Extracurricular Internship - YBAJ166

• Title: Extracurricular Internship
• Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 3
• Hours per week, examination: 0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: Ludmila Maria Dobrovolná Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D.
• Class: Courses unavailable to incoming students
• Pre-requisite : YBAJ001

Annotation

English

For more information please see the Syllabus.

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)

Czech

The Extracurricular Internship Meaningful World is designed for students of Liberal Arts and Humanities study programme. Its aim is to broaden students' knowledge, skills and competences in the outside-of-academia environment. The goal of internship is to respond to the current social changes and provide students with an opportunity to combine their studying experience with everyday social practice. The internship might take a form of volunteer work. Both mental and physical activities and work during the internship are welcomed.   Since the study programme is international, it could be performed inside and outside Czechia, based on the particular internship and student's situation.   It is highly recommended to complete the internship during the second year of studies at LAH programme.  

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)

Aim of the course

• Meaningful activities contributing to the life of communities and environment 

• Activities responding to the current social challenges:  

• climate crisis, green policies and sustainable projects (including bio-farming, ecological projects, foresting, etc.) 

• public policy and social problems (e.g. homelessness and housing crisis, social exclusion, racial, ethnic and gender discrimination) 

• charity work and humanitarian help 

• Providing students of LAH programme with an opportunity to broaden knowledge, skills and competences in the outside-of-academia world 

• Encouraging students to undertake civic actions and engage in life of communities as active and devoted citizens 

• Promoting social responsibility and solidarity 

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)

Course completion requirements

English

Until the end of summer semester 2024/2025 the condition for credits attained is confirmation about internship by the institution and student´s short reflection of the practice and its benefit (max. 1 normopage). Please note that the course is optional (i.e. not elective). The 3 ects points which you may get per semester taken into account as credits for optional courses.

Credits are granted upon application and confirmation of internship. Granting credits is not claimable. The adequacy of internship must be consulted and approved before its beginning by the Head of the LAH programme: Dr. L.M. Dobrovolná Wladyniak.

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)

Czech

• Former approval by the Head of the LAH programme (prior to the internship start) - Dr. L.M. Dobrovolná Wladyniak. 

• Written form signed by an internship supervisor in a respective institution at the end of internship 

• One-page (A4) reflection upon the internship (skills learnt, challenges, limits, etc.) – in a written form send to the Head of LAH programme, maximum two weeks after the end of internship.

Ethics and misconduct:

Students are required to follow the ethical standards of the internship field, as well as follow the Charles University Code of Ethics, proving respectful and responsible behaviour, while representing both the Faculty of Humanities and Charles University.  

Should any doubts concerning ethics or misconduct occur, students will contact and consult the matter with the Head of LAH programme, Dr. L. M. Dobrovolná Wladyniak. 

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)

Syllabus

English

Course information valid until the end of summer semester 2024/2025:

This course allows students to have their chosen internship or volunteering activity acknowledged for credits. Before registration of this course students have to request for a prior approval of internship (by the attached form). They should choose any kind of internship that develops student's competences and is in line with their own curriculum. Below there is a list of several NGOs, but a student can choose whatever internship they want and which is approved. Volunteering in an NGO, both paid and non-paid internships/part-time jobs in private companies or government institutions can be acknowledged as well if they provide some additional value related to the study curriculum. Conditions of the internship have to be negotiated and agreed upon by students themselves. Faculty does not take any responsibility for communication or any interaction between students and institutions which host them as an intern/volunteer/employee.

Please send approval requests and other forms to: [e-mail]. 

The list of NGOs, where students can apply for volunteering:

• Člověk v tísni (People in Need) - biggest NGO in Czechia - human rights, education, charity work
• Otevřená společnost (Open society) - equal rights and opportunities, gender equality, minority rights
• Konsent (https://konsent.cz/) - gender-targeted violence, harassment
• Limity jsme my (environmental NGO)
• Nadace Albatros (charitable foudation
• Greenpeace
• Multikulturní centrum (migration, social inclusion, educational activities)

Further opportunities can be found on various job opportunity websites such as the following:

• https://www.expats.cz/jobs/
• https://www.jobs.cz/

Course information valid from winter semester 2025/2026:

The Extracurricular Internship Meaningful World is designed for students of Liberal Arts and Humanities study programme. Its aim is to broaden students' knowledge, skills and competences in the outside-of-academia environment. The goal of internship is to respond to the current social changes and provide students with an opportunity to combine their studying experience with everyday social practice. The internship might take a form of volunteer work. Both mental and physical activities and work during the internship are welcomed.  

Since the study programme is international, it could be performed inside and outside Czechia, based on the particular internship and student's situation.  

It is highly recommended to complete the internship during the second year of studies at LAH programme.  

Aims of the internship programme:

• Meaningful activities contributing to the life of communities and environment 

• Activities responding to the current social challenges:  

• climate crisis, green policies and sustainable projects (including bio-farming, ecological projects, foresting, etc.) 

• public policy and social problems (e.g. homelessness and housing crisis, social exclusion, racial, ethnic and gender discrimination) 

• charity work and humanitarian help 

• Providing students of LAH programme with an opportunity to broaden knowledge, skills and competences in the outside-of-academia world 

• Encouraging students to undertake civic actions and engage in life of communities as active and devoted citizens 

• Promoting social responsibility and solidarity

Internship milieu:

• Organisations and institutions from the field of ecology and sustainable development (public and municipal institutions, NGOs) 

• Bio-farms, forests and parks maintenance, renewable energy field 

• Humanitarian organisations (established and well-recognised) 

• Charity organisations (established and well-recognised) 

• Institutions running public policy programmes 

Internship timing and duration:

• Internship could be done both during an academic year and summer break. This should be individually discussed and evaluated by students themselves, in the context of other their academic responsibilities.  

• Duration of the internship should be discussed individually before, with the Head of LAH programme, since it is relative regarding the specifics.   

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)

Czech

Internship milieu:

• Organisations and institutions from the field of ecology and sustainable development (public and municipal institutions, NGOs) 

• Bio-farms, forests and parks maintenance, renewable energy field 

• Humanitarian organisations (established and well-recognised) 

• Charity organisations (established and well-recognised) 

• Institutions running public policy programmes 

Internship timing and duration:

• Internship could be done both during an academic year and summer break. This should be individually discussed and evaluated by students themselves, in the context of other their academic responsibilities.  

• Duration of the internship should be discussed individually before, with the Head of LAH programme, since it is relative regarding the specifics.   

Last update: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (25.04.2025)