Dissertation
| Keywords |
| Classification |
Keyword |
| OFICIAL |
Computer Science |
Instance: 2021/2022 - A 
Cycles of Study/Courses
| Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
| M:CC |
27 |
Study plan since 2014/2015 |
2 |
- |
48 |
32 |
1296 |
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching - Hours
| Type |
Teacher |
Classes |
Hour |
| Tutorial Supervision |
Totals |
25 |
25,00 |
| Inês de Castro Dutra |
|
1,00 |
| José Paulo de Vilhena Geraldes Leal |
|
0,50 |
| João Pedro Pedroso Ramos dos Santos |
|
1,00 |
| Sandra Maria Mendes Alves |
|
0,50 |
| João Paulo da Conceição Soares |
|
1,00 |
| Luís Miguel Barros Lopes |
|
0,50 |
| Ricardo Jorge Gomes Lopes da Rocha |
|
0,50 |
| Pedro Manuel Pinto Ribeiro |
|
2,00 |
| Manuel Bernardo Martins Barbosa |
|
0,50 |
| Álvaro Pedro de Barros Borges Reis Figueira |
|
1,33 |
| Bernardo Luís Fernandes Portela |
|
0,50 |
| João Nuno Vinagre Marques da Silva |
|
3,00 |
| Ana Paula Nunes Gomes Tomás |
|
2,00 |
| António Mário da Silva Marcos Florido |
|
2,34 |
| Pedro Baltazar Vasconcelos |
|
0,33 |
| Rita Paula Almeida Ribeiro |
|
0,50 |
| Nuno Miguel Pereira Moniz |
|
0,50 |
| Rolando da Silva Martins |
|
1,50 |
| Eduardo Resende Brandão Marques |
|
0,50 |
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
This curricular unit, from the last year of the masters degree, has the goal to evaluate the capacity of student’s to perform autonomous, research-level work.
Learning outcomes and competences
In this unit the students must:
- Implement the solution proposed for the problem they chose as the topic for the dissertation;
- Write and publicly defend a dissertation that describes his findings.
Working method
Presencial
Program
The proposals for dissertation are put forward by members of the Department of Computer Science, or by external researchers with which the members of the Department have research collaborationsMandatory literature
***; (to be provided by the advisors), ***, 2017. ISBN: *** ((to be provided by the advisors))
Teaching methods and learning activities
The assignment of problems to students in the context of research projects, academic and/or industry-based, provides an objective way to evaluate the capacity of final year students to perform quality research level, autonomous work.Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
| designation |
Weight (%) |
| Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese |
100,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| designation |
Time (hours) |
| Trabalho de investigação |
810,00 |
| Total: |
810,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Achievement of the minimum grades for all evaluation components
Calculation formula of final grade
Public examination of written thesis.
The final grade will be assigned based on the following criteria:
- Information provided by the advisor(s) regarding the student’s performance;
- The dissertation written by the student;
- A public presentation and defense of the dissertation work
Observations
The supervision of the work is performed by members of the Department so that the performance of the students can be objectively evaluated. Besides the information provided by the advisor(s), the dissertation is reviewed by an external examiner (from a different University). This protocol allows the internal evaluation of the student (by the advisor(s)) to be cross-checked by an external reviewer, giving credibility to the process and to the final grade. The grade itself is quantified based on the above mentioned parameters in such a way as to minimize subjectivity.