History

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Bachelor

Coordinator

Paulo Jorge Fernandes

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

45 vagas

Fees

1.067,85€/year (except Statute of International Student) 1st instalment: 533,93€; 2nd instalment: 533,92€.

Schedule

(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)

Education objectives

1) To have a critical view of the human past together with an understanding of how this conditions the present and the future as well as our perception of both;
2) To reveal an understanding of points of view resulting from different historical antecedents in different cultural and geographical contexts;
3) To be aware of how historical interests, categories and problems alter with time and how historiographical debate is linked to the economic, social, political and cultural interests of each age;
4) To be familiar with the different periods in the History of Portugal;
5) To have general knowledge of the methods, techniques and topics relating to the study of the main periods into which History is normally divided from Pre-history to the present day;
6) To know how to integrate the history of Portugal into a comparative perspective with other spatial and cultural areas;
7) To know how to identify, select and collect, in accordance with the rules of the discipline, a wide variety of sources of information (bibliography, documents, oral and iconographic testimony among others) and to use them critically;
8) To be able to apply acquired knowledge and the ability to understand to a historical topic or to seek an understanding of current world issues;
9) To be able to present both in writing and orally the knowledge acquired using correct History terminology and demonstrating argumentative skills.

Access conditions

Completion of secondary education, with a minimum entry grade of 9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20. Students may also be admitted to Higher Education through special access and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. More information: http://www.acessoensinosuperior.pt

Degree pre-requisites

Each student must obtain 180 credits: 132 credits from compulsory courses of the study programme, 18 credits from elective options and 30 credits from free options or a Minor from another academic area. Each semester the student may not enrol in more than 30 credits and must respect any pre-requisites which have been set. At the beginning of each semester, the student is advised as to which courses are the most appropriate for their academic pathway and which they should take.

Access to other courses

Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.

Evaluation rules

Assessment is in accordance with the assessment regulations approved by the competent statutory body.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711051018	Contemporary History (20th Century)	6
711051017	Contemporary History (18th and 19th Century)	6
711051104	History of the Portuguese Expansion	6
711051163	History of Ancient Greece	6
711051105	Contemporary Portuguese History (19th Century)	6
711051106	Contemporary Portuguese History (20th Century)	6
711051039	History of Medieval Portugal (9th-13th Century)	6
711051040	Medieval Portuguese History (13th-15th Century)	6
711051041	History of Modern Portugal (17th-18th Century)	6
711051042	History of Modern Portugal (15th-17th Century)	6
711051164	History of Ancient Rome	6
711051102	History of Ancient Egypt	6
711051046	History of the Ancient Middle East	6
711051058	Medieval History (5th-11th Century)	6
711051059	History of the Middle Ages (12th-15th Century)	6
711051060	Modern History (17th-18th Century)	6
711051062	Early Modern History (15th-16th Century)	6
711051063	Historiography	6
711051065	Applied Computing for History	6
711051068	Methodology for History	6
711051101	Pre-History	6
711051078	Theory of History	6

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711051141	Spaces and powers in Middle Ages	6
711051143	História Comparada dos Impérios Coloniais (not translated)	6
711051119	History of Culture and Mentalities in the Contemporary Age	6
711051116	Cultural and Mentality History of Antiquity	6
711051117	History of Culture and Mentalities in the Middle Ages	6
711051118	History of Modern Culture and Mentalities	6
711051144	História da China (not translated)	6
711051109	History of the Construction of Brazil	6
711051145	History of Slavery	6
711051146	História da Europa e da Construção Europeia (not translated)	6
711051148	History of Cold War	6
711051147	História da Guerra na Idade Média (not translated)	6
711051149	History of India	6
711051150	História da Revolução Francesa (not translated)	6
711051108	History of Lisbon	6
711051043	History of Al-Andaluz	6
711051151	Contemporary Brazilian History	6
711051152	História do Livro Impresso (not translated)	6
711051153	History of United States of America	6
711051154	História dos Fascismos (not translated)	6
711051155	História dos Movimentos Sociais (not translated)	6
711051120	History of the Portuguese in Africa	6
711051156	History of the Portuguese in Asia	6
711051049	History and Civilization of Islam	6
711051157	História Económica e Social do Mundo Contemporâneo (not translated)	6
711051158	Modern Economic and Social History	6
711051142	Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs	6
711051107	Palaeography and Diplomatics	6
711051159	Prophecy in ancient Middle East	6