Follow-up seminar

Code:

MCF13_18

Acronym:

MCF13_18

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2018/2019 - A (of 10-09-2018 to 31-07-2019)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Forensic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCF	16	Current Studies Plan	2	-	3	20	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit is intended to allow students to present and discuss with the group, along with the teaching staff, the various dissertation projects, seeking to promote their oral presentation and argumentation skills as well as their abilities to critically discuss, in a multidisciplinary perspective, topics of forensic science in general. Moreover, students will benefit of useful suggestions to the development of the individual project.

Learning outcomes and competences

As referred, this curricular unit does not enclose specific curricular contents. Nevertheless, through the presentation and discussion of the dissertation projects in seminars – which assumes the discussion not only of the scientific aspects related to the subject of each project and the forensic sciences in general, but as well as about the more suitable investigation methods, considering each precise case -, the contribution given by the group to each dissertation may prove to be of a great relevance to make each project stronger.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Each student will present a seminar of 30 minutes devoted to his/her dissertation project and will have 60 minutes of discussion with other students and teaching staff. The syllabus shall have, specifically, to do with the subject matter of the projects to be presented and, in general, with the forensic sciences matters lectured during the course.

Mandatory literature

Umberto, E.; How to write a thesis, Milano: MIT, 2015
Justin Z & Gruba P; How to write a better minor thesis, Melbourne University Press, 2014
CM Roberts; The dissertation journey: a practical and commprehensive guide do planing, writing and defending your dissertation, CM Roberts, 2010
RL Joyner, WA Rouse and AA Glatthorn; Writing the winning thesis or dissertation: a step-by-step guide, Corwin, 2012
J Usher-Smith, G Murrel, H Ellis, C Huang; Research in medicine - planning a project, Cambridge academic press, 2010
FL Rakotsoane; Proposal-writing for a research project, thesis and dissertation: a step-by-step guide., Lambert Acad Publishing, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars (1h30 per student).

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with 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)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	10,00
Trabalho escrito	41,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Final grade of 9.5 or higher.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final assignement presentation = 100%