Seminar in Early Modern History I

Code:

HISTO078

Acronym:

SHMO_I

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	14	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	3	-	6	54	162
		Study Plan - History	3	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students will acquire, practise and develop the methodological skills needed to produce research work in modern history. The end result of this research will take the form of a scientific report.

Program

A. SEMINARS
1. Presentation of the recent lines of research in Modern History of Portugal – proposed topics for a research paper
2. Construction phases of scientific knowledge in History – from the collection of information to preparing the project report
3. Instruments and mechanisms to search for information in archives, libraries, document centres and online databases
4. Methods and techniques for collecting and analysing information - Work instruments
4.1. Reading factsheets
4.2. Methods of literature review

B. PL CLASSES (Practical and laboratory)
Field work in information retrieval spaces

C. TUTORIALS
Monitoring of work in progress
1. Presentation, by students, of projects and preliminary research results
2. In-class discussion of research paths
3. Monitoring of work in progress

Mandatory literature

AZEVEDO, Carlos A. Moreira, AZEVEDO, Ana Gonçalves ; Metodologia Científica. Contributos práticos para a elaboração de trabalhos académicos, E. Autor, 1996
SOUSA, Gonçalo de Vasconcelos; Metodologia da investigação redacção e apresentação de trabalhos científicos , Livraria Civilização Editora, 1998. ISBN: ISBN: 972-26-1559-9
ECO, Umberto; Como se faz uma tese em ciências humanas, Editorial Presença, 1995. ISBN: ISBN: 972-23-1351-7
FRADA, João José Cúcio; Guia prático para a elaboração e apresentação de trabalhos científicos, Cosmos, 1993. ISBN: ISBN: 972-8081-01-4
BELL, Judith ; Como realizar um projecto de investigação: um guia para a pesquisa em ciências sociais e da educação, Gradiva, 1997

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars will be devoted to the following activities: presentation and discussion of concepts, research methods and analysis, and debates on the problems arising from ongoing students’ research.

Practical classes will be devoted to field work, research in public and private archives, libraries, museums, documentation centres. They will also be used to tutor students in their ongoing research projects.

Software

SPSS
Power Point
Access

keywords

Humanities > History > Modern history
Humanities > History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	26,00
Fiels worf	Trabalho laboratorial	26,00
Bibliographic Research	Trabalho escrito	20,00
Primary sources research	Trabalho escrito	20,00
Papers elaboration	Trabalho escrito	20,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study and information analysis	Estudo autónomo	50
	Total:	50,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory 75% attendance of classes, a requirement for assessment, will be controlled by means of attendance records.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade = P1 + PR + PS + P2

P1 - First project presentation
PR - Results of bibliographic research
PS - REsults of primary sources research
P2 - Scond project presentatio (to be develloped in the 2nd. semestre)

Examinations or Special Assignments

All students subject to special arrangements, namely working students, must comply with all assessment components. Depending on the regulations applicable to specific cases, it may be necessary to establish a special timetable agreed between lecturers and students at the beginning of the academic year.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students subject to special arrangements may request specialised supervision.

Classification improvement

The improvement of final grades is obtained through the review of the assessment components considered not satisfactory.