Internship in Professional Context

Code: ZOO12376L

12 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/312 hours

Scientific Area: Animal Science

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Presentation

This module places the student in the context of a non-academic organisation to connect the knowledge acquired throughout the study plan with the specific economic activity of a given entity.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Objectives: To place students in a real enterprise context, so that he/she can relate acquired knowledge
with specific aspects of a given enterprise. Students are required to identify some of the major features of
the company (resources, productive processes, outcome/product quality, etc.) with a view to proposing
possible alternatives likely to improve a given observed situation.
Skills: Students shall understand the functional dynamics of the host company, developing a reasonable
ability to think critically about the way it operates. Students are also expected to acquire considerable
know-how in several segments of the company, as well as to develop a stronger enterprising character.

Course contents will be student-specific, as a function of his/her vocational interests and type/activities of
the host company.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies:
Methodologies for attending students during their training period will depend of the type of training and
host entity.
Evaluation:
Production, presentation and discussion of a detailed report covering the main activities undertaken
during the professional training period.