Identifying Data 2022/23
Subject (*) Internships 2 Code 610G01045
Study programme
Grao en Química
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate Yearly
 Fourth Optional 4.5
Language
Spanish
Galician
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Química
Coordinador
E-mail
Lecturers
Andrade Garda, Jose Manuel
Kennes , Christian
 E-mail
jose.manuel.andrade@udc.es
c.kennes@udc.es
Web http://http://ciencias.udc.es/practicas-profesionales-q
General description Os alumnos poderán optar por cursar prácticas profesionais externas, en empresas ou institucións, por un total de 4,5 ou 9 créditos ECTS, no canto de 1 ou 2 materias optativas.
A Facultade de Ciencias ven desenvolvendo dende o curso 2005/06 un programa de prácticas profesionais, cunha participación promedio no entorno dos 50-70 alumnos por ano, polo que ten ampla experiencia na xetión deste tipo de actividad.
Para poder participar nunha estadía en prácticas o alumno deberá: 1) Estar matriculado no Grao en Química da Facultade de Ciencias. 2) Ter superado cando menos 120 créditos ECTS, que deben incluir todos os de formación básica. 3) Superar o proceso selectivo que se puidera establecer. Os dous primeiros requisitos deberán reunirse ao peche da convocatoria de prácticas, non computándose os créditos obtidos con posterioridade. Non poderán ser beneficiarios de estadías en prácticas os estudantes que manteñan algunha relación contratual coa correspondente empresa ou entidade, agás autorización obtida de conformidade coa normativa interna da UDC.
Só se recoñecerán academicamente aquelas estadías que: a) Teñan sido cubertas mediante un proceso convocado en concorrencia libre e competitiva e cunha selección baseada en mérito e capacidade. b) Se desenvolvan nunha praza ofertada ou aprobada pola Facultade. Se dita praza non correspondense á oferta realizada pola Facultade, senón que fose promovida noutro ámbito (Consello Social da UDC, Fundación UDC, outros organismos, etc.), recabarase a información que for precisa para confirmar o cumprimento dos obxectivos arriba indicados sobre concurrencia competitiva con selección baseada en mérito e capacidade. c) Teñan sido realizadas baixo a titoría dun titulado superior pertencente á empresa, organismo público de investigación ou institución equiparable que oferte a praza, preferiblemente da mesma titulación ou titulacións afíns á do estudante. d) Obteñan un informe favorable do/da titor/a académico/a sobre a actividade realizada, baseado no informe aportado e na valoración feita polos titores/as académico/as e de empresa. O proceso de avaliación aterase á normativa de cualificacións da UDC.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
B1 Learning to learn
B2 Effective problem solving
B3 Application of logical, critical, creative thinking
B4 Working independently on own initiative
B5 Teamwork and collaboration
B6 Ethical, responsible, civic-minded professionalism
B7 Effective workplace communication
C1 Ability to express oneself accurately in the official languages of Galicia (oral and in written)
C3 Ability to use basic information and communications technology (ICT) tools for professional purposes and learning throughout life
C4 Self-development as an open, educated, critical, engaged, democratic, socially responsible citizen, equipped to analyse reality, diagnose problems, and formulate and implement informed solutions for the common good
C5 Understanding importance of entrepreneurship, and knowledge of resources available for people with business ideas
C6 Ability to assess critically the knowledge, technology and information available for problem solving
C7 Acceptance as a professional and as a citizen of importance of lifelong learning
C8 Understanding role of research, innovation and technology in socio-economic and cultural development

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
By the end of the internship, students will be able to: -Understand the professional contexts in which chemists develop their career -Apply the skills the students have developed during the Chemistry degree B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
 C1
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Segundo o plan de traballo acordado coa empresa para cada alumno. Segundo o plan de traballo acordado coa empresa para cada alumno.
-Specific contents will depend on the activities performed by the student in the company/institution. -Specific contents will depend on the activities performed by the student in the company/institution.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Supervised projects B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 100 0 100
Summary B3 C1 C6 C7 0 10 10
 
Personalized attention 2.5 0 2.5
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Supervised projects The company or institution will appoint a supervisor (BSc, MSc or PhD) with the following functions:

1. Submit to the Faculty of Science a document including a brief description of the tasks to be conducted by the student. In addition to this, the supervisor will list in the document the specific skills the student will need to complete the tasks during the internship. Finally, the learning outcomes for the student should also be included in the document.
2. Guide the student during the internship.
3. Write a final report, addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, assessing the quality of the student’s work.

