Practical Activity for Curricular Development (Internship)
Code
11294
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Informática
Credits
15.0
Teacher in charge
Maria Armanda Simenta Rodrigues Grueau, Pedro Abílio Duarte de Medeiros
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Offered in the interface between the core tier and the consolidation tier, this CU provides students with an integrated experience of a technical focused hands-on activity, adequate to their knowledge level, and in open, out of classroom, context. The UC complements the offer UROP and UPOP included in FCT UNL’s “Curricular Profile”.
In the present semester the CU runs exclusively in a industrial context and in association with the UPOP CU, PIPP.
Knowledge: Understand the requirements and context of a problematic situation of a certain dimension in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. Develop convenient solutions, under a degree of supervision promoting autonomy. Identify the techniques and methods to use.
Application: Implement one or several components needed for the solution, using industrial strength development tools. Validate, debug, and evaluated the solutions delivered.
Transferable Skills: Enforce system view, autonomy, critical thinking, and teamwork abilities.
Subject matter
The syllabus of a curricular unit with these characteristics does not follow the usual terms, however the following topics will be covered: Familiarization with the concepts, technologies and methodologies required for tackling the chosen activity. Integration through practical hands-on experience of the basic knowledge obtained in several fundamental curricular units of the core tier, in the several scientific areas of the program. Understanding of the human, social, and technical context in which the activity takes place. Project management methodologies and of teamwork. Principles of quality management. Aspects of information security. Aspects of usability of informatic systems. Communication skills (documentation, presentation and posters).
Bibliography
Depending on the activity / project. Several references are recommended to the students, appropriate to each concrete project / activity.
Teaching method
This curricular unit targets the development by the students of a coherent activity, mostly out of the controlled class room context, to be performed outside of the Department, and involving integration of competencies and knowledge addressed independently in several curricular units of the core tier, namely, programming and software design and development, computer systems and networks, human machine interaction, among others, depending on the project / activity at hand.
The student will be integrated in the chosen company''''''''''''''''s methodology, and monitoring activities will be followed by one of DI''''''''''''''''s scholars.
By the end of the curricular unit the student must publicly present, by means of a written report, the results of his work. A key aspect to be taken in consideration is the uniformity of parameters and evaluation methods to evaluate to what extent the student has reached the learning outcomes, independently of the working environment context.
Evaluation method
This curricular unit targets the development by the students of a coherent activity, mostly out of the controlled class room context, to be performed outside of the Department, and involving integration of competencies and knowledge addressed independently in several curricular units of the core tier, namely, programming and software design and development, computer systems and networks, human machine interaction, among others, depending on the project / activity at hand.
The student will be integrated in the chosen company''''''''''''''''s methodology, and monitoring activities will be followed by one of DI''''''''''''''''s scholars.
By the end of the curricular unit the student must publicly present by means of a written report the results of his work. A key aspect to be taken in consideration is the uniformity of parameters and evaluation methods to evaluate to what extent the student has reached the learning outcomes, independently of the working environment context.