Orientation Seminar

Code:

CPF31

Acronym:

SO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Applied Psychology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Psychology Themes

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTP	5	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	15	135	405

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• Supervise the realization of a Master thesis


• Develop the capacity to analyze and evaluate in a critical way the produced knowledge


• Develop the innovation and the interdisciplinary dialog, as well as the conscience of the contribution of the psychological approach


• Develop the capacity to present the various steps of the research process in a structures, coherent, clear and well-articulated way in order to allow its diffusion

 

Learning outcomes and competences

To be able to perform skillfully the different tasks of a research project methodological plan and to reflect about the social and scientific relevance and implications of the results that were found.

 

 

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

• 
  Realization, by each Master student, of an original empirical or non-empirical research in Psychology


• Presentation of the various steps of the research to the supervisor e group of peers (other Master students)

 

Mandatory literature

Gavin Helen; Understanding research methods and statistics in psychology. ISBN: 978-1-4129-3442-8
Ketele Jean-Marie De; Metodologia da recolha de dados. ISBN: 972-771-074-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

• Contact activities: tutorial orientation, presentation of works by students, formative and summative evaluation of learnings.


• Autonomous work: reading and text analysis; research work; bibliographical research; oral presentation of the various steps of the research to the group of peers.

 

 

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Developmental psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Counselling psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Differential psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Educational psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	112,00
Data collection and analysis	Trabalho de campo	250,00	80,00
Oral presentations/discussions of the research project's methodology anda results	Prova oral	43,00	20,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Data collection	Trabalho de campo	180
Data analysis	Estudo autónomo	70
Preparation, presentation and discussion of the reserach work	Trabalho de investigação	155
	Total:	405,00

Eligibility for exams

• Active participation in all the meetings with the supervisor;


• 
  
  Oral presentation to take place one week before the end of the 3rd semester (with 10 minutes according with the rules defined by the supervisor).
  
  

 

Calculation formula of final grade

Minimal grade: 10 values

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

 

The evaluation of students in special situations is made in accordance with the FPCEUP norms for this cases

 

Classification improvement

There is not foreseen possibility of improvement