The student will also have an academic supervisor at the Faculty of Science. He/She will evaluate the report submitted by the student offering advice and suggesting improvements. A second version of the report will be submitted to the Faculty of Sciences administration together with a form requesting its assessmen



Summary The report submitted by the student will include the following parts, and in the following order:

1. CONTENTS
1.1 This section must include a list of all the documents of the report

2. DETAILS OF THE STUDENT
2.1 Brief information about the student, including surnames, name, ID number (DNI for Spanish students), address, telephone number and e-mail

3. DETAILS OF THE COMPANY/INSTITUTION
3.1 Brief information about the company/institution, including name, address, activities, number of employees, etc...)

4. SUMMARY OF THE TASKS CONDUCTED DURING THE INTERNSHIP
4.1 Summary of the work done by the student during the internship

5. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDENT
5.1 Aims of the internship.
5.2 Tasks conducted. Describe the experimental and theoretical basis of the student’s activities during the internship. If necessary, the student must consider the need to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
5.3 Schedule. Time and duration of the activities conducted. Information about the company/institution sections or units in which the student performed his/her tasks.
5.4 Courses or seminars taken by the student that are related to the internship. Specific knowledge acquired by the student during the internship (use of computer tools, particular skills, etc...)
5.5 Integration of the student in the section/unit of the company/institution. Include an analysis of the student’s working relationship with the staff of the company/institution.

6. CONCLUSIONS
6.1 Assessment of the usefulness of the skills acquired during the degree and the tasks conducted in the internship.
6.2 Personal evaluation of the skills acquired during the internship.
6.3 Declaration of responsibility signed by the student (following the form included as Annex I).

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Summary
Description
Personalized attention will be available to the student from the academic and the professional supervisors. Personalized attention will also be a tool for the continuous assessment of the student.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Supervised projects B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 The company or institution will appoint a supervisor who will submit a final report, addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, wherein he/she will assess the quality of the work conducted by the student. 50
Summary B3 C1 C6 C7 In order to be evaluated and to attain academic recognition for the internship, the student must submit a report, addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, including a detailed summary of the different activities conducted. The report should follow the guidelines including in section 5 of this teaching guide (Methodologies).
The academic supervisor will revise the report and will suggest changes and corrections. The student will consider these corrections and will prepare a final version of the report. This final version will be again submitted, this time to the Negociado de alumnos (student's office) together with a form requesting its evaluation.
 50
 
Assessment comments

The final grade will be based on the performance of the student during his/her internship and on the quality of the submitted report.

It is highly recommended that all students consult the rubric of assessment on the web of Facultade de Ciencias.

Those students who do not complete the number of hours requiered at the company/institution or who do no submit the final report on time will have a maximum mark of 4,5 (out of 10). When the total period of time in the company/institution are not fullfilled, the final mark will be proportional to the number of worked hours, and always less than 4,5 (out of 10). Under exceptional circumstances, the student can ask for a waiver to pass the subject without having finished the period of the internship; this application have to be done to the dean of the faculty. 

Sources of information
Basic

The professional and academic supervisors will offer guidance to the student about the most adequate resources (bibliographic or otherwise) for his/her internship.
Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Mathematics 1/610G01001
Mathematics 2/610G01002
Physics 1/610G01003
Physics 2/610G01004
Biology/610G01005
Geology/610G01006
General Chemistry 1/610G01007
General Chemistry 2/610G01008
General Chemistry 3/610G01009
Chemistry Laboratory 1/610G01010
Analytical Chemistry 1/610G01011
Analytical Chemistry 2/610G01012
Physical Chemistry 1/610G01016
Physical Chemistry 2/610G01017
Inorganic Chemistry 1/610G01021
Inorganic Chemistry 2/610G01022
Organic Chemistry 1/610G01026
Organic Chemistry 2/610G01027
Chemistry, Information and Society/610G01031
Chemistry Laboratory 2/610G01032

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus
Final Dissertation/610G01043

Other comments

Internships should be undertaken in the summer between the third and the fourth years of the degree, once the semester is finished. Students who do this will have more time during the second semester of their third year, which is usually stressful.


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.