History of The Portuguese Empire

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

João Paulo Oliveira e Costa

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

24

Fees

2.700,00 €/total = 1.350,00 €/annual

Schedule

The course is given through asynchronous e-learning.

Education objectives

The achievement of MA in History of the Portuguese Empire involves the acquisition of the following
knowledge and skills:
- To provide scientific and academic training in the History of the Portuguese Expansion;
- To deepen the scientific and academic training in the comparative histories of the colonial empires;
- To apply a trans-disciplinary methodology which is innovative in Global History;
- To develop the necessary skills for the pursuit of future in-depth study;
- To enhance internationalisation of academic and scientific activities with research networks in the European
space, the Community of Portuguese-speaking countries and other regions, particularly in those with intensive
contacts with Portuguese expansion or who today have sizeable Portuguese-speaking immigrant communities.
- To write scientific texts on Portuguese Expansion within the theoretical framework of global history.

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 expressed in paragraph 1 of this Article 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.
The student performs 60 credits in all the curricular units offered.
In the 3rd semester the student must perform the Seminar Writing History (5 ECTS).

Access to other courses

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

Evaluation rules

The final evaluation of each curricular unit may involve the presentation of a practical system for blended learning (and may have recourse to videoconference or other systems that allow synchronous contact between faculty / graduate student). The defense of the dissertation is made in person at FCSH/NOVA. Videoconferencing could be used as alternative for , since there is an agreement of cooperation between university´s home country with FCSH/NOVA and/or Centre for Overseas History (CHAM) or also with consular offices of Portugal. 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
722051346	Writing history	5
722051347	Dissertation in History of the Portuguese Empire	55
722051364	Portuguese Expansion - 1st semester	10
722051334	History of Early Modern Portugal (15th to 18th centuries) - 1st semester	10

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722051365	The Portuguese in America	10
722051368	The Portuguese in Africa - 1st semester	10
722051367		10
722051366		10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722051345	Slavery in the Portuguese World - 2nd semester	10
722051343	The Arts and the Colonial Experience	10
722051342	Trade networks of the Portuguese	10
722051344	Administrative and political frameworks	10
722051341	Religious Dimensions of the	10
722051340	Social and Cultural Interactions in the Portuguese Expansion	10