Traineeship Seminar

Brief description

  • Job application training focusing on job interviews, assessment centres and elevator pitches in both German and English
  • Short presentations
  • Reflection phase with the programme director and the internship coordinator
  • Internship report

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Course handouts

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, (group) excercises and assignments, self-presentations, discussions, feedback

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment:

  • Participation in class and quality of individual exercises: 20%.
  • Elevator pitches and self-presentations: 50%
  • Internship report: 30%
  • Content criteria: quality of internship report, effectiveness of self-presentations and elevator pitches.
  • Formal criteria: compliance with the specified length of the internship report, correct and logical structure of presentations and linguistic presentation.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

-

Infos

Degree programme

Logistics & Transport Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

1.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

6 SS

Incoming

Yes

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can

  • critically reflect on the knowledge, skills, competences, and experiences acquired during the internship
  • plan their professional career during and after graduation in a targeted manner considering their individual abilities
  • prepare themselves successfully for an assessment centre
  • present themselves in the context of an application process
  • creatively design an elevator pitch in German and English
  • write a meaningful internship report

Course code

0391-21-01-BB-DE-59