Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Soft Skills for Science and Technology

Code

10352

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Gabinete de Apoio ao Ensino

Credits

3.0

Teacher in charge

Nelson Fernando Chibeles Pereira Martins, Ruy Araújo da Costa

Weekly hours

6

Total hours

60

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

This course is designed to help students develop the skills that are relevant to access the job market.

Students are introduced to soft skills relevant for the Science and Technology area.

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites.

Subject matter

1 - Curriculum Vitae, Job interview and Psychometric testing.

2 - Time management, Team work and Leadership.

3 - Advanced use of Excel spreadsheets.

4 - Bibliographic research and critical analysis of scientific information. Ethics and Deontology.

5 - Communicating in Science and Technology.

Bibliography

- Costa, R., Kullberg, J., Fonseca, J., Martins; N., “Competências Transversais para Ciências e Tecnologia – FCT/UNL” (2013) 

Teaching method

In each week a new theme will be developed. The general approach for every theme is similar:

 - on Mondays a 2h practical session takes place: students are requested to perform a short task that will reveal the importance of the theme;

 - on Tuesdays and Wednesdays two 4h practical sessions take place: students have to develop a more complex task and have to make an oral presentation, in which they may use PowerPoint. Teachers will make comments and critiques to the students’ work;

 - on Thursdays a 2h theoretical-practical session is used to present the theme’s fundamentals, the most common mistakes to be avoided and the main tools that can be used during the theme’s exploration.

Assessment of this course takes into account both the weekly individual and group work, as well as tests carried out in moodle e-learning platform, in a controlled environment.

Evaluation method

 1 – Punctuality is required.

 2 – A student attending less than 80% teaching hours at practical lessons or less than 3 theoretical lessons will fail the course.

 3 – Evaluation is carried out exclusively with activities during classes. There are no exams.

 4 – No activities will be repeated, and no grade adjustments will be made for students that missed any given lesson.

 5 – Special justifications for missing any lesson may be reported to the Course Coordination.

 6 – Assessment envolves: Participation (20%), Individual Work (40%) and G Group Work (40%).

 For any additional details, please contact the Course Coordination.

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