Performing Arts

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Mestre

Coordinator

Paulo Filipe Monteiro

Opening date

September 24th, 2012

Vacancies

20 vagas

Fees

Total: 2000 €

Education objectives

Study cycle´s objectives.
a) To enhance research and academic training in an actual and prevailing interdisciplinary domain, although it is still a new domain in Portuguese universities;
b) To respond to requests from professionals of the performing arts, as well as from professionals from the media, whose work is closely related to some or even to all of the performing arts.

Competences to be developed by students.
a) analytical awareness of how all aspects of performing arts work: from writing to directing, from performance to the relation with space and audiences, from the relation with music to the growing hybridism that exists between the various arts, from creation to the presentation in different supports and to the connection to programming strategies;
b) practical experience enhancing a better understanding of concepts and theories in their full potentialities and difficulties;
c) knowledge to develop in-depth academic research, in dialogue with other fields of knowledge;
d) ability to communicate to specialists and non-specialists, in a clear and reasoned way, methodologies and conclusions, and the knowledge and reasoning underneath them, either in writing or orally;
e) acquire skills that enable them to develop autonomous lifelong learning, in constant dialogue with scientific and non-scientific knowledge.

Access conditions

a) In accordance with n.º 1, article 17 of Decree-Law n.º 74 of 24 March 2006 b) Candidates who meet the academic and curriculum requirements set forth in number 1 of the above article will be selected and ranked according to the following criteria: a. Final grade of 1st cycle degree (licenciatura); b. Academic and scientific curriculum: c. Professional curriculum; d. Interview (optional).

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 3 semesters. Total credits: 93 credits (60 in course units of the study programme + 33 in the non-taught component). Types of non-taught component: Dissertation, Project Work, Practical Work Experience with Report. Number of credits from elective options: 10 credits (the student can obtain 10 credits from elective options in course units taught at post-graduate level at FCSH/UNL, or at any other national or foreign higher education institution through a protocol.)

Access to other courses

Completion of the Masters degree allows the holder to apply for the cycle of studies which leads to a Doctorate Degree. For the specific access requirements for doctoral programmes, consult the regulations governing the doctoral programmes at FCSH, UNL.

Evaluation rules

1) No obligatory precedences for attending the program’s courses. 2) Knowledge evalutation in the courses is individual and takes place at the end of each semester. The following tools will be considered: final oral and/or written assignments, papers or other assessment tools, in conditions to be agreed upon with each lecturer. The result of the evaluation is expressed in a mark from 0 to 20. 3) Approval in a course requires a final grade equal to or above 10. 4) Only those students who have obtained 60 ECTs on the scholar part of the program can proceed to the dissertation or project. 5) For the evaluation of the dissertation and project, please consult FCSH’s relevant regulations.

Structure

Obrigatória
Code	Name	ECTS

Opção Condicionada 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722011102	Dança em Contexto	10.0
722011096	Espaços Performativos	10.0
722011123	História do Espectáculo Mediático	10.0
722011059	Linguagens Cénicas	10.0
722011131	Literatura e Cena	10.0
722011097	Metamorfoses do Espectáculo	10.0
722011130	O espectáculo músico-teatral	10.0
722011132	Práticas Cénicas	10.0
722011124	Programação de Artes Cénicas	10.0
722011126	Semiótica e Artes Cénicas	10.0
Os alunos fazem 50 créditos no conjunto destas unidades lectivas. Os alunos realizam ainda 10 créditos em regime de opção livre.