Economic History: Field Work/Internship and Research Overview

This course offers hands-on experience in development-related work and serves as preparation for your bachelor’s thesis. You choose one of three tracks: fieldwork in a developing country, an internship in a development organisation, or a research overview conducted at Lund University.

Regardless of track, you’ll deepen your understanding of development processes and reflect on economic, political and organisational contexts. You’ll learn to collect and analyse material, communicate your findings and connect practical experience with theoretical perspectives.
The course is for you if you want to combine academic studies with real-world engagement. It gives insight into how development work functions in practice – and how you can contribute through analysis, understanding and critical thinking.

During the course, you work independently within your chosen track. If you do fieldwork, you’ll collect material on-site and document your experience in a field diary. If you choose an internship, you’ll spend around ten weeks in an organisation and reflect on your experience in a practice diary.

If you opt for the research overview, you’ll study classical and contemporary texts in your subject area and gather secondary data that may support your thesis.

You’ll also participate in seminars and group exercises. Assessment is based on written assignments that document and analyse your experience. The course trains you to work independently, think analytically and communicate your insights – both orally and in writing.

Prerequisites

General requirements for university studies in Sweden. Eligibility also requires that 75 per cent of the course work, or the equivalent, from the first two years of the programme has been completed.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 20 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 10 %, number of previous ECTS at application deadline (up to 165): 70 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 30,000
First payment: SEK 30,000

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.