Plan for Dissertation / Work Project / Internship Plan

Code:

2ECON05

Acronym:

PDPPPE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ME	79	Bologna Syllabus	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Português/English

Objectives

The course intends to teach students principles of research methodologies, to be applied in the preparation of a plan of dissertation / project / internship. Throughout this process the student should define and develop the research theme. In addition, a student’s supervisorit should also be appointed, who will follow the process that will result in the preparation of the plan of dissertation / project / internship.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course the student is expected to have:

1) identified the research question;

2) done a literatute review on the subject;

3) identified possible methodologies, in light of the literature and the research question;

4) defined the research work timeline.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.1 Stages of the research process

• Research question


• Exploration and exploratory readings


• Problems (theoretical): theories and concepts.


• Construction of the model of analysis and preparation of theoretical hypotheses


• Selection and application of methods and techniques


• Analysis and processing of information


• Conclusion

 

1.2 Scientific writing

• Formal rules of a dissertation / report


• Presentation and discussion of a scientific paper


• Academic Integrity

 

1.3 Bibliometrics

• Bibliographic databases


• Bibliometric indicators


• Bibliometrics as a support tool to the literature review
  
  

2.1 Meta-Analysis

• Definition of Meta-Analysis


• Fixed-effects model


• Random-effects model


• Mixed-effects model


• Meta-regression

 

2.2 Surveys and sampling

• Survey questionnaire and sampling


• Quantitative databases

Mandatory literature

Bibliografia a ser recomendada durante as sessões conjuntas; Bibliography to be recommended during the joint sessions
Saunders, Mark; Lewis, Philip and Thornhill, Adrian; Research Methods for Business Students, Prentice-Hall, Edinburgh., 2003
Eco, Humberto; Como se Faz uma Tese em Ciências Humanas, Editorial Presença, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

Individual tutorial sessions.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	25,00
Teste	15,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Examination components: Final report (written report: 60%),  intermediate presentation (written report + oral exam: 25%), test on the joint sessions contents (15%).

In addition, there is an initial report that will not be graded, but the failure to comply with delivering it on time implies a penalty of 1 point in the final grade.

The non submission of the final report by the deadline or the absence from the oral presentation or the test will imply the assignment of a grade of zero.

The approval to this course requires obtaining a minimum grade of 9.5 points (out of 20 ) in the final report.

Exceptionally, in duly justified situations directly related to the Master in Economics, the oral presentation may be undertaken via Skype.

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

Important deadlines:
i) delivery of the initial report - October 14, 2016;
ii) delivery of the document underlying the presentation - November 19, 2016;
iii) presentations - November 22, 2016 or November 29, 2016;
iv) test - January 3, 2017 or January 27, 2017;
iv) delivery of the final report - January 23, 2017.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Exceptionally, for students who cannot attend any of the dates, in duly justified situations and directly related to the Master in Economics, there may be a special assessment (written and/or oral) to replace the test. The special assessment will have to be requested by the student until December 16, 2016, being subject to approval by the lecturing team.

Classification improvement

Given the specificity of this course, there is no regime for grade improvement.

Observations

horários/shdules ME1, Português; ME2 English