
How is a semester at NOVA FCSH?
At NOVA FCSH, the school year consists of two semesters: the first runs from September to the end of January. The second from February to May. January and May (there are no classes) are the months where students take final classes exams (not every curricular units have them). During classes, they can do assignments or written tests (depending on academic degrees).
Social Sciences and Humanities Track
The courses of the Social Sciences and Humanities Track usually involve at least two scientific areas and offer different perspectives on crucial problems in the area of the Human and Social Sciences. In the academic year 2023/24 we will offer the bachelor course Political Theory (1st semester). This course will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays (12h00 to 14h00), on Tower A, room 101.

International curricula at NOVA FCSH
2ND SEMESTER
COURSES’ SCHEDULES: Available on the page of the corresponding program (in Portuguese only).
See the list of bachelor programs HERE.
Course (ENG/PT): Advanced Information Technology for Translation / Informática Avançada para a Tradução; (711121071)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Art in the Global Eighteenth Century / Arte no séc. XVIII Global; (711061059)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Art History (Program: História da Arte)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Business and Commercial Translation Practice (German to Portuguese) / Prática da Tradução de Assuntos Empresariais (Alemão-Português); (711101066)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: German
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Communication Ethics and Law / Ética e direito da comunicação [Turma A]; (1105054)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Communication Sciences (Program: Ciências Comunicação)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Comparative History of the Colonial Empires / História Comparada dos Impérios Coloniais; (711051143)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: History (Program: História)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Contemporary North American Literature / Literatura Norte-Americana Contemporânea; (711121031)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): English [from B2.1 to C2.3] / Inglês [ B2.1 até C2.3]
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
- Course Contents: see the content for each level HERE
Course (ENG/PT): English for Professional Purposes / Inglês para Fins Profissionais; (711121069)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): English Linguistics (Group D) / Linguística Inglesa (turma D); (1100221)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Linguistics (Program: Ciências da Linguagem & Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas & Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): English Translation Seminar / Seminário de Tradução de Inglês; (711160013)
- ECTS: 12
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): French Seminar / Seminário de Francês; (711111087)
- ECTS: 12
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): History of Translation / História da Tradução; (1100167)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): International Economics / Economia Internacional; (1101368)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Political Studies (Program: Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): North American Literature / Literatura Norte-Americana; (711121050)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): North American Media / Media Norte-Americanos; (1101188)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Technical-Scientific Translation Practice (English to Portuguese) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Inglês-Português); (711121059)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Technical-Scientific Translation Practice (Portuguese to English) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Português-Inglês); (711121060)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice in Science and Technology (Portuguese-French) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Português-Francês); (711111100)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice in Science and Technology (Portuguese-Spanish) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Português-Espanhol); (711111099)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: Spanish
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice: Social and Human Sciences (German to Portuguese) / Prática da Tradução de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Português-Alemão); (711101063)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: German
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice: Social and Human Sciences (Portuguese to French) / Prática da Tradução de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Português-Francês); (711111092)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice: Social and Human Sciences (Portuguese-English) / Prática da Tradução de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Português-Inglês); (711121056)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Seminar (French) / Seminário de Tradução de Francês; (711160011)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Seminar (Spanish) / Seminário de Tradução de Espanhol; (711160012)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: Spanish
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Translation Software / Informática para a Tradução; (1100178)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
2ND SEMESTER
COURSES’ SCHEDULES: Available on the page of the corresponding program (in Portuguese only).
See list of master programs HERE and HERE.
Course (ENG/PT): Assessment and Learning Materials (E-learning) / Aprender, Ensinar e Investigar; (722171245)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática do Inglês)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Audiovisual Translation and Subtitling / Tradução Audiovisual e Legendagem; (2111618)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Culture and Society in the English-Speaking World / (N/A); (2108494)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: English Teaching in the 3rd cycle of Basic School and in Secondary School)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Didactics of French II / Didática do Francês II; (722160032)
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): English C2 / Inglês C2; (722160026)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino de Inglês no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Principles and Practice in ELT / (N/A); (722171244)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática do Inglês)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Scientific Translation / Tradução do Texto Técnico-Científico (Inglês); (2111654)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Teaching German FL methodology II / Didática do Alemão II; (722160025)
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: German
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Teaching Portuguese and a Foreign Language in the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Educ. and Secondary Educ.))
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Teaching Spanish FL methodology II / Didática do Espanhol II; (722160030)
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: Spanish
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Teaching Portuguese and a Foreign Language in the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Educ. and Secondary Educ.))
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): TEFL Methodology II / Didáctica do Inglês II; (722160023)
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Teaching of English and a Foreign Language in the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Education)
- Course Contents: HERE
2ND SEMESTER
The schedules for these courses can be found on the page of the corresponding program (in Portuguese only).
See list of doctoral programs HERE.
Course (ENG/PT): Specialised Corpora / Corpora de Especialidade; (73213128)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Linguistics (Program: Translation and Terminology (in association with Univ Aveiro)
- Course Contents: HERE
Course (ENG/PT): Terminology / Terminologia; (73213123)
- ECTS: 8
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Linguistics (Program: Translation and Terminology (in association with Univ. Aveiro)
- Course Contents: HERE