Master in New Media and Web Practices
Education objectives
Acquire specific skills both technological and creative as part of the migration to digital, of the languages, applications and tools of new media, seeking to create practical, critical and reflective skills for the development
of project works and innovative and experimental employability in the Web areas;
Acquire updated theoretical and practical training in the field of New Media and Web Practices;
Be able to perform creative, innovative and experimental projects in the area of applied knowledge of the course;
Set up personal development, in the context of curricular project / stage / professional, in conjunction with the nature of the technical and scientifically relevant issues in the context of the new strategies for the new media.
General characterization
DGES code
6740
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Master
Access to other programs
Access to the cycle of studies which leads to a Doctorate Degree. For the specific access conditions, consult the regulations governing the doctoral programmes at NOVA FCSH.
Coordinator
Paulo Nuno Gouveia Vicente
Opening date
2021-09-20
Vacancies
15
Fees
1300 Euros/year or 2700 Euros/year (foreign students)
Schedule
Presencial Pós-Laboral
Teaching language
Portuguese Language
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 free-elective options: 20 credits (the student can obtain 20 credits from free-elective options in course units taught at post-graduate level at FCSH/UNL, or at any other national or foreign higher education institution with bilateral agreement.)
The degree of "mestre" corresponds to the level 7 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.
Competencies:
a) To acquire specific technical and creative competencies within the scope of the migration towards digitalisation of languages, applications and tools for interactive multimedia communication and new media formats, whilst seeking to establish practical, critical and reflective competencies for the development of project work and innovative and experimental integration into employment in Web areas;
b) To acquire up-to-date theoretical and practical training in the area of New Media and associated Web Practices;
c) To get to know, understand and be capable of applying the concepts, theoretical and practical frameworks and basic tools in professional work in the specific areas covered by the course;
d) To develop competencies for the carrying out of practical and project work in the field of new interactive media;
e) To be able to carry out creative, innovative and experimental projects in applied knowledge within the scope of the course;
f) To get to know the differing realities within the scope of the course, and identify and develop the respective professional possibilities and the creation of content, products and services;
g) To be able to reflect on personal development linked to the type of technical and scientifically relevant materials within the context of new strategies for the information society and the emergence of new interactive media.
Conditions of admittance
Application and access conditions to the cycle of studies reflect the conditions established in the national legislation, namely: - to hold a licenciado degree or legal equivalent; - to hold a foreign academic degree recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH; -to hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH. Applicants will be selected and ranked according to the criteria annually defined in the application edict.
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%.
Structure
Obrigatórias | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
722011073 | Web Practices I | 10.0 |
722011074 | Web Practices II | 10.0 |
Opções Condicionadas (a) | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
02100342 | Design Atelier and Web Content Production | 10.0 |
722011065 | Virtual Worlds | 10.0 |
722011104 | Audiovisual Policies and Strategies: Migration to Digital | 10.0 |
7220111091 | Standards, Usability and Accessibility | 10.0 | Mandatory ECTS number: 20 |
Opções Condicionadas (c) | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
722011150 | Dissertation in New Media and Web Practices | 33.0 |
722011049 | Work Experience with Report in New Media and Web Practices | 33.0 |
722011090 | Project Work in New Media and Web Practices | 33.0 | Mandatory ECTS number: 33 |