Course teacher(s)
Denis FOURNIER (Coordinator)ECTS credits
15
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
Professional internship
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Full-time experience in the Biology career field by working with a participating employing firm or organization (but not an academic research center).
The student is supervised by a faculty member acting as a liaison between the Department and the employing organization to ensure compliance with specific learning and experience requirements.
The internship can take place in Belgium or abroad.
The student is supervised by a faculty member acting as a liaison between the Department and the employing organization to ensure compliance with specific learning and experience requirements.
The internship can take place in Belgium or abroad.
- demonstrate sufficient technical and scientific expertise, as required by the task(s)
- have proven succesfull integration in a workteam and with the professional culture of the company
- analyze his own learning experience (on technical as well as on soft skills) and demonstrate sufficient criticism about his own internship stay
Teaching methods and learning activities
Learning on the job under supervision of the internship supervisor
Other information
Contacts
Denis Fournier Denis.Fournier@ulb.be
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (CP 160/12)
Department of Organismic biology | Faculty of Sciences
Campus
Outside campus ULB
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Internship report
- Oral presentation
Internship report
Oral presentation
- Intermediate report
- Final report
- Final interview
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
- evaluation by the internship supervisor (50%) (deliverables and professional skills (objectives set by the host structure))
- portfolio (learning notes and reflections)
- final report (25%) (5-8 pages) (summary of professional experience + identification of progress + self-assessment)
- interview (25%) in front of a jury (10+10 min summary of professional experience + identification of progress + self-assessment
Language(s) of evaluation
- french