The Master Course comprises curriculum activities, which form thirty-four credits, distributed as follows:
The first block is constituted by a common and compulsory chore of seminars.
The subjects of the Common Chore are taught with integrated syllabus, so as, when seen as a whole, they search to compose a theoretical base of knowledge (basis to critically and scientifically think the field of education), having in mind diversity of initial qualification of master course students.
The second block is divided according to the lines of research of the course and is constituted by advanced seminars, totaling, minimum, ten credits, distributed as follows:
Specific subjects for each line of research (Second Block), in the form of seminars and topics, deepen professors and master students' research questions. They examine themes and problems referent to questions of investigation which derive from each line of research.
Note: Activities of master students concerning elaboration of the thesis are followed by their guiding professors, as specified in PPGEdu Norms.
The curriculum organization is flexible and open to embrace interests of research related to the lines of the Program, in different theoretical-methodological approaches. The Doctorate course covers curriculum activities which total, minimum, forty-five credits, before defense and delivery of the final version of the doctoral dissertation, distributed in three blocks:
Corresponds to the set of Seminars which ground and deepen the theoretical-methodological posture of research in Education of doctorate students in their qualification development. They are distributed as follows:
Note: Constituted by compulsory enrollment, until conclusion of the course, and will be under responsibility of the supervisor. For these activities, no marks will be given, just the mention pass or fail. These moments constitute systematic meetings for supervisor's follow-up, involving individual and collective sessions with the group and/or line of research. Considering individual resources of doctorate students, the planned course syllabus for the set of activities of Supervision for elaboration of the Doctorate dissertation are flexible.
Regarding the curriculum execution, we consider it would be important, for students coming to the Doctorate course from other areas of knowledge, according to supervisors' advice, to give them the right of attending subjects of the Master course, which may be useful to follow the course, simultaneously to those of the Doctorate course.