Thematic Seminar

Code:

DEMSSO014

Acronym:

ST

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2025/2026 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DEMSSO	21	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	18	64	486

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To address in a systematic way the theoretical and practical knowledge and concepts to develop during the semester the research project in Occupational Safety and Health.

Learning outcomes and competences

- To address in a systematic way the theoretical and practical knowledge and concepts to develop during the preparation of the research project in Occupational Safety and Health.

 - To provide the students with the adequate tools to consult relevant databases;

 - To develop the scientific curiosity and the capacity of apprehension of the reality in each student's particular domain of study;

 - To develop the capacity of identification, evaluation and adequate formulation of problems in the domain of interest;

 - To understand the multidisciplinary of the problems related to Occupational Safety and Health;

 - To develop the synthesis ability in the written and oral communication;

 - Implementation of scientific methodology taking into account the ethic aspects.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The topics of the syllabus are those considered to be adequate for the development of a scientific report that culminates with the presentation of a thesis project. In particular, we may highlight:

- General aspects of the scientific methodology.

- Main steps of the research process: planning, implementation and communication.

- Different  digital tools adequate to the topic under investigation.

- Conceptualization and design of a research project.

- Development of the thesis project.

Mandatory literature

Carla Martins ; Manual de análise de dados quantitativos com recurso à IBM SPSS : Saber decidir, fazer, interpretar e redigir
Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln; The SAGE handbook of qualitative research

Teaching methods and learning activities

The lectures are of tutorial type, with the aim of producing an education specially tailored to each student, taking into account the great diversity of the students' academic background. The participation of each student in the general discussions is encouraged throughout the course.

On the other side, students are required to have self-discipline and to show maturity and capacity of producing autonomous work. 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Elaboração de projeto	40,00
Total:	50,00

Eligibility for exams

Ordinary students: In order to have a regular attendance, students must present their work at biweekly meetings.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation of the u.c. is of type ‘continuous’, with the assessment in a global form, of the presentation and discussion of the Thesis Project.