Thesis

Code:

DHIS037

Acronym:

T

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2024/2025 - A

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	0	DHIS - Study Plan	2	-	120	78	3240
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese and english
Obs.: Português e Inglês

Objectives

Through regular meetings with the (s) is (s) scientific advisors, doctoral students pursue the elabotration of their proposed doctoral thesis: since the object, the space and chronology, the the sources, the methodology and the main bibliography are defined in the first semester of the 1st year, on the 2nd and 3rd year students will fulfill the research plan in accordance with the approved schedule and make any adjustments and modifications deemed necessary, to finish writing the thesis.

Learning outcomes and competences

After defining the theme, space, chronology, sources, the main bibliography and timeline of his work, the doctoral student is able to proceed with his his research, harmoniously combining the various phases of work, facing and solving problems that may appear till the final writing of the thesis, all in close collaboration with the scientifical supervisor(s).

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. ISBN: 0 33521344 8
Elizabeth Wagner; How to survive peer review, BMJ Books, 2003
Ceia, Carlos; Normas para Apresentação de Trabalhos Científicos, Editorial Presença, 1997. ISBN: 972-23-1874-8
Gordon Harvey; Writing with sources. A Guide for Students, Hackett Publishing Company, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-60384-440-6

Complementary Bibliography

Umberto Eco; Como fazer uma tese em Ciências Humanas, Editorial Presença
Stanley Chodorow; Writing a Sucessful Research Paper. A simple approach, Hackett Publishing Company, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-60384-440-6

Comments from the literature

This is part of the Generic Recommended reading on Theoretical and Methodological Questions I, 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 final written version of his thesis.

Software

Moodle

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)
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 year.

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.