ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

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Minimum and maximum duration of the courses

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Master’s degree courses can last for a maximum term of 24 months, whereas doctorate ones, a maximum term of 48 months.

 

To obtain their master’s degree, students must:

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- Meet the required number of credits in the following proportion: 60 credits in preparing their master’s dissertation or equivalent work; 16 credits in disciplines at other programs within Unesp or at other Brazilian or foreign institutions; and 24 credits in complementary activities, provided for in a normative instruction of the Program Council;

- Prove proficiency in a foreign language — that is, one other than candidates’ native language — within 18 months after enrollment;

- Be approved in a general qualification exam, held up to six months before the deadline for the end of the course;

- Be approved in the dissertation defense.

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To obtain their doctorate’s degree, students must:

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- Meet the required number of credits in the following proportion: 60 credits in preparing their doctoral’ thesis or equivalent work; 16 credits in disciplines at other programs within Unesp or at other Brazilian or foreign institutions; and 24 credits in complementary activities, provided for in a normative instruction of the Program Council;

- Prove proficiency in two foreign languages — that is, two languages other than students’ native language — within 12 months of enrollment. The proved foreign language proficiency to obtain a master’s degree can be used in the doctorate.

- Be approved in a general qualification exam, held up to 12 months before the deadline for the end of the course;

- Be approved in the thesis defense.

The maximum period for course completion comprises the period from the date of the beginning of students’ activities in the program and the date of the defense of their dissertation or thesis.

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Modality

The course is taught in person at the headquarters of the Program in São Paulo. Students must attend at least 75% of the total scheduled hours of each subject. Some elective courses can be offered at the headquarters of other universities that belong to the Program.

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Predominant language of training and other possibilities

Classes are entirely offered in Portuguese. The Program offers concentrated courses and lectures with foreign universities in English and Spanish via partnerships and cooperations. Students’ master’s dissertations or doctoral theses can be prepared in Portuguese or in a foreign language (preferably Spanish or English).

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Curricular structure

The academic year of the Program is divided into semesters (generally from March to June and from August to December).

The curricular structure includes mandatory and optional subjects. Elective courses vary each year depending on the offer of professors and postdoctoral students who carry out their research in the Program.

All disciplines total 60 hours and provide 04 credits toward the completion of the course. The minimum subtotal of subjects to be taken for a master’s or doctorate degree is 240 hours, equivalent to 16 credits.

Offered courses are informed each semester in the period open to student enrollment.

Compulsory Courses (offered annually)

Methodology of Social Sciences applied to International Relations; Brazilian Foreign Policy; Theory of International Relations; Supervision Seminars [doctorate]; Thesis Seminars [doctorate]; War and Strategy (mandatory for concentration area 2)                                                 

 

Elective courses are offered each semester, varying according to the research of the Program’s professors and postdoctoral fellows and the presence of foreign visiting professors who offer concentrated courses 

 

Elective courses offered in recent years

Latin America: development and economic policy; Armed forces and society; Globalization and cultural identities; North American institutions; The concept of hegemony applied to International Relations; contemporary Middle East; Contemporary international politics; Regional integration processes; International security and defense in regional contexts; International monetary and financial system; International security issues; Advanced Theory of International Relations; Political Theory; Territory, State and International Relations; Conflicts and International Conflict Resolution; Special Topics; Technology in the forms of violence and International Relations; International Security in critical perspective; Forced Displacement: International Protection Mechanisms, Activism, and Wandering Cartographies.

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