Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Doctorate Program in Art Studies is a 3rd cycle program that aims to consolidate a course that began in 2002. This PhD provides a transversal training in Arts and intends to develop feasible highly autonomous research projects, develop the conceptualization of arts and performing arts, and promote the theoretical and critical mobilization of the archive.

General Objectives of the Course

The program has the following general objectives:

• Further develop the specialization course that started in the 2nd cycle
• Develop feasible highly autonomous research projects
• Develop the conceptualization (formal, technical, expressive, social, and political) of arts and performing arts in particular
• Promote the theoretical and critical mobilization of the archive in a time marked by the circulation and undifferentiated appropriation of memory

Admission Requirements

The admission requirements for the program are:

• Holders of an MA in Artistic Studies or any other field, whose scientific and professional curriculum was duly evaluated and whose thesis project has been successfully accepted by a professor with a PhD who is also a member of the scientific board of the course
• Holders of a BA with a relevant academic or scientific curriculum considered fit for enrollment on this cycle of studies by FLUC’s Scientific Council and whose thesis project has been successfully accepted by a professor with a PhD who is also a member of the scientific board of the course
• Holders of an academic, professional, or scientific curriculum considered fit for enrollment on this cycle of studies by FLUC’s Scientific Council and whose thesis project has been successfully accepted by a professor with a PhD who is also a member of the scientific board of the course

Professional Goals

The professional goals of the program include:

• Programmer, Cultural Manager, or Advisor in cultural centers, museums, cinematheques, cinemas, and theaters, orchestras, theater companies, publishing houses, foundations, associations, municipalities, business structures, etc.
• Author, Producer, or Assistant in cultural and artistic projects in the fields of cinema, photography, and audiovisual media, music, theater, and performing arts in general
• Teacher or researcher
• Cultural journalist

Mode of Study

The course is taught in the daytime schedule.

Teaching/Evaluation Language

The teaching and evaluation language is Portuguese.

Examination Regulations, Assessment, and Grading

The assessment is a pedagogical activity inseparable from the teaching process, aiming to establish the students' competencies and knowledge, their critical sense, ability to recognize and resolve problems, as well as their written and oral presentation skills. The grading is based on a scale of 0 to 20, and a grade of 10 is required to pass.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

The learning outcomes to be attained by students include the development of abilities to research and write an original thesis in the field of one of the arts of this course, along with its corresponding reasoning and line of argument. The mobilization of creative abilities in the elaboration of an artistic project, followed by the critical self-reflection inherent to its contextualization, foundation, and analysis.

Course Coordinator(s)

The course coordinators are:

• Fernando Matos de Oliveira
• Sérgio Emanuel Dias Branco

ECTS Departmental Coordinator(s)

The ECTS departmental coordinator is Sérgio Emanuel Dias Branco.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The legal framework for the qualification is established by the decrees: Decree-Law no 74/2006, 24th March, amended and republished by the decree: DL no 107/2008, 25th June; ordinance no 782/2009, 23rd July.

Graduation Requirements

The degree will be awarded after the completion of an original thesis or the presentation of a piece of artistic work with its respective memory and theoretical grounding. Both must be discussed and submitted to a scientific jury for public defense.

Access to Further Studies

The program provides access to postdoctoral studies.

Study Programme

The study program includes:

• Common core: Doctorate Program in Art Studies
• Areas of expertise:
  • Arts/Drama and Performance Studies
  • Arts/Film and Image Studies
  • Arts/Music Studies

Academic Year

The academic year details are available, but the specific dates are not provided.

Course Type

The course type is 3rd Cycle Studies.

DGES Code

The DGES code is 5353.

Qualification Awarded

The qualification awarded is a PhD.

Duration

The duration of the program is 3 years.

ECTS Credits

The program has 180 ECTS credits.

Annual Fee

The annual fee is 1417.0.

Accreditations

The program is accredited by Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, with the registration number R/A-Ef 1631/2011/AL01.