Portuguese Studies

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doctorate

Coordinator

Abel Barros Baptista

Opening date

September 2015

Vacancies

20 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 as free-elective optionals: 10 credits. The free seminar optional 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 of national or foreign Higher Education institutions, 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 300 and 310, 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
73209180	Methodological Issues in Portuguese Studies	10
73209101	Problematics of Portuguese Studies	10
73209112	Thesis on Portuguese Studies	180
73209111	Final paper in Portuguese Studies	20

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73209107	Seminar in Teaching Portuguese	10
73209104	Seminar in Classical Studies	10
73209105	Seminar in Comparative Studies	10
73209103	Seminar in Cultural Studies	10
73209102	Seminar in Studies in Literature	10
73209106	Seminar in Book History and Textual Criticism	10
73209108	Seminar in Traditional and Oral Literature	10
73209109	Seminar in Literatures and Cultures of the Portuguese Language	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73209113	Opção Livre (not translated)	10
73209110	Research Seminar in Portuguese Studies	10