A influência das atividades complementares na formação do Engenheiro Ambiental

Abstract

With the growing debate on environmental issues throughout the 21st century, the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), like many others throughout Brazil, created the Environmental Engineering course in 2010. The course follows the National Curriculum Guidelines for Engineering Courses, which highlights that activities beyond the conventional classroom should be considered as Complementary Activities, activities that have a relevant impact on the professional training of undergraduates. In this context, this work aims to collect data on the complementary activities made available to students and analyze their impact on the formation of the Environmental Engineering professional, graduated by the UFC. Therefore, the method used for data collection was the conveying of a single questionnaire, with the group of students who had graduated from the course, which had questions focused on collecting which activities were most performed by this group and what was the relevance for their professional lives. It was found that most students find this experience extremely relevant for their education, and that the most common activities were "Participation in events (congresses, seminars, workshops etc.)" and "Scientific initiation with scholarship or volunteer (IC, PIBIC, ITI etc.)". Finally, a detailed analysis was made of the comments left by the graduates where it was possible to highlight the benefits of Complementary Activities in relation to the development of skills, getting to know their course and the job market, besides highlighting the criticisms of the graduates in relation to the course and their experiences with the Activities.