Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Trabalho Final de Curso em Prática Instrumental ou Vocal

Code

73202114

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências Musicais

Credits

20

Weekly hours

-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Final Coursework Project consists in the individual Dissertation Project and a theoretical discussion of the field of studies. It is supervised by the students tutor, and it is discussed by a jury in a public defense. Its objective is to give students the opportunity to organize knowledge and to build a solid research project, all discussed by specialists. The Final Coursework Project requires the development of knowledge and student evaluation in coursework must be oriented towards the application of learning to student´s research projects. Final Coursework Project is the most important product in the first year of the doctoral programme.

Prerequisites

The discussion will take place only after the conclusion of all the other UC of the Doctoral Course.

Subject matter

a) An essay on the state of the art in student´s projected areas;
b) A theoreticalli grouded proposal, linked to a), of an original research plan for the doctoral dissertation, including research problems, its theoretical framework, and its relevance for the advance of knowledge, research methods and a cronogram.

Bibliography

A bibliografia principal será a adequada a cada especialidade e projeto de estudos.

Teaching method

Methodologies vary according to the semester-long interaction of the student with his tutor.
1. The Final Coursework Project is a twenty to thirty pages long, including bibliographic references.
2. It is presented according to FCSH´s dissertation rules.
3. The conclusion of this project takes place at the end of the last semester of the first year of the doctoral program.
This project is evaluated and graded after a public discussion with a jury made of three specialists, according to the specific rules of the University.


Evaluation method

This project is evaluated and graded after a public discussion with a jury made of three specialists, according to the specific rules of the University.

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