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Masters in Cultural Heritage

Education objectives

- To acquire knowledge about international guidelines and regulation policies implemented in Portugal in the Cultural Heritage field.
- To develop interdisciplinary and specific training to fully understand Cultural Heritage in its several fields.
- To gain scientific training and practices of Culture to act critically in the domain of Cultural Heritage.
- To understand the multifaceted dimension of Cultural Heritage and the requirements for revision of
knowledge associated with it.
- To recognize, analyse, evaluate the inventory and preservation processes to enhance Cultural Heritage.
- To understand the political, ethical and behavioral boundaries in Cultural Heritage.
- To acquire skills to plan, adapt and implement culturally intervention plans in different cultural contexts and circumstances.

General characterization

DGES code

4349

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Master

Access to other programs

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

This course is recognized for career progression purposes of recruitment for teachers of group 200 and 400, as provided in the Statute of Teaching Career

Coordinator

Paula Ôchoa

Opening date

September 2019

Vacancies

15

Fees

More information provided in the Call for Applications, available on www.fcsh.unl.pt

Schedule

(see at https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/)

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 2 years/4 semesters
Total credits: 120 credits (60 credits from curricular units + 60 credits from the non-teaching component)
Non-teaching component modes: Dissertation or Project Work or Internship with Report.
The student accomplishes 50 credits in all the curricular units offered. The student also carries out 10 credits as free-elective optional (from curricular units of postgraduate level at FCSH/NOVA, UNL, or other national or foreign institutions of higher education under agreement).
In the 3rd semester the student must attend a follow-up seminar for the non teaching component (5 ECTS).
QNQ/QEQ - Quadro Nacional de Qualificações/Quadro Europeu de Qualificações.
The degree of “mestre” corresponds to the level 7 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.

Conditions of admittance

Please consult the application call available at www.fcsh.unl.pt

Evaluation rules

A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the post-graduate diploma. The final grade of the post-graduate diploma is the average, by credit, of the grades obtained in the course units in which the student obtained the 60 credits from the taught part of the Masters course. A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the Masters degree. The final grade of the Masters degree will be the average of the final grade of the taught part of the course, weighted to 40%, and the grade awarded to the dissertation, project work or practical work experience report, weighted to 60%.