Research Methodology and Practicum

Code:

MD148

Acronym:

MIP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S (since 05-02-2024 to 17-05-2024)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	9	Plano Oficial MD do ano letivo 2016	1	-	15	-
		Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2022	1	-	15	-
		Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2023	1	-	15	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of this course is to prepare students for research, preparing and presenting a work in the context of legal and economic sciences. Students are expected to acquire skills in terms of bibliographical research, treatment of sources, delimitation and identification of an object of study, capacity for critical analysis, etc.

Learning outcomes and competences

Acquisition of research skills in order to prepare and present a work in the context of legal-economic sciences.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The topics will be presented by each U.C. lecturer, but will include economic regulation, competition, public intervention, European finance and taxation, among others.

Mandatory literature

Umberto Eco; Como se faz uma tese em ciências humanas. ISBN: 972-23-1351-7

Comments from the literature

The bibliography for the different subjects will be indicated by each of the lecturers.

Teaching methods and learning activities

A first class will be held in the FDUP Library, introducing master's students to existing bibliographic and electronic resources, as well as the basic methodology that should underpin a research project.
This will be followed by the topics of academic fraud and academic misconduct, quotation methods, bibliographic organisation, among others.
Afterwards, each of the lecturers will give a lesson in which they will present some suggestions for research topics related to their areas of study.
The other sessions will be organised on a mentoring basis with a view to monitoring the research work of the master's students and answering any questions they may have.
Once the first research papers have been finalised, the students will begin to present their work, as well as "contradict" their colleagues' work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	60,00
Frequência das aulas	20,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

N.a.

Calculation formula of final grade

Presentation: 75%
Rebuttal to the colleague's work: 25%