Course: Professional practice in Sustainability Management

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Course title Professional practice in Sustainability Management
Course code UCH/067
Organizational form of instruction Internship
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in winter and summer semester.
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 30
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fojtíková Pavla, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Láchová Veronika, Mgr. DiS.
Course content
Content of tutorials/seminar: In the course of professional practice, students will apply and expand the knowledge and skills acquired in previous studies. The student chooses whether to complete the professional practice in one or more different workplaces. The student is required to complete a total of 12 weeks of work experience by the end of the 3/WS. The student will keep a "Statement of Work" which will then be validated at the workplace. Upon completion of the internship, students will present, evaluate and discuss the progress of the internship in the Sustainability Management Seminar course.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the professional practice is to facilitate and enable students to acquire theoretical knowledge and understanding of sustainability management concepts. The internship will allow students to work on real contracts for companies or for the public sector already during the study of the Bachelor's degree programme, they will experience working under the guidance of professionals. Gaining professional experience will increase the student's employability in the labour market.

Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Requirements on student: At the end of the professional practice, students will submit a 2-3 page essay. Depending on the type of internship, they will be assigned which critical points to evaluate/analyze for the given enterprise/company with respect to which specific sustainability goals. This will be a form of preparation for the final thesis. The evaluation and feedback will be the responsibility of the practice coordinator (Veronika Láchová in the current proposal). Students will share their professional practice experience through discussion and presentation in the course Sustainability Management Seminar course.
Recommended literature
  • Dle typu praxe.


Study plans that include the course
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