Work Placement
Code: 106207Credits: 12
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OP | 3 |
| Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OP | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Oriol Luján Feliu
- Email :
- oriol.lujan@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites are those established by the regulations of the degree and of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in relation to Professional Work Placements: the general requirement established by the UAB Standing Regulations (section c), according to which "in order to enrol in fourth-year degree subjects, you must have passed at least all the first-year subjects and a total of 120 credits from the first three years". If students wish to do the practicals during the third year, they must have passed a minimum of 120 credits.
Access to the Interships course is by means of a pre-enrolment process that follows a timetable that is published every year. You can consult the calendar at the following link: https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/informacio-1345722449027.html
Failure to complete the pre-enrolment process makes it impossible to enrol in the External Practicals course. Only students who have pre-enrolled within the established deadline will be assigned an internship place.
The timetable for internships must be compatible with the student's academic, training, representation and participation activities at the University. The timetable will be established according to the characteristics of the practices and according to the availability of the collaborating entity.
Objectives
The main objective of this course is for students to apply the interdisciplinary methodologies and knowledge acquired during their training to professional contexts in different areas, both in the world of work and in the cultural and academic fields, thus fostering the acquisition of skills that will help them to prepare for the exercise of professional activities. More specifically, the internships are designed to:
Introduce students into the professional world.
Make them discover their professional skills in a specific workplace.
Assimilate interdisciplinary and interprofessional relations with rigour.
Complete their intellectual training through contact with the real world of work.
Demonstrate their ability to face personal and professional challenges and to assimilate interdisciplinary and interprofessional relations with rigour.
Develop job prospects and make the most of the knowledge acquired during the years of study.
Develop critical thinking and participate in the proposals and work and/or intervention projects foreseen in the work placement agreement.
Collaborate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of activities aimed at tackling the main challenges of today's society and propose global solutions.
Internships are the best way for students to develop the knowledge acquired during their studies in a specific professional area and to gain experience in the field in which they wish to develop in the future.
Learning outcomes
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Representing and analysing quantitative and qualitative information referring to economic phenomena and variables.
- Understand and explain situations of memory in conflict from the perspectives of class, gender and national identity.
- Clearly present the methodological option used to produce knowledge in the area in which the professional work practice is carried out.
- Critically evaluate which theoretical hypotheses are most appropriate to the context in which the professional work practice is carried out.
- Draw up proposals for agreement with the precepts of scientific ethics.
- Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern the exercise of the profession.
- Use strategies derived from cooperative work, from the basis of consensus and respect for the ideas of others.
- Demonstrate imitative and capacity to work autonomously when the situation requires.
Contents
The Professional Internships course aims to promote the comprehensive training of students through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the degree, facilitating direct contact and incorporation into the professional world with a minimum of experience. They represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students. The internships are designed so that students gain professional experience in real situations. They are activities that are carried out in companies, institutions and organisations with the aim of enriching and complementing their university training, while at the same time providing them with a deeper knowledge of the skills they will need once they have graduated. The student therefore carries out a supervised activity in companies or institutions related to the professional objectives of the degree and the objectives of the institution/company. The student is introduced to the business or institutional dynamics, discovering the internal workings of the organisation, collaborating in the design, development and implementation of the project. They work on the design, implementation and evaluation of projects, participate in the organisation of academic events, take part in the creation of databases and promote research activities, among other tasks to be carried out in the fields of history, economics and politics.
The internship is an optional course of 12 ECTS credits with the following distribution of hours: 270 hours at the internship site + 30 hours of training at the UAB, complementary activities, etc. according to the needs of the internship.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous | 300 | 12 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
The student's work hours (300 hours - 12 ECTS) are distributed as follows:
i) contact hours in the company, institution or welcoming entity: 270 hours
ii) hours for preparing the final report: 15h
iii) hours for intermediate tutorials by the person responsible for the subject: 10h
iv) theoretical sessions and courses organized by the Employability Service: 5h
Students have to do at least two tutoring sessions (in person or virtual) during the period of the PE. The tutor is responsible to complete a brief report on these two sessions (model provided by the Dean’s Office).
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External mentoring report | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Intership Report | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Internal mentoring report | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
External tutoring report: 60%.
Internal tutoring report: 10%.
Internship report: 30%.
External work placements will be supervised by the lecturer in charge. At the end of the internship period, the lecturer will evaluate the student's performance on the basis of the report submitted (according to the established model) and the report of the person tutoring the student (which also follows a model).
As part of the training activities specified in the assessment for the Pràctiques Externes, students must fulfil these two requirements:
- have attended at least 2 of the professional orientation courses organised b the Servei d’Ocupabilitat and show proof of attendance by attaching a certificate to the Memòria de Pràctiques.
- have done the questionnaire “Professional Competences Test” offered b the Servei d’Ocupabilitat de la UAB. The result of the test can be downloaded and attached to the Memòria de Pràctiques.
Possible grades for this class are:
No avaluable (Not Assessable): When the student does not complete at least 10% of the required hours of attendance.
Suspès (Fail): When the student has completed at least 10% of attendance, but has not completed the remaining hours, and/or his/her activity has been negatively evaluated.
Matrícula d’Honor (Honours): Due to the particular type of this course, this grade is not contemplated.
Recuperació (Recover Exam): This subject cannot be retaken in case the student fails it.
Bibliography
The one that corresponds to each thematic area of the selected work placement.
Software
The one that exists in each entity, institution or company.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PEXT) Pràctiques externes i pràcticum | 1 | Catalan | Undefined | morning-mixed |