Dissertation / Work Project / Internship Plan

Code:

2EGI06

Acronym:

PDTPE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2025/2026 - 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	40	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Enable students to apply previously acquired knowledge of research methodology and data processing to a specific scientific field that requires further study, resulting in the development of a project leading to the preparation of a master's thesis.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the process (final report), students are expected to have:

• clearly identified the research question and discussed the gap they intend to fill (contribution to the scientific literature in the field);

• conducted a competent and comprehensive literature review in the relevant research area;

• identified and justified, in light of the literature and in line with the research question, the methodology to be selected (research strategy to be followed, including the data collection and analysis techniques to be used).

In addition to the three components mentioned above, the dissertation/project/internship plan must also contain a schedule of the work to be carried out.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part I. RESEARCH PROCESS

1 – Stages of the research process 
2 – Scientific writing 
3 – Bibliometrics

Part II. RESEARCH METHODS

4 – Sampling and surveys 
5A – Qualitative Methods
5B – Quantitative Methods
5Bi. Quantitative methods: Social network analysis, opinion mining, sentiment analysis
5Bii. Econometric Methods 

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
Bell, J., Waters, S., Johnson, H.; Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-time Researchers, 8th edition, Open University Press, 2024

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

Joint presentation and discussion sessions (detailed session plan available on Moodle).

Individual tutoring sessions.

Presentation and discussion of Dissertation/Project/Internship Projects prepared by students, in collaboration with an advisor and the course instructors.

Class attendance is mandatory, in accordance with FEP rules.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
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 academic fraud, namely plagiarism at any time during assessment, will automatically result in the student failing the course without the right to appeal and the consequent initiation of proceedings before higher authorities.

- If repeated instances of fraud are proven, the MEGI Scientific Committee may impose the maximum penalty: preventing the student from accessing the dissertation and thus obtaining a master's degree.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation is continuous and includes:

- Two written reports (Report 2-25%; Report 3 / final - 55%)

- Presentation / Defense of the final report (20%)

Final classification =  0,25*report 1 + 0,55*report 3 + 0,20*presentation/defense of the final report. 


Other requirements:

a) Passing the course requires a minimum grade of 9.5 in Report 3 (Dissertation Proposal);

b) Failure to submit Reports 2 or 3 by the deadline, or failure to attend the scheduled session for the defense of the dissertation proposal, will result in a grade of 0 for that assessment;

c) Failure to submit the PowerPoint presentations for the dissertation proposal defense session on the scheduled date will result in a penalty of 1 point on the final grade;

d) Failure to submit Report 1 (on the research topic) on the scheduled date will result in a penalty of 1 point on the final grade;

e) Failure to attend the scheduled session for the presentation and discussion of the topic to be investigated will result in a penalty of 1 point on the final grade;

f) Failure to comply with the page limit will result in a penalty of 1 point on the grade of the respective report.

Classification improvement

N/A

Observations

Given the specificity of the course, there is no final exam assessment.