Dissertation

Code:

CPF40

Acronym:

DIS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

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	-	30	210	810

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

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  To supervise the elaboration of the dissertation

  
  


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  To stimulate the ability to analyze and evaluate critically the produced knowledge

  
  

Learning outcomes and competences

• To become personal prepared for the autonomous exercise of professions which integrate Psychological knowledge


• To be open to innovation and interdisciplinary dialogue while acquiring an awareness of the Psychology approach contribution.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Implementation, by each student, of an original research, empirical or otherwise, in the field of Psychology.


• Preparation of the final version of the dissertation as a publishable article in a scientific journal with peer review.

Mandatory literature

Eco Umberto; Como se faz uma tese em ciências humanas
Oliveira Maria Marly de; Como fazer projetos, relatórios, monografias, dissertações e teses. ISBN: 85-7409-514-1
Wolcott Harry F.; Writing up qualitative research. ISBN: 0-8039-3793-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

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  Contact activities: tutorial orientation; oriented fieldwork; formative and summative evaluation of learning.
  
  


• Autonomous work: drafting of dissertation; public defense of the dissertation.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	68,00
Dissertation	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	742,00	100,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Meetings with the supervisor	Frequência das aulas	160
Data analysis conclusion	Trabalho de investigação	100
Dissertation writing	Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	525
(Preparation of the ) Research public presentation and discussion with a jury	Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	25
	Total:	810,00

Eligibility for exams

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  Active participation in all meetings with the supervisor.
  
  


• Delivery of written dissertation on the last working day of the 4th semester (through application, accompanied by the supervisor opinion - and co-supervisor, if any – which will present a suggestion of jury (for more details, see Regulation of the Master's degree in Psychology Themes on the Faculty site). Public defense of the dissertation (admissibility to public defense depends on the favorable opinion of the designated jury relatively to the work submitted /for more details, see Regulation of the Master's degree in Psychology Themes on the Faculty site)

Calculation formula of final grade

Approval expressed on a 10 to 20 scale, given by the jury at the end of the public act.

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 possibilitity of improvement