Teaching Methodologies
In this curricular unit, the student will be placed in a real learning situation – in the host organisation – and the practical application of the
concepts and content learned throughout the course is desirable.
It is the responsibility of the internship supervisor to accompany the student through the various stages of the course, meeting and
maintaining contact with the supervisor in order to resolve any issues that may arise. This contact must be established in such a way as to
ensure the successful completion of this course.
If the distance from the internship site justifies it, meetings between supervisor and supervisor can be held remotely, and the student may
be called upon to take part in these meetings.
If project work is chosen, the supervisor will preferably be the teacher responsible for the course unit, who will monitor and meet regularly
with the students, ensuring that the work progresses properly. A considerable part of this monitoring can be carried out during lessons.
Learning Results
The main objective of this curricular unit is to provide students, in a company or research laboratory context, with skills in the fields of
Finance and Accounting, namely through the development of activities in the areas of banking, portfolio and risk management, insurance
and pension funds, corporate finance, financial consultancy and management information systems.
Specific objectives (in the case of an internship):
– provide the student with contact with the reality of work, promoting the interconnection between the content taught and the life of
companies;
– create work routines for the student;
– develop soft skills.
Specific objectives (in the case of project work):
– to deepen knowledge in a specific area of the course;
– provide a first contact with research practices;
– develop soft skills.
Program
1) The internship has a minimum of 130 hours of business/organisational practice and will preferably be carried out in the areas of Finance
and Accounting. In procedural terms, the following steps must be taken:
a) Submission of the internship proposal, which must include an indication of the host organisation, the supervisor and the possible
supervisor, as well as the internship plan, defined jointly by the supervisor, the student and the supervisor proposed by the student;
b) Attendance at the internship
c) Preparation of the internship report
d) Submitting the report
e) Presentation and defence of the report.
2) Project work involves applying theoretical knowledge acquired during the course to the reality of a company or carrying out a small piece
of research, for example a literature review, on a topic suggested by the teacher in charge at the start of each semester. The work carried
out must be reduced to written form and presented and discussed in a public exam.
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
A bibliografia dependerá dos objetivos e do âmbito do Estágio ou do Projeto, devendo a mesma ser definida casuisticamente e em
conjunto pelo aluno, pelo orientador e pelo supervisor, quando aplicável.
LUKKARILA, Lauren (2017). Successful Academic Writing: A Complete Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists, EA, EUA.
MARSHALL, Steve (2017). Advance in Academic Writing: Integrating Research, Critical Thinking, Academic Reading and Writing, CSE,
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SOUSA, Maria (2011). Como fazer Investigação, Dissertações, Teses e Relatórios – segundo Bolonha.