Dissertation Seminar

Code: ERU10445M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Rural Engineering

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Presentation

Through this course the student will acquire skills to plan and write his master's dissertation

Sustainable Development Goals

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.

Parcerias e meios de implementação - Fortalecer os meios de implementação e revitalizar a parceria global para o desenvolvimento sustentável.

Learning Goals

Guide the student through the processes and methods of scientific research that allows him (her) to adequately identify scientific questions and problems worth investigating, as well as to construct the right hypothesis and objectives for the research. Also guide the student in the process of carefully presenting research methodology and relate materials, as well as craft meaningful results, discuss them and conclude, through papers, seminars and his (her) master thesis. Enhance his (her) capacity to critically analyse scientific documents and papers, and construct his (her) own scientific paper.

1 - Introduction
2 The nature of scientific knowledge
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Knowledge and levels of knowledge
2.3 Scientific curiousity and applied research
3 The scientific method
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The scientific method and processes to use it
4 Organization and development of a scientific work
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Choice of a research topic
4.3 Problem identification
4.4 Definition of objectives for the research
4.5 Methodology and methods of analysis
4.6 Information gathering and data collection
4.7 Results and discussion
4.8 Conclusion and suggestions for further research
4.9 Bibliography
4.10 Timetable
5 Concept and public presentation of the dissertation, monograph or thesis report.

Teaching Methods

Seminars, critical analysis and writing about scientific work and recommended readings. Preparation and handing-in of selected homework on topics of the syllabus and a final homework on preparation and presentation to the of the plan of his (her) dissertation to be carried out in the field, laboratory or elsewhere.