Supervision Seminar

Code:

MAF005

Acronym:

SO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Humanities

Instance: 2022/2023 - A

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MAF	8	MAF Study Plan	2	-	12	60	324

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The  Master's 2nd year supervision  seminar in African Studies aims to accompany students in preparing the final dissertation/project/ internship

Learning outcomes and competences

By developing various training tasks, the student must:

- Develop and apply  research skills, including the ones involved in the organization and systematization of information;

- use appropriate tools and methods for carrying out tasks necessary for the pursuit of his dissertation / project / internship;

-develop capacity to implement the guidance of scientific orientation, measured by the intermediate targets set by the supervisors;

- Develop autonomy in pursuing the necessary tasks for the conclusion of his dissertation / project / internship.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

NA

Program

Mandatory literature

A bibliografia é indicada de acordo com cada projecto; A bibliografia é indicada de acordo com cada projecto

Teaching methods and learning activities

Development of reading and critical analysis leading to the state of the art on the field;

Discussion and debate.

Presentation by students of the preliminary stages of their work

Preliminary public presentations of dissertation / internship / project reports.

keywords

Humanities
Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	64,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	0,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho de investigação	200,00
Total:	324,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation components: A - Periodic reports (3); B - Public presentations of work in progress (2); C- Attendance; D- Progression level and levels of autonomy

T= 30%A+ 30%B+ 10%C+30% D

Examinations or Special Assignments

NA

Internship work/project

The work in Internship / project is accounted for in the evaluation modalities A, B, C and D. The training supervisor is consulted for the evaluation.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the rules in appliance

Classification improvement

According to the rules in appliance