Anthropology

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Licenciado

Coordinator

Ana Isabel Afonso

Opening date

September 17th, 2012

Vacancies

55 vagas

Fees

1037,20€ (Fees can be paid in two instalments)

Education objectives

1) To develop the ability to analyze and synthesize information and to develop critical thinking skills;
2) To develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge to practical situations;
3) To stimulate an understanding of human diversity and of the interconnections between different aspects of social and cultural life, belief systems, global dynamics, individual behaviors and physical environment;
4) To develop the ability to recognize and critically reflect on the important problems of the contemporary world;
5) To provide a theoretical grounding in anthropology in its multiple social, cultural and biological dimensions;
6) To become aware of the importance of ethnographic method to understand cultures and human groups, and to acquire the necessary techniques to employ it;
7) To develop knowledge of the cultural values of societies from different areas of the world through the study of a variety of rural and urban ethnographic contexts (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, with a particular emphasis on Portugal) as well as to raise awareness of the ethical issues involved in the study and representation of other social worlds;
8) To learn about methodological and research instruments which allow for different professional frameworks;
9) To develop the ability to participate professionally and for civic purposes with arguments supported by ethical and scientific principles in different areas of social intervention;
10) To acquire know-how applicable to the fields of material culture, patrimony and museology, and ethnographic films.

Access conditions

Completion of secondary education, with a minimum entry grade of 9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20. Students may also be admitted to Higher Education through special access and entry systems, re-enrollment systems, course changes and transfers. More information: http://www.acessoensinosuperior.pt

Degree pre-requisites

Each student must obtain 180 credits: 120 credits from compulsory courses of the study programme, 30 credits from restricted options and 30 credits from free options or a Minor from another academic area. Each semester the student may not enroll in more than 30 credits and must respect any pre-requisites which have been set. At the beginning of each semester, the student is advised as to which courses are the most appropriate for their academic pathway and which they should take.

Access to other courses

Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.

Evaluation rules

Assessment is in accordance with the assessment regulations approved by the competent statutory body.

Structure

Obrigatória
Code	Name	ECTS
711001047	Antropologia Biológica	6.0
711001058	Antropologia da Família e do Parentesco	6.0
711001005	Antropologia do Simbólico	6.0
711001049	Antropologia e Património	6.0
711001009	Antropologia Económica	6.0
711001013	Antropologia Política	6.0
711001014	Antropologia Portuguesa Contemporânea	6.0
711001016	Antropologia Urbana	6.0
711001017	Antropologia Visual	6.0
711001018	Biologia e Cultura	6.0
711001030	História da Antropologia	6.0
711001031	História da Antropologia Portuguesa	6.0
711001033	Leitura de Textos Etnográficos I	6.0
711001034	Leitura de Textos Etnográficos II	6.0
711001048	Método Etnográfico	6.0
711001036	Metodologia do Trabalho Científico	6.0
711001050	Métodos de Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais	6.0
711001046	Métodos Quantitativos para as Ciências Sociais	6.0
711001043	Temas do Pensamento Antropológico	6.0
711001044	Teorias Sócio-Antropológicas	6.0

Opção Condicionada 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711001019	Contextos Etnográficos (africanos)	6.0
711001020	Contextos Etnográficos (árabes e islâmicos)	6.0
711001021	Contextos Etnográficos (asiáticos)	6.0
711001022	Contextos Etnográficos (europeus)	6.0
711001051	Contextos Etnográficos (latino-americanos)	6.0
Os alunos devem fazer 2 unidades curriculares deste conjunto.

Opção Condicionada 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711001059	Antropologia da Religião	6.0
711001062	Antropologia do Ciberespaço	6.0
711001003	Antropologia do Espaço	6.0
711001052	Antropologia dos Direitos Humanos	6.0
711001008	Antropologia e Colonialismo	6.0
711001012	Antropologia Linguística	6.0
711001015	Antropologia Psicológica	6.0
711001053	Cultura Material	6.0
711001024	Ética e Práticas da Antropologia	6.0
711001054	Etnicidade e Nacionalismo	6.0
711001063	Etnoecologia	6.0
711001025	Etologia	6.0
711001027	Filme Etnográfico	6.0
711001055	Género e Família	6.0
711001056	Informática para a Antropologia	6.0
711001060	Museologia	6.0
711001040	Poder e Sociedade	6.0
711001057	Primatologia	6.0
Os alunos devem fazer 3 unidades curriculares deste conjunto.