Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program
Objectives
The Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) in Geological Engineering aims at promoting the participation of students, since early in their academic career, in practical activities in nonacademic environment. Through UPOPs, students should get to know the working environment of the company in the area of her degree, respecting the basic rules of the company, and should get to know what is the role in the company of the employees that already have the degree. It is expected that they develop transferable skills in working in teams, oral and written communication, and independent learning. Depending on the specific work developed by the student in the company, he/she will acquire specific knowledge on the subject area and, possibly, also some specific technical skills relevant to the placement.
General characterization
Code
10598
Credits
3.0
Responsible teacher
Maria da Graça Azevedo de Brito, Paulo do Carmo de Sá Caetano
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 3
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
The student must be enrolled in the 3rd curricular year of the course.
Bibliography
Depends on the specific project chosen by the student.
Teaching method
The CU coordination, in collaboration with the LEG Coordinator, maintains a list of offers to participate in projects in a business environment. Each entry in the list presents the name of the company, the project it is part of, a summary work plan, and the supervisors in the company and department. If there are several students interested in the same participation, it is up to the CU coordinator to choose the student to participate, using the procedure usually adopted, for example, in the selection of candidates for the Erasmus Program. The student completes the work plan with tutorial guidance, during the designated period, and this period must coincide with the interim period of the academic year (January-February); PIPP activities can also take place in the summer period (July/August). The evaluation is carried out through assessment of performance by the supervisor in the company, delivery of a report in which the student describes the activities carried out and oral presentation of this report.
Evaluation method
Evaluation is accomplished by assessing the performance of the student by the supervisor in the company, a report delivered in which the student describes the activities and an oral presentation of this report.
Subject matter
The concrete syllabus depends on the specific project chosen by the student in the program.