Doctoral Thesis in Spatial Planning

Code:

PDPT011

Acronym:

TDPT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Urbanism and Spatial Planning

Instance: 2022/2023 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Spatial Planning and Environment Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Spatial Planning

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDPT	19	Syllabus	2	-	120	60	3240
PDPT	19	Syllabus	3	-	120	60	3240

Teaching - Hours

Tutorial Supervision:

0,00

Type	Teacher	Classes
Tutorial Supervision	Totals	1
	Cecília do Carmo Ferreira da Silva
	Fernando Manuel Brandão Alves

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The learning outcomes consist in developing: the capacity for structured knowledge in a scientific area; the competencies, abilities and research methods associated to a scientific domain; the capacity for conceiving, designing, adapting and carrying out a significant research work, complying with high academic standards of quality and integrity.
It is also expected that students acquire competencies for critically analyse, assess and synthesise complex new ideas and for communicating with their peers, the academic community at large and the society in general about their area of expertise.

Learning outcomes and competences

Provide students with the skills and competences to coordinate and develop high-level R&D.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Elaboration of the state of the art relative to the theme of the thesis
Production of a significant volume of original research work that contributes to enlarge the frontiers of knowledge and part of which reaches the standard required for national or international dissemination in peer reviewed journals.
Preparation of an original dissertation.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit objectives.

The syllabus, adequately adapted to each individual student, culminates with the production of an original dissertation that contributes to the advancement of science, which is the main objective to be fulfilled by the curricular unit.

Mandatory literature

https://moodle.fe.up.pt/1112/course/category.php?id=53 ( curso e-learning para desenvolvimento de competências de infoliteracia). Artigos científicos no domínio do tema da tese.; .

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methods: tutorial.

The work involves sessions for discussion of the thesis topics and for monitoring the progress achieved.

The specific nature of this curricular unit, with a significant component of individual and original work, demands a teaching methodology that promotes recurrent discussion of the subjects involved and monitoring of the progress achieved.
The thesis is defended in a public session with a board of examiners comprising the Rector, at least three PhD holders and the supervisor and co-supervisor(if any).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Presentation and public discussion of the thesis to a jury=100%

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