Project FEUP

Code:

FEUP002

Acronym:

PF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Personal and Communicational Development
OFICIAL	Social Science
OFICIAL	Personal and Interpersonal Skills
OFICIAL	Engineering Sciences
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences
OFICIAL	Civil Engineering

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/projfeup
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCEEMG	17	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2008/09	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEA	36	Syllabus since 2006/07	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEC	127	Syllabus since 2006/2007	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEEC	206	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEIC	123	Syllabus since 2009/2010	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEIG	77	Syllabus since 2006/2007	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEM	151	Syllabus since 2006/2007	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEMM	27	Syllabus since 2006/2007	1	-	1,5	14	40,5
MIEQ	64	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	14	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

• To welcome and integrate the new coming students.


• To introduce the most important services


• To teach “Soft Skills” and to stress their importance (soft skills: team work, communication, etc) 


• To discuss a scientific theme / project of limited complexity

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the project of the course, the team of students should have:

• Used a Logbook – either paper or web based
• Written a technical/scientific report
• Created a poster
• Prepared an oral presentation
• Presented publicly and defend work of the Theme/Project.

Learning Outcomes:

• RES_1: To know FEUP and to use its services, such as: CICA, SICC, SERAC, SDI
• RES_2: To have communication skills (report, oral presentation and poster)
• RES_3: To have research skills and to be organized
• RES_4: To have team work skills: to make part of a team, to be assessed; to have flexible interpersonal relationships; to have the ability to interiorize and respect group rules
• RES_5: To reach the specific aims of the Theme/Project.

 Note: Further down is explained how each of theses results are assessed

Working method

B-learning

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Basic skills in team-work and computer applications (as a user)

Program

Specific training on professional non-technical skills (so called "soft" skills):

• Writing in engineering
• Effective Communication
• Visual Communication

Additionally, special initial training on:

• Campus' Information System
• Advanced computer tools, namely collaborative / web based such as, for instance, Google Apps
• Effective Learning (including Time Management)
• Other Topics: ethics, plagiarism, quotation styles and referencing, etc.

The course also includes technical work and formation within the scope of the program that the student enrolled to the work in the Theme / Project.

Mandatory literature

Van Emden, J., Becker, L.; Presentation Skills for Students. Edition 2., Publisher Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Complementary Bibliography

Edward Tufte; The visual display of quantitative information, 2001 (000056149 0-9613921-4-2 000056149 )
456; 123, Edições Sílabo, 2008
Neves, J. G., Garrido, M. Simões, E.; Manual de Competências Pessoais, Interpessoais e Instrumentais (Teoria e Prática). 2ª edição., Edições Sílabo, 2008
Nuno Ferreira e Bruno Caldeira; Faz o curso na Maior, Lua de Papel / Leya, 2012. ISBN: 9789892321042

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course has an initial week with full dedication with several welcoming activities and formation though lectures and e-learning in the above mentioned topics. The activities of the initial week will be graded.

The professors chosen to supervise Project FEUP will suggest Themes/Projects, which can be divided into two different tasks. Each of these tasks will be given to a group of 6 students that will be guided by a FEUP student.

Each group make a project about a theme. During the project a logbook must be used.

At the end of the work, a scientific report, a poster and an oral presentation will be submitted for grading. The work is to orally presented and defended to a panel in the style of a scientific conference.

The form and the content of the work report, the poster as well as the oral presentation and defense of the project (jury questions/audience) will be assessed.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy > Ethics > Applied ethics
Social sciences > Communication sciences
Technological sciences
Technological sciences > Technology > Communication technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Teste	10,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	10,00
Estudo autónomo	5,00
Frequência das aulas	19,00
Trabalho de campo	6,50
Total:	40,50

Eligibility for exams

Participation in the work of the Team/Project

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment formula:

• 100%_Final_Mark =(15%_Individual_Grade_of_First_Week) + (85%_Individual_Project/Theme Grade)
• 85%_Individual Project/Theme_Grade = 85%_Group_Project/Theme Grade + ±85%_Individual_Offset;
• 85%_Group_Project/Theme_Grade = (40%_Report) + (20%_Poster) + (25%_Presentation);
• 85%_Individual_Offset = Individual_performance_within_team

 Notes:

• 15%_Individual_Grade_of_First_Week - includes attendance and results of the activities of the first week, ELearning activities and may include quiz information ("Mid-Term")
• ±85% Individual Offset => Individual performance in the team. The grade is set by the supervisor based on the assessment given by the peers and information collected by the mentor. Generally, the total of the Individual Offset for all of the people in the group is zero.

 

RESULTS AND ASSESSMENT MATRIX:

	RES_1 Know FEUP	RES_2 Communicate	RES_3 Organiz.	RES_4 Team	RES_5 Theme/Proj.
Report on Theme / Project		X			X
Oral Presentation		X			X
Poster		X			X
Peer Evaluation			X	X
Evaluation by "Monitor" elder student	X		X	X
Evaluation by "Supervisor" professor		X	X		X

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Initial activities (lectures, etc.)

ELearnng Activities

Work in the Theme/Project in the scope of the program.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

• All students will have to complete a mandatory minimal set of activities, to be defined yearly


• Working students always have justification for missed classes


• Work on the Them/Project is mandatory

Observations

============ Important: ============

• This course has several Lectures
• Find your own schedule at the SIGARRA information system
• Presence and other activities may be part of final grade
• It is mandatory to read FEUP's EMail

====================== Importants Links: ======================

• Public web page (general knowledge):  http://www.fe.up.pt/projfeup
• E-Learning:  http://moodle.fe.up.pt  (page viewable as a Guest)
• Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/projfeup

====================== Sub-Courses: ======================

• Search the Sigarra information system for courses starting with "Projecto FEUP"
• http://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/ucurr_geral.pesquisa_ocorr_ucs_list?pv_ano_lectivo=2013&pv_uc_nome=Projecto+FEUP