Communication Sciences
Cycle
Terceiro ciclo
Degree
Doctorate
Coordinator
António Marques
Opening date
September, 2015
Vacancies
25 vagas
Fees
1.200€/year
Schedule
After-work schedule (to be available at http://fcsh.unl.pt/escola-doutoral/doutoramentos)
Education objectives
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/NOVA as testifying to the candidate’s ability to undertake this cycle of studies; c) Possess an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognised by the Academic Board of FCSH/NOVA as testifying to the candidate’s ability to undertake this cycle of studies.
Degree pre-requisites
Length: 8 semesters. Total credits: 240 credits (60 from curricular units + 180 credits from the non teaching component). Non teaching component modalities: Thesis. Number of credits for free option scheme: 10 credits. The free seminar option can be chosen among curricular units from the postgraduate training offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH/NOVA), in other units of NOVA University of Lisbon, or other institutions of national Higher Education or foreign, by agreement or protocol.
Access to other courses
A Doctorate is a final qualification.
This course is recognized for career progression purposes of recruitment for teachers of group 200, as provided in the Statute of Teaching Career
Evaluation rules
The study course leading to the doctoral degree includes the completion of a doctoral program that consists of curricular unit aimed at training for research; the realization of an original thesis, designed especially for this purpose, appropriate to the branch of knowledge or expertise. The seminar curricular units type are classified on a scale of 0-20. The final classification of the PhD course is expressed by approved or not approved formulas. In case of approval, the final classification of the PhD course is expressed in the range 10-20 on a scale of 0-20, doing the arithmetic average of the marks in which the curricular units with 10 ECTS. The final classification of the thesis is expressed by formulas approved or refused by justified nominal vote with no abstentions.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 73201100 | Methodology for Communication Sciences | 10 |
| 73201101 | Advanced Themes in Communication Sciences | 10 |
| 73201111 | Tese em Ciências da Comunicação (not translated) | 180 |
| 73201110 | Final Report in Communication Sciences | 10 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73201102 | Seminário de Especialidade em Cinema e Televisão (not translated) | 10 |
| 7320103 | Seminário de Especialidade em Comunicação e Artes (not translated) | 10 |
| 73201105 | Seminário de Especialidade em Comunicação e Ciências Sociais (not translated) | 10 |
| 73201106 | Seminário de Especialidade em Comunicação e Linguagem (not translated) | 10 |
| 73201104 | Strategic Communication Seminar | 10 |
| 73201107 | Seminário de Especialidade em Cultura Contemporânea e Novas Tecnologias (not translated) | 10 |
| 73201112 | Seminário de Especialidade em Estudos de Argumentação | 10 |
| 73201108 | Seminário de Especialidade em Estudos dos Media e do Jornalismo (not translated) | 10 |
| 73201109 | Seminário de Especialidade em Teorias da Comunicação (not translated) | 10 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73217110 | Opção Livre (not translated) | 10 |