Innovation in Occupational Safety and Health

Code:

DEMSSO013

Acronym:

ISSO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
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	14	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	6	21	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objective of this curricular unit is to promote students' development of advanced skills in one of the innovative and fundamental areas for the development of their thesis topic, and that has not been adequately covered by another curricular unit or their basic training.

Learning outcomes and competences

Given the specificity of each thesis topic, this UC has a tutorial nature and is conducted in a way to complement the training of each student in specific areas of Occupational Safety and Health, more properly, of their work theme. The student through this methodology is conquering his knowledge as quickly as possible autonomously.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The program will be defined individually by the student, the supervisor and the responsible for the curricular unit.

Mandatory literature

Moher D., Liberati A., Tetzlaff J., Altman D.G.; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	65,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Estudo autónomo	96,00
Trabalho escrito	62,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade