Based on general theoretical-methodological training and specific training in one of the PPGSA's Research Lines, the master's course qualifies professionals for an academic career and other professional activities in social sciences.
ACADEMIC DEGREES The Graduate Program in Sociology and Anthropology aims to train high-level professors and researchers. It offers the degree of Master of Sociology (with a concentration in Anthropology).
FULL DEDICATION Students must dedicate themselves fully to the activities of PPGSA, following all the guidelines of the Suggested Schedule (below) concerning the disciplines and other mandatory activities. Students are also encouraged to participate in all academic activities of the Program, such as thesis and dissertation defenses, lectures, seminars, and events promoted by the various lines and research groups.
SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship students are subject to specific evaluation related to the criteria for granting and maintaining scholarships by the Program's Academic Performance Committee, according to the requirements below: a) The rules for distributing PPGSA scholarships can be consulted at the following link. b) The nomination for FAPERJ (Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Supporting Research in the State of Rio de Janeiro) Grade 10 Scholarship is made in the second year of the course. It complies with the requirements established by the FAPERJ notice.
It is an academic criterion scholarship that requires a grade of A in all subjects. It also considers the classification order obtained in the competition for admission to the PPGSA. c) The scholarships awarded require compliance with deadlines, academic obligations, and the students' performance coefficient. (The student who does not have an average of 2.0 or fails in any subject will automatically lose the scholarship. The performance coefficient calculation is as follows: A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0) d) The scholarships awarded require students to renew their commitment to dedicate full time to the course annually. The student must prove Paid employment relationships under Article 1 of the CAPES and CNPq, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Joint Ordinance, No. 1, of 07/15/2010. e) The student cannot accumulate scholarships. f) The duration of the scholarships from both CAPES, a Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, and CNPq will obey the duration of the course, that is, 24 (twenty-four) months for the Master's Degree, even if its beginning occurs in the middle of the year of validity.
EXAMINATION BOARDS and DISSERTATION DEFENSE Students must submit to the qualification and dissertation defense boards according to the compositions and deadlines below. a) Dissertation qualification: board composed of 3 PhD professors (one of whom is an advisor) at the end of the third semester of the course. b) Dissertation defense: board composed of 3 PhD professors (one advisor professor and at least one external professor to the PPGSA) and two more alternates (one PPGSA professor and one external) at the end of the fourth semester of the course. c) Submission of documents after dissertation defense – PPGSA Rules after thesis or dissertation defense 2011 (docx) Note: PPGSA Regulation (Art. 40) and CEPG, Council for Graduate Studies (UFRJ), Resolution 01/2006 should govern the eventual extension of the thesis defense deadline, also observing the rules of the funding agencies. For a request for an extension of the defense deadlines, see PPGSA Instructions for requesting an extension of the deadline for the defense of a thesis or dissertation 2011 (docx).
SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
MANDATORY COURSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE MASTER'S STUDENT
I – Disciplines
Semester Number of Credits:
1st semester
Compulsory course: Sociological Theory I
Compulsory course: Anthropological Theory I
Elective course
2nd semester
Mandatory course: Methodology I
Elective course
Elective course
3rd semester
Elective course: suggestion Methodology II
Mandatory course: Dissertation Preparation (supervision)
Master's Qualification Exam
4th semester
Mandatory course: Dissertation Research (supervision)
Master's Thesis Defense
EXTERNAL DISCIPLINES As long as students are authorized by their academic advisor, the students enrolled in the PPGSA will have accepted disciplines taken in other graduate courses recognized and accredited by the competent official bodies. The total number of courses completed by the student in other Graduate courses may not exceed 1/3 of the minimum workload required to obtain, respectively, the Master's or Doctor's degree. For more information, see Art.30 of the Program Regulations and documentation needed in the Useful Information section.
II – OTHER MANDATORY ACTIVITIES OF PPGSA MASTER'S STUDENTS:
1) "MEETINGS WITH SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY” In the first year of the course, the student must participate in at least 60% of the events scheduled as "Meetings with Sociology and Anthropology" regularly promoted by the program.
2) TEACHING INTERNSHIP—master’s students can choose to do a teaching internship. (Links on this subject are in the Useful Information section.)
3) LATTES Platform Curriculum – It is mandatory to register and maintain the student at Lattes, a database of Brazilian researchers and institutions, with a record of their academic production and their condition as a Capes, CNPq, or Faperj scholarship holder always up to date.
4) DISSERTATION – At the end of the course, within 30 days after the defense, it is mandatory to present a digital version of the dissertation in PDF format and specific documents for CAPES and the Library.
Internal Seminar of PPGSA Students
The Internal Seminar of PPGSA students takes place annually and aims to promote exchange between the program's master's and doctoral students. It also offers a space for students to discuss their work with professors from the PPGSA and other teaching and research institutions. Therefore, students are encouraged to register their theoretical and empirical reflections on projects in the initial phase and their ongoing and finished research results. The PPGSA strongly recommends your participation!
Revista Enfoques
Revista Enfoques, a biannual academic publication in electronic format, was initiated by students of the Graduate Program in Sociology and Anthropology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Since 2002, it has contributed to disseminating research activities of graduate students, professors, and researchers in the social sciences. Its objective is to disseminate unpublished scientific works in this area, especially those with a sociological and/or anthropological perspective.