Code: | CL018 | Acronym: | PRJ_CL |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Language Sciences |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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CL | 16 | CL - Study Plan | 3 | - | 6 | - |
1. To help students develop skills to perform scientific research tasks or to support scientific research.
2. To involve students in the dynamics of research, stimulating their participation in teams, groups and research projects.
3. To confront students with the practical use of essential knowledge acquired in the previous semesters, at both theoretical and methodological levels.
4. To develop students’ spirit of responsibility.
5. To contribute to students’ in-depth study of theoretical knowledge and methodological skills.
The students should: aquire skills to perform scientific research tasks or to support scientific research; to be able to devellop practical use of essential knowledge acquired in the previous semesters, at both theoretical and methodological levels;to be able devellop in-depth study of theoretical knowledge and methodological skills.
Types of projects: The Linguistic lecturers involved in the course will prepare a list of projects available. Each proposal will be described briefly as to the identification of main scientific area, the objectives and nature of the project, the lecturer responsible and eventual requirements to participate in the project. Projects will depend on the availability of lecturers of the Language Science course. Type of participation in the project: Students will be integrated into existing or newly formed teams, groups or research projects in Linguistics, and they will be given tasks and objectives achievable within no more than three months, which students must develop on their own but in close contact with the lecturer responsible for the project and, when applicable, with the other team members.
The particular reading list will depend on each project and will be presented by the lecturer in charge, according to the themes proposed and chosen by the students.
Project supervision: Each project will have a lecturer in charge, from the Language Science course with teaching duties assigned for the semester in which the project will be done, who will be responsible for supervising and assessing the students. The Head of the Language Science course will ensure the coordination among all the projects and their supervisors.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 20,00 |
Participação presencial | 10,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 70,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 62,00 |
Trabalho de investigação | 100,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Work with the lecturer in charge of the project
1) Supervisor report, also prepared at the end of the project; 2) Monography (detailed report of the work completed; 10-15 A4 pages, with the scientific project description, results and resources used, theoretical framework and literature sources), to be submitted to the lecturer by the 19th June. Subject to discussion with the supervisor. An oral presentation will take place on the 30th of june. The supervisor will be responsible for assessing each project, taking into account the quality of the work, the assiduity to the meetings and the oral presentation.
Work with the lecturer in charge of the project:10%
Project oral presentation: 20%
Research and essay: 70%