Seminar IV
Objectives
The seminars, featuring speakers from academic institutions, the productive sector, and cultural ecosystem, are designed to expose students to a broad range of topics not typically covered in other course units within the program. The aim is to expand students’ knowledge, encourage critical thinking, and promote interdisciplinary perspectives.
In addition, this course unit seeks to strengthen students'' connection to the professional world by providing insights into real-world practices. A key objective is also the development of individual research skills through the in-depth exploration of a specific topic. This includes the production of a written monograph and its oral presentation, fostering academic research, organizational abilities, and communication competence.
General characterization
Code
9957
Credits
5.0
Responsible teacher
Bruno Souza Moreira Leite, Mário Emanuel Campos de Sousa Diniz
Hours
Weekly - 1
Total - 35
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Depends on the theme of the seminars and the theme chosen by each student.
Teaching method
The teaching methodology of the Seminars II curricular unit is based on a dynamic and experiential approach that values diverse formats and learning contexts. Through thematic seminars and study visits led by experts from academic, productive, and cultural fields, students are offered direct contact with practices and knowledge that complement the learning acquired in other curricular units. This methodology is intentionally varied—combining oral presentations, workshops, guided tastings, and field activities—to best align with the specific objectives of each session. The practical component is reinforced by the preparation of critical summaries that encourage individual reflection, as well as the development of an autonomous research project. The final presentation of this project, directed to an audience outside the university, promotes communication skills, discursive adaptability, and intellectual autonomy.
Evaluation method
The assessment methods of the Seminars IV curricular unit combine formative and summative components, with a focus on the development of transversal skills. Evaluation includes:
- The preparation of critical summaries of the seminars attended, which encourage reflection and synthesis;
- Oral Communication to a wide audience, and outside the university, of the work developed for their dissertation or another proposed theme.
These assessment tools aim to evaluate not only content mastery, but also autonomy, communication skills, and the practical application of knowledge in real-world contexts.
Subject matter
Seminars IV, taught in the second semester of the Master’s in Gastronomic Sciences, exposes students to emerging and complementary topics not covered in depth in Seminars I, Seminars II, Seminars III, and other curricular units, through sessions with guest speakers from academic, productive, and cultural sectors, as well as study visits to relevant contexts in the field. The methodology, adapted to each session, combines lectures, workshops, demonstrations, and field activities, encouraging active participation and the preparation of critical summaries. Students are required to prepare an oral presentation, addressed to a broad audience outside the university, on work developed for their dissertation or another topic of interest. In this edition, part of the seminars is organized by the course coordinators, while the remainder are arranged by the students themselves or held as part of external events. Assessment values participation, the quality of summaries, the rigor of the individual work, and the effectiveness of both oral and visual communication, fostering active, interdisciplinary, and professionally oriented learning.