Thesis Project II

Code:

DELCI004

Acronym:

PT_2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literature and Culture

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	3rd Cycle of Studies in Literary, Cultural and Interart Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DELCI	7	DELCI - Study Plan	1	-	30	30	810

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This unit aims to support students in their development of a consistent doctoral research plan in all its stages - from bibliographic data collection to a deepening familiarity with critical tools that will frame and sustain the process of preparing their theses. Together with 'Thesis Project II (Projeto de Tese II), this unit will stimulate those competences that will enable students to enjoy a growing research autonomy.

Students are expected to acquire the following competences: the ability to conduct autonomous research and develop a project for scientific research of their own device; the ability to engage in critical discussions with their supervisors; awareness of the state of the art in their area of academic specialization.

Learning outcomes and competences

 Familiarity with specialised bibliography and with conceptual and methological tools that will support students in the process of preparing their doctoral theses..

 

Working method

Presencial

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

N/A

Program

Contents will be defined according to the different projects that are to be developed by the students individually, but always considered in the broader framework of this doctoral programme. 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 their theses at the end of the 3rd year.

 

Mandatory literature

Bibliografia a indicar em função do projecto; Bibliografia a indicar

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methodologies to be adopted are characteristic of research seminars in the field of the Humanities, and include debates within the scientific range of this Programme. The methodologies to be favoured will be those required by the specific nature of the students’ projects.

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	405,00
Trabalho de investigação	405,00
Total:	810,00

Eligibility for exams

Written submission and discussion of the thesis project (circa 5,000 words)

Calculation formula of final grade

(p+e):2=f

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students whose particular circumstances prevent them from abiding the assessment calendar, and meet the formal conditions for applying for 'special assessment', should contact the course director to learn of possible alternatives.

Classification improvement

N/A

Observations

N/A