Dissertation Preparation
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Biology |
Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
The curricular unit Project is one of the ways for demonstrating that the Master subjects have been learned. The student should write a research or training proposal on the thematic of the master. The written proposal should include a short review of the literature, a description of the goals, hypotheses to be tested, procedures to be used and a projected analysis of results.
Learning outcomes and competences
The student should demonstrate capacity to integrate and synthesize pertinent bibliography (describing the state of the art in a particular subject) and to address questions deserving further research; to understand the possible methodologies and techniques available to deal with those questions; and to be aware of the expected results.
Working method
Presencial
Program
The context for each project is to be drawn from some topic within the areas of Aquatic Biological Resources. Each student is to develop his/her own project report, dealing with a literature survey and the writing of a research plan on the subject is planning to work in the second year.
Mandatory literature
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Teaching methods and learning activities
Tutorial supervising
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Trabalho escrito |
50,00 |
Prova oral |
50,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
2,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
40,00 |
Total: |
42,00 |
Eligibility for exams
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Calculation formula of final grade
Evaluation: written project report and oral presentation of the project.
Classification improvement
This UC does not include the possibility of improvement in the classification