Dissertation / Work Project / Internship Plan

Code:

2EGI06

Acronym:

PDTPE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in International Economics and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEGI	29	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Allow the student to apply knowledge of research methodology and data processing, previously acquired in a particular scientific field which should be deepened, resulting in the development of the project leading to the development of the dissertation.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the process (Final Report) it is expected that the student has:

•  clearly identified the research question and discuss the gap he want to fill / contribution within the scientific literature of the area;
• conducted an adequate and complete literature review in the relevant research area;
• identified and justified, according to the existing literature and consistent with the research question, the methodology to adopt (research strategy to follow, including techniques for the collection and analysis of data to be used).

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part I. RESEARCH PROCESS

1 – Stages of the research process (1/2 class)
2 – Scientific writing (1/2 class)
3 – Bibliometrics (1 class) Note: Students are advised to bring their Laptops to class.

Part II. RESEARCH METHODS

4 – Sampling and surveys (1 class)
5A – Qualitative Methods (3 classes)Publications.
5B – Quantitative Methods (2 classes)
5Bi. Quantitative methods: Social network analysis, opinion mining, sentiment analysis (1 class)
5Bii. Econometric Methods (1 class)

Part III. TUTORIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandatory literature

Sousa, Maria José e Baptista, Cristina Sales; Como fazer investigação, dissertações, teses e relatórios, Pactor, 2011. ISBN: 978-989-693-001-1

Comments from the literature

Specific bibliography of each point of the program indicated in an autonomous document in the page of the courso in the sigarra.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Six joint sessions of presentation and discussion (detailed plan of the sessions available in the section "Documents").

Individual tutoring sessions.

Presentation and discussion of Dissertation projects / Work Project / Internship produced by the students in collaboration with a faculty supervisor and teachers of the curricular unit.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	15,00
Teste	15,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	0,50
Estudo autónomo	8,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Trabalho de investigação	170,00
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

Important notes:

  § Any behavior of academic fraud, namely plagiarism at any moment of evaluation, will automatically imply the student's disapproval to the course without the right to appeal.

  § If it proves a recurrence of fraud, the Scientific Committee of the master will be able to pronounce itself by the maximum sanction - to prevent the student from accessing the dissertation and thus obtaining the master's degree.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation is continuous and includes: '

- 1 mini-test (15%)

- 2 Reports (Report 2-20%; Report 3 (final) - 50%)

- Presentation / Defense of Final Report (15%)

- If the student does not present the research idea or fails the intermediate presentation, 1 point (out of 20) will be deducted from the final grade.

- If the student fails any of the above mentioned assignments with classification, he/she will have a classification of zero points (out of 20) in the corresponding assessment. A minimum score of 10 in the Report 3 (Dissertation Proposal) im mandatory for approval.

- There is no possibility of approval through final exam.

Classification improvement

N/A

Observations

There is no possibility of approval through final exam.