Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Linguistics

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doctorate

Coordinator

Maria Teresa Lino

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

20

Fees

5 200 €/total = 1 300 €/annual*4

Schedule

Daytime 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-elective seminar 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 national or foreign Higher Education institutions under 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, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340 and 350, 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
73213100 Metodologias em Linguística (not translated) - 2nd semester 10
73213101 Temáticas Aprofundadas em Linguística (not translated) - 2nd semester 10
73213113 Tese em Linguística (not translated) 180
73213112 Trabalho Final em Linguística (not translated) - 2nd semester 20
Elective option 1
Code Name ECTS
Options
73213102 Seminário de Especialidade em Lexicologia, Lexicografia e Terminologia (not translated) - 1st semester 10
73213107 Seminário de Especialidade em Linguística do Texto e do Discurso (not translated) - 1st semester 10
73213103 Seminário de Especialidade em Linguística e Ensino de Língua (not translated) - 1st semester 10
73213104 Seminário de Especialidade em Linguística Geral (not translated) - 1st semester 10
73213105 Seminário de Especialidade em Linguística Histórica (not translated) 10
73213106 Seminário de Especialidade em Linguística Portuguesa (not translated) 10
73213108 Seminário de Especialidade em Pragmática (not translated) 10
73213109 Seminário de Especialidade em Psicolinguística (not translated) - 1st semester 10
73213110 Seminário de Especialidade em Sociolinguística (not translated) 10
Elective option 2
Code Name ECTS
Options
73213114 Opção Livre (not translated) 10
73213111 Seminário de Investigação: Linguística (not translated) 10