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Internship

Code: 103962 ECTS Credits: 18
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
2501572 Business Administration and Management OT 4
2501573 Economics OT 4

Contact

Name:
Valeri Sorolla Amat
Email:
valeri.sorolla@uab.cat

Teachers

Felix Emilio Pedrosa Negrete

Teaching groups languages

You can view this information at the end of this document.


Prerequisites

This subject is only available for students enrolled in ECONOMICS and ADE in English degrees or ADE+LAW double degree.

ECONOMICS and ADE in English

The requirements to be eligible for an internship position are the following: 

1. To be enrolled in ADE or ECONOMICS degrees in English 

1. To have passed all the first year courses.

2. To have passed at least 150 ECTS of the degree.

4. To have a Grade Point Average (GPA) higher than 5.

 ADE+LAW double degree

The requirements to be eligible for an internship position are the following: 

1. To be enroled in the double degree of ADE + LAW.

2. To have passed at least 279 ECTS of the first 4 years.


Objectives and Contextualisation

The subject has two main objectives:

1. To put into practice the theoretical knowledge acquired in the different courses followed during the degree in order to enhance the academic training of the student.

2. To provide students with a first direct approach to the professional and business world, which will allow them to identify the professional profile that is most suited to the skills and competences acquired during their academic training.


Competences

    Business Administration and Management
  • Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
  • Capacity for oral and written communication in Catalan, Spanish and English, which enables synthesis and oral and written presentation of the work carried out.
  • Demonstrate a capacity for integration within a work environment and apply the skills and competencies acquired during the degree course.
  • Demonstrate initiative and work individually when the situation requires it.
  • Organise the work in terms of good time management, organisation and planning.
  • Select and generate the information necessary for each problem, analyse it and take decisions based on that information.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Take account of social, economic and environmental impacts when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
  • Work well in a team, being able to argue proposals and validate or reject the arguments of others in a reasoned manner.
    Economics
  • Demonstrate a capacity for integration within a work environment and apply the skills and competencies acquired during the degree course.
  • Demonstrate initiative and work individually when the situation requires it.
  • Organise the work in terms of good time management, organisation and planning.
  • Select and generate the information necessary for each problem, analyse it and take decisions based on that information.
  • Show motivation for carrying out quality work and sensitivity to the consequences for the environment and society.
  • Value ethical commitment in professional practice.
  • Work well in a team, being able to argue proposals and validate or reject the arguments of others in a reasoned manner.

Learning Outcomes

  1. A capacity of oral and written communication in Catalan, Spanish and English, which allows them to summarise and present the work conducted both orally and in writing.
  2. Assess ethical commitment in professional activity.
  3. Demonstrate initiative and work independently when required.
  4. Demonstrate motivation regarding the quality of the work performed and sensitivity regarding the consequences on the environment and society.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to integrate into a work setting, and to apply the skills and competencies acquired in the degree.
  6. Identify the social, economic and environmental implications of academic and professional activities within the area of your own knowledge.
  7. Organise work, in terms of good time management and organisation and planning.
  8. Propose projects and actions in accordance with the principles of ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights, diversity and democratic values.
  9. Propose viable projects and actions that promote social, economic and environmental benefits.
  10. Propose ways to evaluate projects and actions for improving sustainability.
  11. Select and generate the information needed for each problem, analyse it and make decisions based on this information.
  12. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  13. Work as part of a team and be able to argue own proposals and validate or refuse the arguments of others in a reasonable manner.

Content

The curricular internship for the students enrolled in the double degree of ADE + LAW will be done in different companies that fit to the profile of the students of this double degree.
 
Internship for ADE and ECONOMICS in English will be carried out in different companies linked to Barcelona Activa, which is an institution with which the UAB has signed an agreement to collaborate in this field. The contents of the practicum will be variable and it will depend on the skills and profiles required by the company. In any case, both the coodinator and the academic tutor will supervise the development of activities and tasks in order to guarantee that the student acquires a sizeable amount of new knowledge from the internship experience. English should be used as the communication language during at least 30% of the time in the internship. Moreover, both written communications and reports should be in English.

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Supervised      
Internship 420 16.8 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13
Meetings with the coordinator 5 0.2 1, 11
Supervising 10 0.4 1, 11
Type: Autonomous      
Report 15 0.6 1, 3, 11

Curricular internships for students enrolled in the double degree of ADE+LAW: around 15 internship positions based on the interest and needs of the companies.
Internship for ADE and ECONOMICS in English: the School of Economics and Business through an agreement with Barcelona Activa will offer around 20 internship positions based on the interest and needs of the companies linked to that institution.
The selection criteria will be mainly based on the grade point average (GPA) of the academic transcript of the student. Exceptionally, other items to take into account could be: the fit of the student's profile with the company needs and he relation between the courses followed by the student (i.e., his/her previous knowledge) and the characteristics of the internship.

In principle, the internship will be 100% on the company even though the initial situation may undergo some modifications according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Evaluation from the academic tutor 60% 0 0 1, 3, 5, 6, 4, 7, 11, 13, 2
Evaluation from the company's tutor 40% 0 0 1, 3, 5, 6, 4, 7, 10, 8, 9, 12, 11, 13, 2

This subject/module does not offer the option for comprehensive evaluation. The evaluation of the subject for students enrolled in ADE or ECONOMICS in English degrees and ADE+LAW will be based on the following items and weightings:

1. Evaluation from the academic tutor based on both his direct supervision of the student during the period of the internship and the student's self-reported assessment of his/her learning. This assessment will be supervised by the internship coordinator. Weight: 60%.

2. Evaluation from the company's tutor about the student’s learning during the internship period. Weight: 40%.

The student will have to make a final report on his internship detailing all the tasks he/she has done and the skills he has acquired. It is compulsory to include a personal reflection on his/her experience at the company. The tutor of the company must also prepare a final report on the student's internship in the company, highlighting what skills he/she has acquired (and / or improved) and making a quantitative assessment of the learning achieved by the student during the internship period.

The internship will only be evaluated if the student effectively completes at least 420 hours in the company. In case the student is sick or he loses some days for personal reasons, she will have to recover the hours.

 


Bibliography


To be determined in each case.


Software

In order to fully follow the internship, it is recommended to have a good knowledge of Excel and Word applications.


Language list

Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.