The professional exercise as a method of final evaluation in the Faculty of Economic Sciences

Abstract

The article analyzes the Supervised Professional Exercise ̶ EPS, for students of public accounting, business administration and economics, taught by the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the USAC. When carrying out the analysis, it was detected that elements generating various problems influence, situation that is reflected in the dropout and repetition in an average of 46% of students enrolled in the EPS, according to the last ten years’ record. (Supervised Professional Exercise, 2017) The main results of the research are low teacher training, partial coverage of furniture and equipment, limited graduation options and out-of-date students with long periods of university absence. The general method of investigation used was the scientist, the analysis and the synthesis were applied. Mixed research was carried out by combining quantitative and qualitative data. The first based on post positivism and the second based on theory. (Strauss & Corbin, 2002) In the investigation it was determined that of the 414 enrolled there are 220 students who joined the EPS in the first semester of 2017, with 9 to 41 years of seniority within the career, the situation reflected that these were outdated in relation to the requirements of the program. In the survey made to teachers, they affirmed that they