Dissertation Project
| Keywords |
| Classification |
Keyword |
| OFICIAL |
Biology |
Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S 
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
The course project has as its primary goal the theoretical development of that which will constitute the project of research leading to the preparation of the student master dissertation. This course will improve in student the skills and competencies for the development of a scientific project with a strong experimental component on the area of Plant Biology.
Learning outcomes and competences
Within this course is intended that students acquire advanced training and knowledge in Biology of Plants, based on their literature research, searching the information they need to conduct a research in this area of knowledge. Working method
Presencial
Program
In this course student will prepare a literature review of the theme chosen and outline the objectives and a work plan, duly substantiated in pre-existing knowledge of the theme.Mandatory literature
Taiz Lincoln 340;
Plant physiology and development. ISBN: 9781605352558
Comments from the literature
The bibliography will be diferent according to the theme of the dissertation and will basically consist of scientific articles published in several journals of the specialty
Teaching methods and learning activities
In this course will be prepare, by the student, a monograph including the state of the art of the chosen topic and description of the research project to develop, with detailed description of the objectives, methodology, expected results and timeline, according to the template presented and written in english.
This course includes only hours of tutorials provided by the UC teachers and supervisor, that will assist the student in choosing the future topic of his masters dissertation, and monitor the process of preparing the literature review, defining the objectives of the work and planning of the experimental work. With this monitoring the student will develop the theoretical level what should come to constitute the draft research leading to the preparation of the dissertation.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
| designation |
Weight (%) |
| Trabalho escrito |
100,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| designation |
Time (hours) |
| Elaboração de projeto |
81,00 |
| Total: |
81,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Written work presentation, in english.
Calculation formula of final grade
The classification is based only on the assessment of the submitted draft report
Classification improvement
This UC does not include the possibility of improvement in the classification
Observations
Professor Coordenador: Paula Melo
Jury: Paula Melo/Fernanda Fidalgo/Silvia Coimbra
This course unit assumes only one submission date in January and cannot be completed during the special exam period in September