Journalism

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

António Granado

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

25

Fees

New students - 1.100,00

Schedule

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

Education objectives

Access conditions

1) In accordance with n.º 1, article 17 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006 and republished by Decree-Law No. 115/2013. 2) Candidates who meet the academic and curriculum requirements set forth in number 1 of the above article will be selected and ranked according to the following criteria: a. Final grade of 1st cycle degree (licenciatura); b. Academic and scientific curriculum: c. Professional curriculum; d. Interview (optional).

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 3 semesters.
Total credits: 93 credits (60 in course units of the study programme + 33 in the non-taught component).
Types of non-taught component: Dissertation, Project Work, Practical Work Experience with Report.
Number of credits from free-elective options: 10 credits (the student can obtain 10 credits from free-elective options in course units taught at post-graduate level at FCSH/UNL, or at any other national or foreign higher education institution with bilateral agreement.)

Access to other courses

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

Evaluation rules

Academic Regulation for curricular units evaluation is available at intranet. 1) No obligatory precedences for attending the program’s courses. 2) 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

Structure

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722011047	Journalistic Writing - 1st semester	10
722011135	History and Theories of Journalism - 2nd semester	10
722011136	Specialised Journalism I - 1st semester	10
722011137	Specialised Journalism II - 2nd semester	10
722011066	NEW MEDIA NARRATIVES - 1st semester	10
722011076	Contemporary Issues in Journalism - 2nd semester	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722011139	Master thesis in Journalism	33
722011048	Estágio com Relatório em Jornalismo (not translated)	33
722011089	Trabalho de Projecto em Jornalismo (not translated)	33