Work Placement Comparative Arts and Media Studies

URL study guide

https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/L_ZAMAACWSTA

Course Objective

Learning goals of professional work placements:
- Knowledge and understanding: students are able to work on the level of an academic student or graduate within the field of Comparative Arts & Media Studies with a high level of independence.
- Applying knowledge and understanding: students are able to apply academic skills and knowledge in professional and practical contexts.
- Communication: students have social skills regarding professional relationships, codes of conduct, working hours, work pace, work processes, and professional organizations.
- Lifelong learning skills: students have gained experience in developing a professional attitude and skills.
- Making judgments: Students are acquainted with the job market, in such a way that they are able to confront their expectations with professional practice. Additionally, a research internship has the following learning goal:
- Making judgments; Knowledge and understanding: Students are able to design and execute a research project independently within the context of an institution in the heritage field and based on a request (and research question) formulated by the institution. It is optional for students to use a research internship as a preparation for their master thesis. Results of the research executed during the internship can be used in so far as they are complementary to the research of the master thesis.

Course Content

While the Comparative Arts and Media Studies programme centers on a core set of compulsory courses, there is also an opportunity for students to define their own individual tracks by means of electives and internships. As a master student in Comparative Arts and Media Studies, internships are possible at a wide range of organizations for media, art, and culture located in and around Amsterdam. Visit VU-net and https://masters.vu.nl/en/programmes/arts-culture-comparative-arts-media
- for more information and options. Some staff members list supervised internships on their websites. The internship needs to be (mostly) a research internship: say, archival research, audience research, market research, research for a publication/ exhibition/ experimentation with new media, etc. This may be either research proposed by the student (e.g. preceding the thesis) or a research project offered by the host institution.

Teaching Methods

Internship

Method of Assessment

The internship concludes with a report written by the intern (for requirements, see the Manual on VU-net or the Work Placement Canvas site).

Target Audience

Students of the Master Comparative Arts and Media Studies

Additional Information

In periods 1 and 2 (other periods after consultation with the lecturer). Normally 12 credits but a smaller period (6 or 9 credits) is possible, but only after consultation with the Master's coordinator. Internship proposals have to be agreed upon by the supervisor and Examination Board, on basis of a signed contract, signed by the supervisor, the internship mentor, and the student. This agreement needs to be settled before the student starts with the internship. NB. As it is complicated to supervise internships abroad, we normally don't do this. We use a Canvas site for CAMS work placements with samples of previous contracts and reports. The internship needs to be related to the Master.