History of The Portuguese Empire
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Master
Coordinator
João Paulo Oliveira e Costa e Paulo Teodoro de Matos
Opening date
September 15th, 2014
Vacancies
20 vagas
Fees
2.500,00 /total = 1.250,00 /year
Schedule
The course is given through asynchronous e-learning.
Education objectives
The achievement of MA in History of the Portuguese Empire involves the acquisition of the following
knowledge and skills:
- To provide scientific and academic training in the History of the Portuguese Expansion;
- To deepen the scientific and academic training in the comparative histories of the colonial empires;
- To apply a trans-disciplinary methodology which is innovative in Global History;
- To develop the necessary skills for the pursuit of future in-depth study;
- To enhance internationalisation of academic and scientific activities with research networks in the European
space, the Community of Portuguese-speaking countries and other regions, particularly in those with intensive
contacts with Portuguese expansion or who today have sizeable Portuguese-speaking immigrant communities.
- To write scientific texts on Portuguese Expansion within the theoretical framework of global history.
Access conditions
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Degree pre-requisites
Length: 4 semesters. The total number of credits required to obtain a master´s degree is 120 credits and the postgraduate diploma is 60 credits. The dissertation correspond to 55 credits with a compulsory seminar to support the preparation of the dissertation corresponding to 5 credits.
Access to other courses
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Evaluation rules
The final evaluation of each curricular unit may involve the presentation of a practical system for blended learning (and may have recourse to videoconference or other systems that allow synchronous contact between faculty / graduate student). The defense of the dissertation is made in person at FCSH. Videoconferencing could be used as alternative for , since there is an agreement of cooperation between university´s home country with FCSH and/or Centre for Overseas History (CHAM) or also with consular offices of Portugal.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722051346 | Writing history | 5 |
| 722051347 | Dissertation in History of the Portuguese Empire | 55 |
| 722051364 | Portuguese Expansion | 10 |
| 722051334 | History of Early Modern Portugal | 10 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722051365 | The Portuguese in America | 10 |
| 722051368 | The Portuguese in Africa | 10 |
| 722051367 | 10 | |
| 722051366 | 10 | |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722051345 | Slavery in the Portuguese World | 10 |
| 722051343 | The Arts and the Colonial Experience | 10 |
| 722051342 | Trade networks of the Portuguese | 10 |
| 722051344 | Administrative and political frameworks | 10 |
| 722051341 | Religious Dimensions of the | 10 |
| 722051340 | Social and Cultural Interactions in the Portuguese Expansion | 10 |