Dissertation

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The Master’s dissertation is an individual work, but subject to the supervision of the supervisor and/or co-supervisors.

MGES’s coordination organizes some sessions during the course of the dissertation, in which the various dissertation projects are presented to students, teachers and supervisors. During these sessions students are confronted with the issues and problems that their research might involve, and the various participants can/should suggest the improvements that they deem convenient.

Learning Outcomes

MGES’s scientific route is completed by the submission of a Master’s dissertation. The dissertation is a research work supervised by a supervisor, according to the specific nature of the subject to be developed.

The student, with the supervision of the supervisor, selects a subject within the master’s scope and addresses it in depth in the dissertation.

The student conducts the research work using the appropriate methodologies. The student must acquire an in-depth knowledge of the subject chosen to the dissertation and must be empowered with the following competencies:

a) Appropriate level of written expression;

b) Capacity to manage and organize the information;

c) Ability to analyse, summarize and reflect critically;

d) Ability to work interdisciplinary subjects;

e) Ability to generate new ideas and to sustain them before a panel.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Each student chooses a dissertation subject that must be approved by the supervisor(s).

The proposal of the dissertation subject, along with a declaration from the supervisor, must be approved by MGES’s coordination.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlota Maria Miranda Quintal

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The evaluation of the Master’s Dissertation is done under the conditions laid down in the regulations of the UC: 100.0%

Bibliography

Kumar, R. (2019). Research Methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners, London: Sage Publications.

Turabian, K.L. (2020). A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations. (9th) Edition Chicago: University of Chicago.

Fisher, C. (2010). Researching and writing a dissertation: an essential guide for business students, 3rd Ed. Harlow, UK: Pearson Education.

Gray, D. E. (2013). Doing research in the real world, London: Sage.

American Psychological Association (2021). Publication Manual [Pub Manual] of the American Psychological (Psych) Association seven (7th) Edition. Washington, DC: APA.

Outra bibliografia será adaptada de acordo com o tema de dissertação.

Other bibliography will be adapted according to the dissertation theme.