Research project

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

This will be a tutorial course supervised by one or more experts. The course evaluation will consist of a public presentation and oral examination in accordance with the program rules.

Learning Outcomes

In this curricular unit students are asked to produce and present a research project that can lead to the subsequent PhD thesis.

Students who successfully complete this subject are expected to

- conduct independent research on a specific subject

- read and interpret documents and various other kinds of historical sources

- understand the key scientific and philosophical concepts

- analyze and critique arguments given by different historians of science

- make correct use of the documentation and citation techniques used in HoST

- make appropriate use of the scholarly literature in structuring an argument

- produce god judgments based on a critical evaluation of conflicting arguments

- give a qualified assessment of scientific claims

- develop skills in written and oral communication

- draw and defend their own conclusions

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Research project.

Head Lecturer(s)

Décio Ruivo Martins

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
oral presentation at a public session and the delivery of a written report formatted as a paper: 100.0%

Bibliography

A indicar pelo tutor em função do tema do projeto de investigação.

To be given by the research project tutor.