Teaching Plan Information

1. General information

The External Academic Practices are a training activity included in the curriculum of the degree within the optional module.

The goals to be achieved are:

• To contribute to the integral training of students by complementing their theoretical and practical learning.
• To facilitate the knowledge of the work methodology adequate to the professional reality in which the students will have to operate, contrasting and applying the acquired knowledge.
• To encourage the development of technical, methodological, personal and participatory skills.
• To obtain practical experience that facilitates insertion into the labour market and improves the student´s future employability.
• To encourage the values of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

These objectives are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The most frequent SDGs to which the subject contributes appear in section 6 of this guide.

It is recommended to consult the EINA website: https://eina.unizar.es/info-profesion

2. Learning results

The student, in order to pass this subject, must demonstrate the following results:

• To be able to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired, putting it into practice in the development of a work outside the educational field, supervised, directed and  linked to the exercise of the activity in an appropriate professional environment (public or private).
• Be able to fulfill the commitments acquired with the collaborating entity and with the University in relation to the external internship.
• To be able to write, in an adequate and systematic way, a report of activities (final report of the practices) in which he the proposed and achieved objectives are stated, as well as a detailed description of the activities carried out.
• Be able to present the final report of the internship to the academic tutor and to hold, if necessary, a debate in which, among other issues, contents, methodology and clarity are addressed.
• Be able to establish the relationship between the contents of the degree and the work performed, taking into account both the general and specific competences and the skills and attitudes developed .
• To be able to make a reasoned evaluation of the activities and processes linked to them and to formulate proposals for improvement.
• To know and demonstrate ability to perform professional tasks in the field of the degree.

3. Syllabus

The internship program will be established by agreement with the collaborating entity and the academic tutor , and will be included in the Training Project. 

In application of the current regulations, the practice will be worth 25 hours per credit.

According to the verification report of the Degree in Architecture Studies, and in accordance with its duration, the external internship subjects offered for enrollment and evaluation in this degree are the following:

Code                      Designation                                                                                           Workload (duration)

30761                     Internships 1                                                                           1 ECTS credit (25 hours)

30762                     Internships 2                                                                           2 ECTS credits (50 hours)

30763                     Internships 3                                                                           3 ECTS credits (75 hours)

30764                     Internships 3                                                                           3 ECTS credits (75 hours)

30765                     Internships 4                                                                           4 ECTS credits (100 hours)

30766                     Internships 5                                                                           5 ECTS credits (125 hours)

30767                     Internships 6                                                                           6 ECTS credits (150 hours)

4. Academic activities

The learning activities included in the external academic internship are the following:

• The activities developed during the practice itself (working day adapted to the circumstances of the collaborating entity and the student).
• Follow-up by the academic tutor and the tutor of the collaborating entity.

5. Assessment system

The student must show that he/she has achieved the learning results foreseen in the training project by means of the following activities, on the basis of which the academic tutor will carry out the assessment:

• Meetings held between the academic tutor and the student.
• Final report of the internship, carried out and delivered by the student, according to EINA's guide, which will include its final evaluation of the practice.
• Presentation and defense of the report before the academic tutor.
• Assessment report by the tutor at the collaborating entity.

The academic tutor will assign the grade, based on the evaluation activities indicated in the previous section, according to the following weighing:

• Assessment of the tutor in the collaborating entity, 50%.
• Degree of achievement of the objectives of the practice training project, 25%.
• Content and quality of the final report of the internship and its presentation and defense, 25%.

6. Sustainable Development Goals

9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
17 - Partnerships for the Goals