PhD in Portuguese Language Literature

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.

Study Programme

Course unit title	Year	Regime	Type	Subject area	ECTS credits
Canon and Literary Theory	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	LIT	10.0
Literature, Memory and History	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	LIT	10.0
Teaching Literature	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	DID	10.0
Applied Research Seminar	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	OTH	10.0
Brazilian Literature Research Topics	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	LIT	10.0
Research Topics in Modern and Contemporary Portuguese Literature	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	LIT	10.0
Research Topics in Portuguese-Language African Literature	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	LIT	10.0
Rules In the second semester, the student should enrol in two elective courses of 10 ECTS each, bearing in mind the maximum limit of elective credits per area (10 in LIT and 10 in OTHER). One of these electives has to be chosen, through the open list rule, from among the courses offered by other PhD programs. The course chosen is subject to approval by the program's coordinator.
Course unit title	Year	Regime	Type	Subject area	ECTS credits
Qualifying Examination	2	1st Semester	Compulsory	LIT/DID	15.0
Supervision Seminar	2	1st Semester	Compulsory	LIT/DID	15.0
Dissertation	2	MULTIANNUAL	Compulsory	LIT/DID	150.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit