Anthropology

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doctorate

Coordinator

Margarida Fernandes

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

35

Fees

5 200 €/total = 1 300 €/annual*4

Schedule

After-work schedule (to be available at http://fcsh.unl.pt/escola-doutoral/doutoramentos)

Education objectives

1) To provide students with an up to date understanding of the issues and theoretical perspectives of Anthropology, thereby enabling them to participate critically and with well-founded arguments in key national and international debates that contribute to this dynamic scientific area.

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 freely chosen by students: 10 credits. The free-elective 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 in other institutions of national or foreign Higher Education institutions under agreement.

Access to other courses

A Doctorate is a final qualification.
This study programme is recognized for career progression purposes of recruitment for teachers of group 200 and 400, 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
73200100	Methodologies in Anthropology - 1st semester	10
73200101	Advanced Topics in Anthropology - 1st semester	10
73200111	Thesis	180
73200110	Thesis Project	20

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73200109	Seminar in Applied Anthropology, Cooperation and Development - 2nd semester	10
73200102	Seminar in Biological Anthropology and Ethnoecology - 2nd semester	10
73200104	Seminar in Migrations, Ethnicity and Transnationalism - 2nd semester	10
73200105	Seminar in Anthropology of Space and Cities - 2nd semester	10
73200106	Seminar in Power, Resistance and Social Movements - 2nd semester	10
73200103	Seminar in Image, Culture and Heritage - 2nd semester	10
73200107	Seminar in Production, Work and Consumption - 2nd semester	10
73200108	Seminar in Ritual, Performance and Religion - 2nd semester	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
7373203103	Opção Livre (not translated)	10