MEC – UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
TEACHING AND RESEARCH COUNCIL
RESOLUTION No.
DESCRIPTION: Establishes the curriculum of the Postgraduate Program in Language Studies, Master’s and Doctoral Levels.
THE TEACHING AND RESEARCH COUNCIL of the UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE, in the use of its attributions and considering the content of proceedings No.
DECIDES:
Art. 1 – The curriculum of the Postgraduate Program in Language Studies, master’s and doctoral levels, comprises the subjects, credits and course load listed below.
Required subjects in the Common Core
Subjects | Subject is linked to | Credits (*) | Course load | ||
T | P or TP | ST or SW | |||
Theoretical-methodological foundations of language studies | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Supervised activities | GCL, GLC, GLE | 2 | 90 | ||
Supervised research | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 180 | ||
- T = theoretical, P = Practical, TP = Theoretical Practical, ST = Supervised Traineeship, SW – Supervised work
Elective Subjects of the Specific Field of Studies
Line 1–Linguistic theory and analysis
Subjects | Subject is linked to | Credits (*) | Course load | ||
T | P or TP | ST or SW | |||
Semantic-pragmatic aspects of language | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Grammar studies | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Language in use | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Language and cognition | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Line 2 –Text, Discourse and Interaction Theories
Subjects | Subject is linked to | Credits (*) | Course load | ||
T | P or TP | ST or SW | |||
Discourse analysis | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Interactional analysis of discourse | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Semiolinguistics | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Semiotics | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Line 3–History, Politics and Language Contact
Subjects | Subject is linked to | Credits (*) | Course load | ||
T | P or TP | ST or SW | |||
Languages in contact | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
History of linguistic ideas | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Historiography of linguistics | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Linguistic policies | GCL, GLC, GLE | 4 | 60 | ||
Art. 2 – In the Master’s Course, the student must take the two required subjects of the Common Core: Theoretical-methodological foundations of language studies and Supervised
Activities, and three subjects of the Specific Field of study, one of which must be part of his∕ her Research Line.
Art. 3 – In the Master’s course, this curriculum is complemented by the oral examination of a thesis project, to which 2 credits of supervised work will be assigned, corresponding
to 90 (ninety) class hours. The curriculum will also be complemented by a thesis, followed by an oral examination by an examination board, to which 8 credits of supervised work will be assigned, corresponding to 360 (three hundred and sixty) class hours. The course must consist of780 (seven hundred and eighty) class hours, corresponding to 28 (twenty-eight) credits, comprising the following activities:
Activities | Credits | Course load | |||
T | P / TP | ST or SW | Total | ||
2 Required Subjects | 4 | 2 | 6 | 150 | |
1 Elective Subject in the Research Line corresponding to the students’s Research Project | 4 | 4 | 60 | ||
2 Elective Subjects to be selected from the subjects available in CAPES-authorized Postgraduate Courses in the Grande Rio area. | 8 | 8 | 120 | ||
Thesis Project | 2 | 2 | 90 | ||
Thesis | 8 | 8 | 360 | ||
Total | 16 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 780 |
Art. 4 – In the Doctoral Course, the student must take two required subjects among Supervised Activities and one Supervised Research subject from the Common Nucleus,
and three subjects from the Specific Field of study, one of which must be related to the student’s Research Line. In the Doctoral Course, the subject Theoretical-methodological
foundations of language studies can be taken as an elective subject.
Art. 5 – In the Doctoral Course, this curriculum is complemented by the qualifying oral examination, to which 6 credits of supervised work will be assigned, corresponding to
270 (two hundred and seventy) class hours. The curriculum will also be complemented by a dissertation, followed by an oral examination by an examination board, to which
16 credits of supervised work will be assigned, corresponding to 720 (seven hundred and twenty) class hours. The course must consist of 1,530 (one thousand five hundred and thirty) class hours, corresponding to 48 (forty-eight) credits, comprising the following activities:
Activities | Credits | Course load | |||
T | P / TP | ST or SW | Total | ||
3 Required Subjects | 4 | 4 | 8 | 360 | |
1 Elective Subject in the Research Line corresponding to the student’s Research Project. | 4 | 4 | 60 | ||
2 Elective Subjects to be selected from the subjects available in CAPES-authorized Postgraduate Courses in the Grande Rio area. | 8 | 8 | 120 | ||
Qualifying Exam | 6 | 6 | 270 | ||
Dissertation | 16 | 16 | 720 | ||
Total | 16 | 4 | 22 | 42 | 1530 |
Art. 6 – The Courses will have the following duration, in months:
: Master’s Course
a) minimum: 12 (twelve) months
b) maximum 30 (thirty) months ST or SW Doctoral Course
a) minimum: 24 (twenty four) months
b) maximum 54 (fifty four) months
§ 1 The maximum duration includes the cancelation period to which students are entitled.
§ 2 – In case of difficulty in completing the final work in due time, the maximum period established by this article for completion of the course may exceptionally
be extended for another 1 (one) academic semester, as prescribed in the Course Regulations.
Art. 7 The present Resolution will be enforced on the date it is approved by this Council.
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