Thesis Project

Code:

CMAR602

Acronym:

CMAR602

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Marine Sciences

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Biology
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDBMA	8	PE PhD in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture	1	-	30	120	810

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To write a thesis project to be latter executed during the doctorate.

Learning outcomes and competences

Identify the main scientific questions to be answered by the project excution.
To elaborate a bibliographical survey and to write a review paper.
To write a thesis project and discuss it with researchers from that scientific area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Bibliographical survey
Writing a review paper
Writing a thesis project

Mandatory literature

Portugal Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Observatório das Ciências e das Tecnologias; Research projects in Portugal

Comments from the literature

The references to be used will depend on the theme of the thesis

Teaching methods and learning activities

Tutorial sessions about how to write a scientific project

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	600,00
Trabalho escrito	200,00
Total:	800,00

Eligibility for exams

Presentation of the project report and a review paper

Calculation formula of final grade

Review paper - 30%
Presenation and discussion of project - 70%

Classification improvement

Writing a new project