área de Especialização em Arte Contemporânea

Education objectives

1. Proficency in the analysis of the artistic production, visual culture and material culture; 2. Understand art history´s specificity, while privileging the dialogues it mantains with other social sciences and humanities; 3. To critically master key studies and the main debates occuring in the field of expertise at national and international level; 4. Proficiently formulate and develop a relevant dissertation, work project or internship with report proposal in the area of specialization; 5. To develop the skills necessary to a highly qualified scientific research in art history; 6. To acquire the skills necessary to a highly qualified professional performance in the areas of education, research, curatorship, communication and consulting, namely in the fields of museology, heritage, conservation and cultural tourism.

General characterization

DGES code

18864

Cicle

Specialization Area

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

Alexandra Curvelo da Silva Campos, Susana Maria Simões Martins

Opening date

2024-09-16

Vacancies

Available soon

Fees

1200 Euros/year or 3000 Euros/year (foreign students)

Schedule

Presencial Pós-Laboral

Teaching language

Portuguese Language

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 performs 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). The degree of "mestre" corresponds to the level 7 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.

This path is an option of

Master in History of Art and Museology

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

Conditional Options (1) - The student must complete 30 ECTS from the set of these curricular units
Code Name ECTS
Options
722170113 Art and Power in the Dictatorships 10.0
02113468 Photography and Realisms 10.0
722061105 Impressionism and visual culture in the 19th century 10.0
02113457 Modernism and Modernisms in 20th Century Art in Portugal 10.0
Mandatory ECTS number: 30
Conditional Options (2) - To carry out the non-teaching component leading to a master's degree, the student must opt ​​for one of these modalities
Code Name ECTS
Options
722061113 Dissertation in Contemporary Art 55.0
722061119 Internship in Contemporary art 55.0
722061116 Work Project in Contemporary Art 55.0
Mandatory ECTS number: 55
Obrigatórias
Code Name ECTS
02113485 History of Art Museums and of Museology 10.0
722061054 Monitoring Seminar (Art History) 5.0
722061092 Theory, Methods and Debates in Art History 10.0
Rule that allows enrollment in a maximum of 10 ECTS that can be obtained in curricular units at the postgraduate level of FCSH, or from other national or foreign Higher Education institutions, by means of a protocol. NOTE: All enrollments in curricular units of open courses or summer school will be rejected.