History
Cycle
Terceiro ciclo
Degree
Doctorate
Coordinator
João Paulo Oliveira e Costa
Opening date
September 22, 2014
Vacancies
30 vagas
Fees
1.200,00 /year
Schedule
After-work schedule
Education objectives
- Ability to analyze, evaluate and synthesize new and complex ideas in general and in particular in the field of history and its specialized fields;
- Capacity for in-depth study of theoretical and methodological knowledge and practices essential to the development of original research in their speciality which will enable the students actively contribute to the broadening of knowledge, whilst conforming themselves to the requirements imposed by the best standards of academic quality and integrity in their special field;
- Ability to produce a research essay whose results are publishable, at the national and international level;
- Capacity to communicate the results of their research in History to their peers, in the academic community, and to the general public;
- Ability to produce and develop work and original research projects, individually or in teams, about History, at national and international level;
Access conditions
To be admitted to a doctoral programme of studies, the candidate should satisfy the conditions set forth in Portuguese legislation and in the normative conditions of UNL as well as fulfil at least one of the following requirements: a) Have a Masters degree, or a legal equivalent; b) Have a first cycle degree (licenciatura) and a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum which is recognised by the Academic Board of FCSH as testifying to the candidates ability to undertake this cycle of studies; c) Posses an academic, scientific or professional curriculum which is recognised by the Academic Board of FCSH as testifying to the candidates ability to undertake this cycle of studies.
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 8 semesters. Total credits: 240 credits (60 gained in course units of the study programme; 180 in the non-taught component). Type of non-taught component: Thesis dissertation. Number of credits from elective options: 10 credits, with the student opting for a research seminar in History or an elective option seminar which may be chosen from among the post-graduate course units offered by the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH-UNL), by other organic units of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, or by any other national or foreign higher education institution through agreement or protocol.
Access to other courses
A Doctorate is a final qualification.
Evaluation rules
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73205100 | Historical Methodologies | 10 |
| 73205101 | Problematics of History | 10 |
| 73271115 | Thesis in History | 180 |
| 73205107 | Final Course Assignment | 20 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73205102 | Ancient History | 10 |
| 73205108 | Archaeology | 10 |
| 73205109 | Historic Archives | 10 |
| 73205106 | Contemporary History | 10 |
| 73205105 | History of the Discoveries and Portuguese Expansion | 10 |
| 73205103 | Medieval History | 10 |
| 73205104 | Modern History | 10 |
| 732051010 | Pre-History | 10 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73217112 | Opção Livre (not translated) | 10 |
| 73205110 | Research Seminar in History | 10 |