ECTS
20 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description
The M2 internship lasts 5.5 to 6 months on a full-time basis (from mid-March to the end of August at the latest).
Students take a proactive approach to finding an internship.
The internship is approved by the academic advisor based on its alignment with the student’s career goals and the educational objectives of the ComBiodiv program.
Each student is supervised during the internship by an academic advisor from the university and an internship supervisor from the professional organization who is part of the student’s immediate supervisory team.
A scientific and technical report is written as part of the course unit.
The internship may take place in France or abroad. It is conducted within a professional organization and, in principle, is governed by an internship agreement issued by the UM.
Objectives
A professional placement during which the student acquires and applies knowledge, expertise, and skills at the expert or engineering level (bac+5) relevant to his or her career goals.
The professional activities carried out during the internship must enable the student to acquire key professional competencies, which will be defined jointly by the student, the internship supervisor, and the academic advisor as objectives at the start of the internship. Assessment criteria to measure the student’s progress in acquiring these key competencies will be established.
Knowledge Assessment
The internship grade is based on the evaluation of:
- the activity report:
o summary overview (organization where the internship takes place, overall project in which the student is involved, the student’s specific assignment, internship objectives)
- the preliminary scientific and technical study report:
o summary presentation of the context and challenges, objective, site, equipment, and methods.
o Writing a state-of-the-art review
- the professional training report:
o Identification of 3 to 5 key competencies as learning objectives during the internship
o Monitoring the acquisition of these competencies using indicators (technical or bibliographic grades, soft skills, etc.)
- the oral defense before a jury (presentation of the work and answers to questions),
Target Skills
· Design, prepare, and implement educational activities and/or programs on topics related to environmental education for various audiences
· Design educational tools
· Adopt a scientific approach to addressing EEDD topics
· Be proficient in desktop publishing software
· Use social media and manage a website
· Facilitate planning meetings and discussions
· Implement project management tools
· Compile a relevant bibliography
· Evaluate projects and discuss the results.