.

You are responsible for arranging your own workplace placement. The placement must be approved by the course coordinator before it begins.



Teaching Format

Compulsory components include the digital course introduction, seminar and workplace placement.

Detailed information, including assessment criteria, is provided at the course introduction and via the learning platform Athena.

Expected learning outcomes

Upon completing the course, you are expected to be able to:

  • reflect orally and in writing on the labour market for which the education prepares you, and how your own education corresponds to the competences required at the placement;
  • reflect orally and in writing on the opportunities and limitations encountered in the work at the placement, and the choices and priorities that are made;
  • reflect orally and in writing on how the placement organisation relates to broader societal contexts.

Assessment

Assessment is based on a written and oral presentation of an assignment consisting of a summary of the placement diary and reflections on the placement experience.

Examiner

The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.


Course reports are displayed for the three most recent course instances.








Course coordinator:
Lowe Börjeson

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