Class Research Methodologies and Dissertation Project

This course plays a crucial role in the advanced training of students, preparing them to carry out their master's dissertation / internship report / report of research project in a company. This course develops approaches to the research process, from identifying and defining problems to formulating appropriate research methodologies. Students are guided through the critical stages of planning, executing and analyzing research.

• Science, scientific knowledge and common sense
• Types of scientific research
• How to plan a research?
• Scientific writing
• Ethics in research
• Stages in research process (identifying theme; reviewing literature and the state-of-the-art; finding research gaps; setting research questions, justification, objectives, and hypotheses; methodology design; techniques for collecting data; analyzing data; conclusion, final and presentation)
• Guidelines for elaborating the Dissertation
• APA guidelines

Theoretical and practical lectures comprise presenting topics and developing individua/group activities, stimulating students to research and to analyze scientific articles and writing the literature review, the Dissertation topic and its working plan (to be further developed in the corresponding curricular unit).

• Creswell, J.W., Creswell, J.D., (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Edição: Fifth. ed. SAGE Publications, Inc, Los Angeles.
• Dul, J., Hak, T.,(2008)  Case study methodology in business research. London:Routledge.
• Flick, U. (2009). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. 2.ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications.
• Hill, M. & Hill, A. (2008). Investigação por Questionário. 2.ed. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
• Kumar, R. (2018). Research Methodology ¿ a step-by-step guide for beginners . London: SAGE     
• ULHT (2021). Normas para a Elaboração e Apresentação de Teses, Dissertações e outros Trabalhos Académicos.    https://www.ulusofona.pt/media/normas_elaboracao_teses_dissertacoes.pdf