Research Seminar II

Code: SOC12055M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Sociology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

The seminars are focused on the research work developed by the students in the context of their thesis or internship or master's project.

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde e bem-estar - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Trabalho decente e crescimento económico - Promover o crescimento económico sustentado, inclusivo e sustentável, emprego pleno e produtivo, e trabalho decente para todos.

Redução das desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Learning Goals

The course aims to contribute to the monitoring of research work that is being done by students as part of a dissertation or internship or project.
The graduate student must prove he knows:
- Operate the technical procedures for the collection, processing and analysis of empirical data, appropriate to the treated scientific problems;
- Argue and discuss critical judgments about their research work and on the work of other researchers;
- Communicate the procedures and results of the investigation, according to academic canons.

There is no rigid curriculum content. The seminars sessions are focused on framing and evaluation of master student autonomous work, in particular at the level of presentation (oral and written) and public discussion of materials related with their individual research project, applied project or internship development. So the seminars sessions are mainly focus on the following topics:
1: Advanced Research in Sociology;
2: Implementation of a sociological research project, applied project or internship;
3: Development activities of a master project dissertation, applied project or internship in sociology

Teaching Methods

Curricular unit to be taught by intensive seminars sessions, classroom-based, and may eventually be applied distance sessions through e-learning platform from the university of Évora.
Evaluation:
1. Preparation, submission and presentation of monthly reports of development of the proposed project dissertation, or project stage (60% of final grade).
2 .Preparation, submission and presentation of final report | portfolio of development of the proposed project dissertation, or project stage (40% of final grade).
3. Participation in seminar sessions (weighting fator between -1 to + 1 value in a 0-20).

Teaching Staff

Rosalina Maria Pisco Costa [responsible]

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