Economics Seminar

Code:

1EC304

Acronym:

SECO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LECO	241	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

The purpose of the course is to supply students with conditions for both collective work and research, monitored by the respective lecturer, that will allow:
- To think critically about some specific issues;
- To acquire methodology and scientific research skills;
- To develop the capacity of working autonomously and collectively in new areas of learning;
- To get adequate written and oral skills needed for future professional careers.

Learning outcomes and competences

There is a double result from this work: 

• Acquire a research methodology and a capability of self-learning, that allows for a better performance when facing new situations needing technical and scientific interpretation.

• Develop specific topics or analyse new economic subjects.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

• Students must have a good training in Economics;

• A high working capacity and studying method is required;

• A good general culture is recommended.

Program

• The course's program is built by the students and by the workgroups. Teachers will only play the role of orienting, organizing and evaluating the work students are doing. Each teacher is entitled with one or more themes with which play the roles previously mentioned.
  
  There will be one or two classes taught in English. Foreign students are also welcome in classes taught in Portuguese. Also, portuguese-speaking students may apply to english-spoken classes according to availability.

Mandatory literature

To be defined according to the topic of the investigation; A definir em função do tema da investigação

Comments from the literature

Other bibliography needed for developing the different themes will be presented in the respective class

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methodology is identified with the teaching method.
• The methodologies adopted during the course will be defined in class; they include the following steps:
• Workgroups of three students will be constituted.
• A subject of research will be defined for each group;
• Students will research the defined subject;
• Each group will make a preliminary oral presentation and a final oral presentation about the on-going research;
• Each group will present a final paper with the result of research (35000 characters as a maximum, spaces included);
• There may be an oral defence of the final paper, with a juri of two lecturers.

In every lesson there will be work with all the students in every group, as programmed by the teacher.

Every activity is taken in account in the final assessment. The work is made in group but assessment is individual.

Software

PowerPoint ou compatível
Word ou compatível
EndNote

keywords

Social sciences > Economics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	1,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	15,00
Estudo autónomo	14,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must be present at least 75% of lessons to get approval at the course.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed assessment without final exam is the only type of evaluation for all students, except FEP students in mobility programs abroad. Although students should work in-group, assessment is individual. There are several moments of assessment:

• Every reunion with the lecturer;
• The making of the exercises indicated by the lecturer;
• The research work;
• The text with the result of research;
• Oral debates

Classification improvement

After the final grade is attributed in consequence of distributed assessment, any student with grade equal or higher than 10 can ask for a review of his/her final grade. In this case, the student must be submitted to a supplementary verbal debate about the final paper’s content.

This debate is realized by the whole group and not only by the student that ask the grade review.

Observations

The regular visit to the page of Economy Seminar in the Sigarra is strongly recommended.