Dissertation/Internship

Code:

MFPE008

Acronym:

D_E

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFPE	14	Study plan	2	-	30	60	810

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main objective is the preparation of the Master's dissertation, or the completion of a professional internship, under the supervision of the supervisor proposed by the Master's Scientific Committee and approved in accordance with the Master's Regulations of the U.Porto.
At the end of the UC, the student must have proficiently completed either (1) a Master's thesis, according to the content and standards required for this degree, to be discussed in a public session, or (2) an Internship, and respective Final Report, which carries out what was foreseen in the respective plan. In any of the modalities, proficiency in research and in the integration and application of knowledge is encouraged, and the work carried out is expected to demonstrate skills in the organisation, analysis and systematisation of information, with domains of advanced research resources.

Learning outcomes and competences

The internship or the dissertation subject must be suitable for research work or its professional application. Consistency with the learning objectives is determined and checked on a case-by-case basis by the supervisor. The ability to research and formulate critical and innovative working hypotheses regarding the state of knowledge is stimulated.

Working method

Presencial

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

Completion of credits.

Program

This Unit does not have a syllabus common to all students, nor teaching activity. The work is developed according to theMaster's dissertation plan, or the Internship plan, approved for each student by the Scientific Committee of the SP.
The dissertation must meet a high standard of scientific rigor, argumentative clarity and theoretical content in thescientific domains of the SP.
The internship is framed by an individual work program prepared by the student and that will be the object of aprotocol between the Faculty and the partner institution, with the objective of developing skills and applyingknowledge in a professional context.

Mandatory literature

Baumans, M. – Davis, J.B.; Economic methodology. Understanding economic as a science, 2010
Cappelen, H. et al. (eds.); The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Methodology, OUP, 2016
Gordon Harvey; Writing with sources. ISBN: 0-87220-434-0

Comments from the literature

The Bibliography is defined according to the Master's dissertation plan or the Internship plan approved for each student by the Scientific Committee of the SP. Knowledge and literature review is undestood as a starting point for innovative research.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Individual student work, oriented towards the Master's final work (dissertation, or internship and respective report), supervised by the supervisor or the internship supervisor.

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 relatório/dissertação/tese	410,00
Trabalho de investigação	400,00
Total:	810,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessement by the Master dissertation/report commission.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Accordingly to the Marter's regulations.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

Not applicable.

Observations

Enrolment accordingly to the Masters' Regulations.