Seminar

Year
2
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02021716
Subject Area
Physical Geography
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Tutorial guidance: supervision of the dissertation / internship with a final report / project work conducted in direct contact with the supervisor (or supervisors) in individual sessions;

Autonomous work: In addition to attending the tutorial sessions, students must carry out an autonomous work.

Learning Outcomes

With this curricular unit, the supervisor(s) aims to monitor students in the preparation of the dissertation/internship with final report/project work, through regular face-to-face meetings. Nevertheless, other communication channels may be used, such as e-mail, video conferencing, Skype, etc. The meetings should be used to analyse the students' difficulties and progress, to validate the objectives and methodologies in use, and to discuss the results and the produced documents.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

In combination with their Supervisors(s), students should analyse and discuss the following topics:

- Precise identification of the objective(s)/problem(s) to be researched

- Gathering and analysis of relevant bibliography

- Definition of working hypotheses or starting points

- Selection and application of appropriate research methodologies

- Gathering, organisation, analysis, and interpretation of results

- Production of written documents

- Other themes relevant to the achievement of the established goals.

Head Lecturer(s)

Adélia Jesus Nobre Nunes

António Manuel Rochette Cordeiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 100.0%

Bibliography

A bibliografia a recomendar depende de cada um dos temas a desenvolver pelos alunos./ The bibliography varies according to the research topics chosen by students.