Dissertation/Work Project/Internship Plan

Code:

2MDA11

Acronym:

PD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies
OFICIAL	Information Technology
OFICIAL	Statistics

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Modeling, Data Analysis and Decision Support Systems

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MADSAD	22	Official Syllabus - after 2020-2021	2	-	9	63	243

Teaching language

English

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to provide students the skills necessary for the development of work leading to a dissertation, work project or internship plan.

Students should be able to:

1. Describe a problem / research topic.

2. Critically review the literature relevant to the research topic;

3. Identify the appropriate methodological approach;

4. Prepare a schedule of activities to perform.

All the above elements must be included in the dissertation plan that will be developed by the students.

Learning outcomes and competences

The main learning outcome is the development of a dissertation plan. This plan will be the foundation for the work the students will later conduct in order to develop a dissertation, work project or dissertation plan. While developing the dissertation plan, the students should be able to:

1. Identify and describe a problem / research topic, of academic or business nature;

2. Conduct a critical review of the relevant literature;

3. Identify the theoretical, methodological and practical tools needed to analyse the problem;

4. Identify the data required to analyse the problem;

5. Develop a schedule for the remaining activities to be performed.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Program

1. Research methodologies

2. Presentation of problems / research topics by the master's teachers, companies and researchers

3. Students' presentation of the topic and supervisor

4. Students' presentation of the dissertation plan

Mandatory literature

Hart, Chris; Doing your masters dissertation. ISBN: 978-0-7619-4217-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes with presentation and discussion of topics.

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)
Frequência das aulas	63,00
Trabalho de investigação	180,00
Total:	243,00

Eligibility for exams

Eligibility

• Oral presentation of the topic and supervisor

• Oral presentation of the dissertation plan

• Submission of a written document with the dissertation plan

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is equal to the grade of the written document with the dissertation plan.

The oral presentations of the topic and supervisor, and of the dissertation plan, are not taken into account in the final grade, but are mandatory in order to pass the course. Therefore, any student that fails to do any of the two oral presentations cannot pass the course unit.