Contemporary Portuguese History

Code:

CC023

Acronym:

HCPORT

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	142	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	1	-	5	52	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Address the main strands of the institutional and political history of contemporary Portugal to provide students with sound knowledge and reflection skills in these issues.

Program

1. The implementation process of Liberalism in Portugal
1.1– The 1820 Revolution
1.2– The Constitutional Charter of 1826
- Restoration resistances
- Dissents in the different liberal sides
1.2 - Regeneration
- Political pacification
- The implementation of reforms
- The Republican ideal and the decline of rotativism
2. The First Republic
- The revolutionary process
- The Republican constitution
- Political instability
- Portugal and World War I
- The frailties of the regime

3. Dictatorship
- The 28 May movement and the internal contradictions
- The creation of the New State
- Salazar and World War II
- The opposition and the election processes
- The Colonial War
- Marcelo Caetano: “evolution in continuity”

4. The April Revolution
- The PREC period
- The path towards democracy

Mandatory literature

António José Telo ; História Contemporânea de Portugal. Do 25 de Abril à actualidade , Editorial Presença, 2007
António Reis; História de Portugal Contemporâneo , Alfa, 1990
Joel Serrão, Oliveira Marques ; Nova História de Portugal, vol.XII, Editorial Presença , 1990
António Costa Pinto (coord.); Portugal Contemporâneo , Publicações D. Quixote , 2004
Joaquim Verísimo Serrão ; História de Portugal, vols. VIII-XIV, Editorial Verbo
José Mattoso; História de Portugal, vols. V-VIII, Editorial Estampa, 1994
António Reis: ; Portugal: 20 Anos de Democracia , Círculo de Leitores,, 1994

Complementary Bibliography

António Costa Pinto; Portugal Contemporâneo, 2004 . ISBN: Publ. Dom Quixote
Brandão de Brito, Fernando Rosas; Dicionário de História do Estado Novo , Bertrand Editora, 1996
Maria Inácia Rezola; Os Militares na Revolução de Abril. O Conselho da Revolução e a Transição para a Democracia em Portugal (1974-1976) , Campo da Comunicação , 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

Polemise the concepts acquired through the explanation of the topics; promote diversified research on the key topics addressed.

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Exame	20,00
	Teste	33,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	30
	Total:	30,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation of final grade
- Continuous assessment
- Final assignment (50%)
- Written test (50%).

To be eligible for exams, students must attend 75% of all course hours.
Continuous assessment implies a minimum score of 10 in the written test.
Failure to pass any component of this assessment type implies taking the final exam during the Resit period.

Calculation formula of final grade

- Continuous assessment
- Final assignment (50%)
- Written test (50%).
- Final exam 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

As provided in the FLUP Assessment Regulations.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As provided in the FLUP Assessment Regulations.

Classification improvement

As provided in the FLUP Assessment Regulations.

Observations

The methodology of practical course work focuses on bibliographical research and the use of direct sources