Identifying Data 2019/20
Subject (*) Internships II Code 610G02048
Study programme
Grao en Bioloxía
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
 Fourth Optional 6
Language
Spanish
Galician
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Bioloxía
Fisioterapia, Medicina e Ciencias Biomédicas
Coordinador
E-mail
Lecturers
Díaz Prado, Silvia María
Fagúndez Díaz, Jaime
Fernandez Rodriguez, Luis Jose
Fuentes Lopez, Marcelino
Gonzalez Siso, Maria Isabel
Servia García, María José
Vila Taboada, Marta
 E-mail
s.diaz1@udc.es
jaime.fagundez@udc.es
luis.fernandezr@udc.es
marcelino.fuentes@udc.es
isabel.gsiso@udc.es
maria.servia@udc.es
marta.vila.taboada@udc.es
Web http://ciencias.udc.es/estudantes/secretaria-do-alumnado/pr%C3%A1cticas-profesionais
General description Os alumnos poderán optar por cursar prácticas profesionais externas, en empresas ou institucións, por un total de 6 ou 12 créditos ECTS, no lugar 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 xestión deste tipo de actividade.

Para poder participar nunha estadía en prácticas o alumno deberá:

i) Estar matriculado nalgunha titulación de grao da Facultade de Ciencias.
ii) Ter superado cando menos 120 créditos ECTS, que deben de incluír todos os de formación básica.
iii) Superar o proceso selectivo que se puidera establecer. 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) Se desenvolvan nunha praza ofertada ou aprobada pola Facultade. Se dita praza non correspondese á oferta realizada pola Facultade, senón que fose promovida noutro ámbito (Consello Social da UDC, Fundación UDC, outros organismos, etc.), recabarase a información que fose precisa para confirmar o cumprimento dos obxectivos arriba indicados sobre concorrencia competitiva con selección baseada en mérito e capacidade.

b) Teñan sido cubertas mediante un proceso convocado en concorrencia libre e competitiva e cunha selección baseada en mérito e capacidade.

c) Teñan sido realizadas baixo a supervisión 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 da Comisión de Docencia e Validacións sobre a actividade realizada, baseado no informe aportado e na valoración feita polos titores académico e de empresa (modelos no Anexos III e IV).

O proceso de avaliación, previo á decisión da Comisión de Docencia, aterase á normativa de cualificacións da UDC.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
B1 Aprender a aprender.
B2 Resolver problemas de forma efectiva.
B3 Aplicar un pensamento crítico, lóxico e creativo.
B4 Traballar de forma autónoma con iniciativa.
B5 Traballar en colaboración.
B6 Organizar e planificar o traballo.
B7 Comunicarse de maneira efectiva nunha contorna de traballo.
B8 Sintetizar a información.
B9 Formarse unha opinión propia.
B10 Exercer a crítica científica.
B11 Debater en público.
B12 Adaptarse a novas situacións.
B13 Comportarse con ética e responsabilidade social como cidadán e como profesional.
C1 Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma.
C3 Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida.
C4 Desenvolverse para o exercicio dunha cidadanía aberta, culta, crítica, comprometida, democrática e solidaria, capaz de analizar a realidade, diagnosticar problemas, formular e implantar solucións baseadas no coñecemento e orientadas ao ben común.
C5 Entender a importancia da cultura emprendedora e coñecer os medios ao alcance das persoas emprendedoras.
C6 Valorar criticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñible para resolver os problemas cos que deben enfrontarse.
C7 Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo da vida.
C8 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
By the end of the internship, students will be able to: -Understand the professional contexts in which biologists develop their career -Apply the skills the students have developed during the degree in a professional environment. B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B11
B12
B13
 C1
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
-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
Summary B3 C1 C6 C7 0 18 18
Supervised projects B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 132 0 132
 
Personalized attention 0 0
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
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).
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 “Negociado de alumnos” (student’s office) together with a form requesting its assessment.

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 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 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 (in writting). 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.
The student's report will be assessed by the Comisión de Docencia e Validacións of the Faculty of Science, who will consider the evaluation by the professional supervisor (appointed by the company/institution) and the recommendations of the academic supervisor.
 50
 
Assessment comments

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

Sources of information
Basic

-O supervisor profesional e o académico ofrecerán consello ó estudante con respecto ás fontes de información (bibliográficas ou non) máis acaídas para as súas prácticas externas.

-El supervisor profesional y el académico ofrecerán al estudiante consejo con respecto a las fuentes de información (bibliográfica o no) adecuadas para sus prácticas externas.

-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
Chemistry/610G02001
Physics/610G02002
Mathematics/610G02003
Geology/610G02004
Statistics/610G02005
Biology: Basic Levels of Organisation of Life I (Cells)/610G02007
Biology: Basic Levels of Organisation of Life II (Tissues)/610G02008
Microscopic Organography/610G02009
Biochemistry I/610G02011
Biochemistry II/610G02012
Microbiology/610G02015
Applied Microbiology and Microbiological Control/610G02016
Genetics/610G02019
Plant Systematics: Cryptogamia/610G02024
Plant Systematics: Phanerogamia/610G02025
Plant Physiology I/610G02027
Plant Physiology II/610G02028
Zoology I/610G02031
Zoology II/610G02032

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus
Final Dissertation/610G02046

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.