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Procedure and ECTS Credits

Requirements

In order to participate in the module, you must have already found an internship on your own at the time of registration and submitted a copy of your internship contract to ZfS by the start of the internship, but no later than after the internship.
Please note that your internship may only start after you have completed the tasks on ILIAS! Otherwise, no further participation in the module will be possible. The module must be booked via ZfS at least 3 weeks before the start of the internship.

Recommendation

We recommend the internship module especially to bachelor students who do not have to complete any compulsory internship in their major. There are no standards from our side when choosing your internship (position or field of activity).

Obligatory Elements - Procedure Module Internship Plus

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You look for an internship of an overall duration of 4 or 6 weeks (fill-time or proof of at least 140 or 210 hours in case of part-time) in Germany or abroad, by yourself. Further information on the internship search can be found here.

Please submit the registration form (see download area) to ZfS no later than 3 weeks before the start of the internship. Based on the data in the registration form, you will get access to the online area of the module on ILIAS. There, you will find tasks that you have to complete and submit via ILIAS no later than 14 days before the start of your internship.

Please note that your internship may only start after the successful submission of the tasks and their positive examination by ZfS! Otherwise, no further participation in the module is possible.

You submit a copy of the internship contract to ZfS. If your internship provider does not have any contract form of his or her own, you can use our sample contract (see download area). The submission of the contract is obligatory, and it must be handed in after the internship or before the online reflection.

On ILIAS, you will find a schedule for the module, information on labor law, tips for a successful internship, and the preparatory tasks for your internship on the following topics: Criteria for job satisfaction, a personal skills, strengths inventory in the form of a competence profile, as well as a verbalization and a review of the personal internship goal. The work on the tasks takes about 8 hours.

You will be accompanied by ZfS during your internship. This accompaniment takes place via e-mail and on ILIAS and is a compulsory part of the module. Here, you can find more information about the accompaniment.

Another mandatory element is the keeping of a learning diary. You can find a short note here.

You will get access to the online reflection task on ILIAS after the end of your internship. You will also have to hand in your internship certificate (see download area).

The written documentation serves as a final reflection on your experiences and the transfer of knowledge. It consists of 10 - 12 pages and must be handed in via ILIAS not later than four weeks after the end of your internship. For further details, please see written documentation.

ECTS credits

If...

  • a 4-week internship (proof of at least 140 hours of practical training) is completed within the module, 6 ECTS credits are awarded
  • a 6-week internship (proof of at least 210 hours of practical training) is completed within the module, 8 ECTS credits are awarded.


Please also note the following information:

  • If the internship lasts longer than 6 weeks, no additional ECTS credits will be awarded.
  • ECTS credits will only be awarded if all elements described above have been successfully completed.
  • The internship module can only be taken once.
  • Compulsory internships that are completed as part of the major or minor cannot be credited for the BOK (professional skills) area at ZfS.