Political Science

Code:

1OP03

Acronym:

CPol

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LECO	30	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81
LGES	22	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The goals of this course are:

a) To make students familiar with the main set of concepts, theories and issues in Political Science,
b) To develop their ability to understand and analyse political phenomena.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Politics and Political Science
2. Ideology
3. The State
4. Political Regimes and Systems of Government
5. Political Parties and Party Systems
6. Electoral Systems
7. Public Participation
8. Global Governance

Mandatory literature

Andrew Heywood; Politics, Palgrave Mcmillan, 2013 (4th edition)
Andrew Heywood; Political ideologies. ISBN: 978-0-230-52180-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course involves lectures and oral presentations by students.  

keywords

Social sciences
Social sciences > Political sciences > Policy studies
Social sciences > Political sciences > Governance
Social sciences > Economics > Political economy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	42,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Grading involves a written project and its oral presentation and a test.

Calculation formula of final grade

The grade is the average of the grade of the research project and its presentation in class (50%) and that of a test (50%)

Classification improvement

Only via final exam.