Activity

Compulsory Courses

Compulsory Disciplines by Research Line

Elective Courses

Dissertation Orientation

Research Groups (Required)

Advanced Seminar (Qualification)

Total

Note. 
The Dissertation Orientation credits are distributed over four semesters, and in cases of 
completion of the master's degree in less time, the student is obliged to supplement the 
number of credits with Scientific Production Activity.

Mandatory Disciplines are understood as the set of disciplines of common interest to the 
different lines of research. These must be attended by all students of the master's degree.

The Mandatory Disciplines by Line of Research contemplate the specific interests of each line of 
research, being for these proposals and should be taken by all students in the line and can 
be elective for students in other lines.

Elective courses are made up of a set of subjects complementary to the student's education 
related to his / her line of research. At the discretion of the Board, it is possible to 
comply with at most one discipline in another Stricto Senso graduate course (recommended by 
CAPES), whose credits may be counted as an elective course. For these cases, the student 
must submit to the Collegiate Course for evaluation, the menu, the program of the discipline 
and the acceptance of the advisor. When there is an academic and scientific cooperation 
agreement, signed between the Program and another institution in the country or abroad, the 
limit set in this article may be changed at the discretion of the Board. Special Topics I, 
II, III and IV will be part of the curricular structure. Such disciplines will be made 
available according to the interests of the faculty and students of the program and will 
have their contents made more flexible. The Special Topics I and II subjects count four 
credits each, while Special Topics III and IV add one credit each.

In Scientific Production Activities, students are allowed to submit an article in 
co-authorship with their advisor to a qualified journal in the field of Psychology 
throughout the master's degree. This activity, being approved by the Collegiate and advisor, 
may be converted into a maximum of four (04) credits and may replace the credits of Elective 
Courses.

The Dissertation Orientation comprises the activities carried out every six months by the 
student together with his advisor in order to monitor and develop the production of his 
dissertation research. The dissertation credits are distributed over four semesters, and in 
cases of completion of the master's degree in less time, the student is not obliged to take 
the four credits. The student must enroll in the first and second semesters of the Course.

The Research Group refers to the activities developed collectively by the student, his 
advisor and the research group to which he belongs, to deepen theories and themes that 
support the academic production of the group. They count 4 credits. The student must enroll 
in the first and second semesters of the Course.

The Advanced Seminar (Qualification) encompasses the annual activities in which the student 
will present the progress of his research work before a Judging Committee. The works will 
be evaluated by a Judging Committee appointed by the Collegiate, obligatorily composed by 
the student's supervisor and by two other teachers, one of which must be external to the 
Course. The work for the Advanced Seminar should include the presentation of the progress 
of the dissertation project and global research development indicators. It is up to the 
Judging Committee to evaluate the theoretical and methodological basis of the work in 
progress, approving or disapproving it, by opinion, expressed in a joint opinion, after the 
student's argument. Participation in Advanced Seminars is a mandatory activity for students 
in the first year of the master's degree. The student's approval in the Advanced Seminar 
and the payment of the respective credit are prerequisites for the defense of the 
dissertation.

The Teaching Internship activity is mandatory for students of the Program in accordance 
with Resolution No. 50, of August 11, 2014 - CONSUNI / UFAL.

In this context, it is considered possible to fulfill all curricular activities within a 
minimum acceptable period of 18 months and a maximum of 24 months. In duly justified cases, 
with the consent of the supervisor and at the discretion of the collegiate, the master's 
degree may be extended for up to 03 (three) months, and may exceptionally be extended for 
another 03 (three) months.