Crossways in Cultural Narratives
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Master
Coordinator
Maria Teresa Almeida e Ana Paiva Morais (FCSH-UNL)
Opening date
September 15, 2014
Vacancies
5 vagas (para a UNL)
Fees
7.000,00 /total (non-European) e 3.500,00 /total (European)
Schedule
After-work schedule
Education objectives
At the end of a personalised itinerary, students will have acquired the linguistic, methodological, cultural and personal skills allowing them to envisage either doctoral study or a career in the fields of management, the arts, teaching and communication (specialised journalism, professional criticism, television or radio production, advertising, public relations, documentation etc.).
They will have developed the capacities of conception, synthesis and analysis required of decision-makers in high office, as well as the multimedia and computing skills indispensable to those called upon to work with historical and cultural data. They will be able to lead discussion groups, preside over commissions and direct teams of action in a large variety of contexts: national or international institutions for cultural action, public or private inter-cultural exchanges, political responsibilities, public relations on behalf of multinational corporations, immigration, etc.
Access conditions
Selection is on academic criteria alone. The applicants previous study experience must be compatible with the Masters course Crossways in Cultural Narratives, a stipulation which opens the field especially to graduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The application and selection procedure for Crossways students will be a joint process involving each university of the Consortium. The application form, along with a list of required documents will be made available on the programme website: www.munduscrossways.eu . The applicants must also provide internationally acknowledged test certificates to prove that they speak at least 2 languages of the Consortium.
Degree pre-requisites
Length: 4 semesters
Student must acquire 120 ECTS, of which 70 are for taught courses. Credits to accomplish the non taught component are acquired globally, this is, a Dissertation Report I (5 ECTS) or a Dissertation Report II (10 ECTS), a Tutorial Seminar and Dissertation (40 ECTS) which totals 45 or 50 ECTS.
Access to other courses
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Evaluation rules
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Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722160062 | Dissertação módulo Intertextualidades | 30 |
| 722160066 | Dissertation Seminar | 10 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722160000 | Literary Criticism: Culture and History | 10 |
| 722121033 | English Literary Studies | 10 |
| 722001037 | Practices and Representations of the Body | 10 |
| 722091133 | Problematics of Literary Criticism | 10 |
| 722160003 | Culture Theory | 10 |
| 722160004 | Literary Theory | 10 |
| 722091104 | Feminist Theory and Literary Experience | 10 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722091123 | Portuguese Literary Canon | 10 |
| 722091081 | Contemporary Portuguese Literature | 10 |
| 722091126 | Themes of Literature in Portuguese | 10 |
| Elective option 3 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722160063 | Estágio em Narrativas Culturais: Convergências e Aberturas (not translated) | 5 |
| 722160064 | Trabalho Preparatório da Dissertação I (not translated) | 5 |
| 722160065 | Trabalho Preparatório da Dissertação II (not translated) | 10 |
| Elective option 4 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722111042 | Myths and Heroic Models | 10 |
| 722091125 | Problems of Traditional Literature | 10 |