Crossways in Cultural Narratives

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Ana Paiva Morais

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

5

Fees

3.500,00 €/total (Programme Country students- http://www.munduscrossways.eu/struttura.asp?cerca=admission_04) /

Schedule

After-work schedule

Education objectives

At the end of a personalised itinerary, students will have acquired the linguistic, methodological, cultural and personal skills allowing them to envisage either doctoral study or a career in the fields of management, the arts, teaching and communication (specialised journalism, professional criticism, television or radio production, advertising, public relations, documentation etc.).
They will have developed the capacities of conception, synthesis and analysis required of decision-makers in high office, as well as the multimedia and computing skills indispensable to those called upon to work with historical and cultural data. They will be able to lead discussion groups, preside over commissions and direct teams of action in a large variety of contexts: national or international institutions for cultural action, public or private inter-cultural exchanges, political responsibilities, public relations on behalf of multinational corporations, immigration, etc.

Access conditions

Selection is on academic criteria alone. The applicant’s previous study experience must be compatible with the Masters course Crossways in Cultural Narratives, a stipulation which opens the field especially to graduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The application and selection procedure for Crossways students will be a joint process involving each university of the Consortium. The application form, along with a list of required documents will be made available on the programme website: www.munduscrossways.eu . The applicants must also provide internationally acknowledged test certificates to prove that they speak at least 2 languages of the Consortium.

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 4 semesters
Student must acquire 120 ECTS, of which 70 are for taught courses. Credits to accomplish the non taught component are acquired globally, this is, a Dissertation Report I (5 ECTS) or a Dissertation Report II (10 ECTS), a Tutorial Seminar and Dissertation (40 ECTS) which totals 45 or 50 ECTS.

Access to other courses

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

Evaluation rules

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Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
722160062	Dissertação – módulo Intertextualidades	30
722160066	Dissertation Seminar	10

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722160000	Crítica Literária: Cultura e História (not translated)	10
722121033	English Literature Studies - 1st semester	10
722001037	Practices and Representations of the Body - 2nd semester	10
722091133	Problematics of Literary Criticism - 1st semester	10
722160003	Culture Theory - 2nd semester	10
722160004	Teoria da Literatura (not translated)	10
722091104	Feminist Theory and Literary Experience - 1st semester	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091123	Cânone Literário do Português (not translated) - 2nd semester	10
722091081	Contemporary Portuguese Literature - 1st semester	10
722091126	Temas de Literatura em Português (not translated) - 2nd semester	10

Elective option 3
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722160063	Estágio em Narrativas Culturais: Convergências e Aberturas (not translated) - 2nd semester	5
722160075	Preparation of a dissertation	5
722160076	Trabalho Preparatório da Dissertação II (not translated)	10

Elective option 4
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722111042	Myths and Heroic Models - 1st semester	10
722091125	Problems of Traditional Literature - 1st semester	10