Portuguese Studies

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Paula Cristina Costa

Opening date

September 2015

Vacancies

15 vagas

Fees

1.000€/year

Schedule

After-work schedule (to be available at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino/mestrados)

Education objectives

Access conditions

1) As provided in paragraph 1, article 17 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006 and republished by Decree-Law No. 115/2013. 2) Applicants meeting the requirements of academic and curricular shall be selected taking into account the following criteria: a) degree classification; b) academic and scientific curriculum; c) Professional curriculum; d) Possible interview

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 2 years/4 semesters
Total credits: 120 credits (60 credits from curricular units + 60 credits from the non-teaching component)
Non-teaching component modes: Dissertation or Project Work or Internship with Report.
The student performs 40 credits in all the curricular units offered. The student also carries 20 credits for free-elective optionals (from curricular units of postgraduate level at FCSH/NOVA, UNL, or other national or foreign institutions of higher education,under agreement).
In the 3rd semester the student must perform a follow-up seminar from the non teaching component (5 ECTS).

Access to other courses

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

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

A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the post-graduate diploma. The final grade of the post-graduate diploma is the average, by credit, of the grades obtained in the course units in which the student obtained the 60 credits from the taught part of the Masters course. A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the Masters degree. The final grade of the Masters degree will be the average of the final grade of the taught part of the course, weighted to 40%, and the grade awarded to the dissertation, project work or practical work experience report, weighted to 60%.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
722091141	Follow-up Seminar	5

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091123	Portuguese Literary Canon	10
722091128	Camões Studies	10
722091129	Modernism Studies	10
722091130	History of the book	10
722091131	History and Fiction in Portuguese Culture	10
722091127	Digital Humanities	10
722091081	Contemporary Portuguese Literature	10
722091125	Problems of Traditional Literature	10
722091133	Issues of Literary Criticism	10
722091140	Supervising and Writing Seminar	10
722091124	Themes of Portuguese Culture	10
722091126	Themes of Literature in Portuguese	10
722160003	Culture Theory	10
722091106	Topics of Literary Theory	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091142	Master Thesis in Portuguese Studies	55
722091144	Internship with Report in Portuguese Studies	55
722091143	Project Work in Portuguese Studies	55