2023

Research Methods for Arts and Musical Sciences

Name: Research Methods for Arts and Musical Sciences
Code: MUS12934D
9 ECTS
Duration: 30 weeks/234 hours
Scientific Area: Musicology

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

The subject is focused to promote the development of capacities of research planning, strategies and organization of methodologies, resources and collecting data for results production.

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Promote knowledge of a scientific domain;
Promote the development of capacities of research planning, strategies and organization of methodologies, resources and collecting data for results production.
Promote knowledge and methodological competences for the future individual research project; integrating Creation and Generation; Selection; Synthesis; Articulation (with problems and concepts); Presentation; Critical Discussion.
Development of individual competences for presentation of papers and critical discussion of scientific production.

Contents

Presentation of an oral communication and a written article related with the research developing a methodological reflection about.
Validation and originality of the subject, relation with the scientific domain; critical konwledge of bibliography and methodologies, objectivity, coherence, wording.

Teaching Methods

Presentation of bibliography and methodological references according the research areas and interests related to individual projects. Presentation of case studies to promote methodological analysis.
Accompaniment in what concerns the students’ learning process and the respective oral and written skills; promotion of debate and critical thought.
Wording of the work: clear writing, avoiding redundancies, repetition and colloquial terms. Use of technical terms and their explanation. Ways of presentation: clear and interesting
Organization of the work: in coherence with the goals of the discussion about research methodology.

Assessment

Written works: 75%
Continuous assessment: 10%
Oral presentation: 15%

Teaching Staff