Projet Thesis I

Code:

DHIS035

Acronym:

PT_I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DHIS	5	DHIS - Study Plan	1	-	12	39	324

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Through regular meetings with the scientific advisor(s), the doctoral student begins to build his project of doctoral thesis: he sets the theme, chronology and space, the starting questionnaire, makes a first survey of sources and bibliography and builds the first interim plan. He identifies the expected difficulties (eg, accessibility and understanding of the sources, accessibility and understanding of the bibliography) and draws up a provisional schedule.

Learning outcomes and competences

The doctoral student, in conjunction with his supervisor(s) and the collaboration of his colleagues, is able to choose a research topic, coherently define chronological and spatial frameworks, or build a few basic questions and subdivide them in an initial questionnaire, to develop a first list of sources to analise, the general and specific books and articles to read, to anticipate and assess the difficulties that await him in order to best overcome them. He is also able to create a provisional timetable, in order to monitor the effectiveness of his work.

Working method

Presencial

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

The generic ones defined in the conditions of access to the Course; eventual specific prerequisites, according to the theme, space, chronology, sources and bibliography.

Program

Being a seminar of orientation for research, there is not a program of studies. The topics of discussion and reflection and their sequence are defined by the supervisor, in accordance with the doctoral student and responding to the specific needs of his work.

Mandatory literature

Edite Estrela, Maria Almira Soares, Maria José Leitão; Saber escrever,uma tese e outros textos, Dom Quixote, 2006. ISBN: 972-20-3173-2
Manuel Rodrigues Lapa; Estilística da Língua Portuguesa, Coimbra Editora, 1984
Gordon Rugg & Marian Petre; The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research, Open University Press, 2006

Complementary Bibliography

Umberto Eco; Como fazer uma tese em Ciências Humanas
Elizabeth Wagner; How to survive peer review, BMJ Books, 2003
Normas para apresentação de trabalhos científicos; Carlos Ceia, Editorial Presença, 1997. ISBN: 972-23-1874-8
Stanley Chodorow; Writing a Sucessful Research Paper. A simple approach, Hackett Publishing Company, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-60384-440-6
Gordon Harvey; Writing with sources. A Guide for Students, Hackett Publishing Company, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-87220-945-9

Comments from the literature

This is part of the Generic Recommended reading on Theoretical and Methodological Issues, only for the preparation, drafting and presentation of the thesis. Specific Bibliography will obviously depend on each thesis'theme.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Personal and tutorial teaching  from the supervisor(s); regular personal meetings for common reflection, identification of objectives and difficulties, bibliography suggestions, monitoring the progress of the work.
Between each meeting, the PhD student will undertake independent study, work in libraries, archives and documentation centers, interviews, the collection, analysis and processing of sources and writing partial texts to reach a more elaborate thesis project.

keywords

Humanities > History

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)
Elaboração de projeto	100,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	100,00
Estudo autónomo	150,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Trabalho de investigação	150,00
Total:	540,00

Eligibility for exams

Through regular meetings with the supervisor(s).

Calculation formula of final grade

The supervisor will evaluate equally the contribution by the doctoral student in orientation meetings and the quality of the written thesis project submitted at the end of the semester.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Evaluation Rules of FLUP.

Classification improvement

According to the Evaluation Rules of FLUP.