
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. Class timetables for the first semester (academic year 2022/23) can be found below.

International curricula at NOVA FCSH
See the courses’ schedules in Horários, available on the page of each bachelor program.
See the list of bachelor programs HERE.
Course: A people’s history of the Soviet Union, 1917-91: crisis, reform, and rupture
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: History
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Advanced Information Technology for Translation (711121071)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Anthropocene Anthropology (code 1105699)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Anthropology
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Business and Commercial Translation Practice (German to Portuguese) (711101066)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: German
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Ética e direito da comunicação – turma A (1105054)
Note: Course in Portuguese, but if most students are English speakers, it may be lectured in English
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Communication Sciences
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: French Seminar (711111087)
- ECTS: 12
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: French Translation Seminar
- ECTS: 12
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: History of Translation (1100167)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: International Economics (1101368)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Political Studies
- Course Contents: HERE
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: History of Art
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: North American Media (1101188)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Spanish Translation Seminar (711160012)
- ECTS: 12
- Language of teaching: Spanish
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Translation Practice in Science and Technology (Portuguese-French) (711111100)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Translation Practice in Science and Technology (Portuguese-Spanish) (711111099)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: Spanish
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Translation Software (1100178)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Urban Aesthetics: Philosophy, Art and the City (1103478)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Philosophy
- Course Contents: HERE
The schedules for these courses can be found on the page of the corresponding program (in Portuguese only). See list of master programs HERE and HERE.
Course: Assessment and Learning Materials (E-learning) (722171245)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Culture and Society in the English-Speaking World (2108494)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Didactics of French II (722160032)
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: French
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: English C2 (722160026)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Principles and Practice in ELT (E-learning) (722171244)
- ECTS: 10
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Scientific Translation (English) (722121043)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: Teaching Spanish FL methodology II (722160030)
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: Spanish
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
Course: TEFL Methodology II
- ECTS: 5
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE
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: Globalization, Translation and Power (3101396)
- ECTS: 6
- Language of teaching: English
- Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Course Contents: HERE