Pre-Professional Training in Biology (0.5 SPS)

This learning unit helps students lay the groundwork for building their career path by identifying their motivations, values, and skills through a reflective approach to their professional development and the creation of an e-portfolio.

Hourly volumes*:

            CM:

            TD:

            Practical Work:

            Lot:

            REH: 8:00 p.m.

• Building a Career Path (My Motivations, My Values, My Field)
• Conduct a skills assessment
• Developing transferable skills: 
• Self-Management: Organizing Your Work in an E-Portfolio
• Reflexivity: A Reflective Approach to Developing Skills (Text + Vlog) 

Assessment:

Continuous, comprehensive assessment throughout the semester, with four progress checks based on the e-portfolio: C1 (midway through Semester 1), C2 (end of Semester 1), C3 (midway through Semester 2), C4 (end of Semester 2) 

• 40% CC1 Specific Knowledge and Skills
• 10% Knowledge of terminology related to professional development and higher education.
• 30% Up-to-date skills assessment
• 30% CC2 Cross-Functional Expertise
• 20% Understanding an issue: Identifying these values and motivators
• 10% Develop and follow a plan: Explore a related professional field and connect it to these values and motivations
• 30% CC3 Interpersonal Skills
• 15% Self-Reliance: Learning to Organize Yourself Effectively 
• 15% Self-Reflection: Self-Assessment

At each milestone, an assessment will be conducted—holistically if multiple data points are available—using a 5-point Likert scale: --/0: not mastered; significant work required, -/1: mastered only partially, -+/2: in the process of being mastered, +/3: mastered to a very satisfactory level, ++/4: mastered with excellent proficiency.  

Ultimately, each CC1 indicator will be evaluated holistically over the course of the year, and the scores will be multiplied by 5 to obtain a grade out of 20.  

• In Intro to Experimental Science: Evening field trip—10–20-minute discussion per student on a reflective approach to a professional project (identifying these motivators and values) or a game to identify MOTIVATORS and VALUES + informal, on-the-spot discussion about a professional project (1 hour for the facilitator)
• 1 hour and 30 minutes: A session on skills, e-portfolios, and Pix at the beginning of Semester 1
• 1 hour and 30 minutes: A session on collaborative work and discussion in S1
• Monitoring of the e-portfolio using a reflective approach to track skill development and progress during the semester/professional project.-->(2 reviews per semester) - 4 hours per review × 2 × 2 semesters (1 hour per group of 10 students)