Dissertation

Code:

PSO40

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	8	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	30	210	810

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• Supervision of the dissertation


• Stimulating the ability to analyze and evaluate critically the produced knowledge 

Learning outcomes and competences

• To promote the capacity for the autonomous exercise of professions which integrate Psychological knowledge


• To promote innovation and interdisciplinary dialogue, as well as, 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

Tabachnick Barbara G.; Using multivariate statistics. ISBN: 0-673-99414-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

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	10,00
Dissertation	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	742,00	90,00	2013-09-30
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

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, ...)

Students’ evaluation covered by special schemes obeys to dispositions of FPCEUP Rules.

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