Thesis Preparation

Code:

DCL010

Acronym:

PreTes

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Language Sciences - Linguistics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	3rd Cycle of Studies in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DCL	14	Study plan	1	-	12	30	324

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To support students in the elaboration of a PhD project in Linguistics, one of the variants of Language Sciences.

Learning outcomes and competences

This curricular unit has as main goal to support students as for the establishment of a research plan in order to write their PhD dissertation.

Students are expected to acquire the following competencies:

-the ability to conduct autonomous research and to develop a project for an original scientific research;

- the ability to engage in critical discussions with their supervisors;

- to obtain the awareness of the state of the art in the area of specialization;

- the capacity of prevision of all the stages of the research to be done, from the collection of bibliographical data to the familiarisation with relevant critical tools and to the writing of the PhD thesis.

Working method

Presencial

Program

There is no syllabus, because everything will be defined according to the different projects that are to be individually developed by the students, in the broader framework of the four branches of this PhD program.

In the tutorial sessions, students will define with their supervisors a research plan for the thesis they are expected to put into practice over the second and third years of the PhD program, and which will culminate in the presentation of the thesis at the end of the 3^rd year.

Mandatory literature

Mateus, M. H. et al ; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Caminho, 2003. ISBN: 972-21-0445-4
Raposo, E.P. et al ; Gramática do Português, Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. , 2013
BOSQUE, I e DEMONTE, V. (orgs.); Gramática Descriptiva de la Lengua Española, Vols. 1e 2., Madrid, Real Academia Española, Espasa,, 1999 ( )

Comments from the literature

Bibliography will vary, depending on the students’ projects.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methodologies to be adopted are characteristic of research seminars in the area of Language Sciences, in each one of the four branches of the course.

Students will be evaluated on the basis of their active participation and their regular contributions to the sessions.

-       Presentation of a paper in a journal

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	150,00
Estudo autónomo	144,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	324,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are expected to attend at least 75% of the tutorials.
Participation in a special meeting. Presentation of a project, considered valid and positive.   

Calculation formula of final grade

PhD Project and its presentation-100%

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment in force.