Personal and Interpersonal Skills

Code:

EEC0015

Acronym:

CPIN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Personal and Communicational Development

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	262	Syllabus (Transition) since 2010/2011	2	-	5	56	136
		Syllabus	2	-	5	56	136

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To identify/acquire the essential skills in order to maximize personal and interpersonal performance.
- To apply techniques of personal development, to use strategies of group interaction and manage different communication resources, in order to reach a progressive efficiency in the working processes and a high effectiveness in the results.
- To raise awareness regarding soft skills and the changes which need to be developed in the individual profile, in order to improve the future professional activity in electrical and computers engineering.

Program

1. Quality Costumer Service
2. Interaction and Communication Attitudes
3. Rules of Professional Communication
4. Signs of Non-Verbal Communication
5. Preparation and Guidance of Reunions
6. People Management in Organizations
7. Development of Teamwork
8. Micromarketing and Professional Effectiveness
9. Oral, Written and Audiovisual Communication
10. Development of Personal Responsibility
11. Maximization of creative capacity

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: presentation of the themes with audiovisual support: blackboard, overhead projector and/or computer with datashow.
Practical classes: explanation of the themes with audiovisual support: blackboard, overhead projector and/or computer with datashow; practical activities, case analysis and exercises of behaviour training, in order to improve the skills related with the different themes of the course.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Social psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Behavioural sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	46,00
Mini-tests	Exame	2,00
Information research	Trabalho escrito	12,00
Working meetings	Trabalho escrito	12,00
Written work	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	18,00
Preparation of Presentation	Teste	15,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Follow-up lessons	Estudo autónomo	18
Preparation mini-tests	Estudo autónomo	12
	Total:	30,00

Eligibility for exams

Students have to attend to 75% of the practical classes and attend to the continuous assessment components.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment of theoretical classes (50%=10 values)
+
Assessment of practical classes (50%=10 values)

Note: Students have to reach a minimum mark of 50% in each of the components and reach a minimum mark of 9,5 out of 20 in the final mark.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Assessment Components:
MT- 2 mini-tests about theoretical classes (individual assignment)
WR- A written report (group assignment)
P- Oral presentation (individual assignment) with audiovisual support (group assignment)
IP- Individual performance during classes

NOTE
The skills which will be assessed are the following:
1) Personal and professional attitudes
a) Experimentation and knowledge discovery
b) Personal skills and attitudes
2) Interpersonal attitudes
a) Teamwork
b) Communication
3) Conceiving, designing, implementing and operating systems in the enterprise and societal context
a) Internal and societal context
b) Enterprise and business context

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

It is the same as for ordinary students. Although working students are exempt from classes, there is an obligation to be present in the evaluation moments and perform the work described in the evaluation components.

Classification improvement

Students can improve their marks in the next year.

Observations

Office hours: tuesday- 10.00 am to 11.30 am. Office: I-327
Note: Please send an email scheduling a meeting; or to schedule a meeting in another day or time.