US ESTRUTURA CURRICULAR DO DOUTORADO

CURRICULAR STRUCTURE

PH.D PROGRAM'S CURRICULAR STRUCTUR

Graduates of the Professional Ph.D. Program in Planning and Public Policies (Doutorado Profissional em Planejamento e Políticas Públicas [DPPPP]) must prioritize interdisciplinarity. These professionals who hold a Ph.D. in Public Policy must know how to collect information from people and documents and address them analytically, using creative capability to design new public policy options appropriate to the context, taking on the role of advisors to managers, providing strategic information for decision-making, helping governments and citizens to map and highlight arguments for and against public policy alternatives, creating spaces for debate for various social groups, and facilitating participatory processes.
In short, graduates must develop the skills to research and analyze, structure and recommend, advise strategically, clarify values and arguments, democratize and mediate

Curricular structure and vacancy-offering system

Course credits: 23

Thesis credits/institutional assessment: 40

Other credits: 02

Vacancies by selection process: 20

Credit hour equivalence: 1 credit = 15 class hours

The course will be taught in the evening, from Monday to Friday and in alternating weeks. All subjects will be divided into classes taught in 4 or 2 weeks, with a workload equivalent to 04 and 02 credits, and the international seminars in one week, with a workload equivalent to 01 credit. The weeks without classes will be used to study the content covered in the subjects and other activities, such as seminars and conferences. The first and second years of the course will be focused mainly on participation in the subjects taught, and the second year will be focused on writing the thesis or an institutional assessment of projects or programs of state scope.

The course will last 4 years. Its workload will be 65 credits – 975 hours (01 credit = 15 hours); the thesis or final paper is worth 40 credits; the basic subjects are worth 16 credits (mandatory); thematic seminars are worth 02 credits; elective subjects are worth 04 credits; international seminars are worth 01 credit; and the teaching internship is worth 02 credits. Upon completing the subjects, teachers must go through a qualification process for their thesis or evaluation project.

If students do not have teaching experience in accordance with the rules of procedure, they will have to complete a teaching internship equivalent to 02 credits. The internship may include subjects from the Professional MA Program in Planning and Public Policy (Mestrado Profissional em Planejamento e Políticas Públicas [MPPPP]), accompanied by the supervising professor. The program will also use lectures, conferences, and workshops on methodology, statistics, and scientific writing as a complement to the training process. The number of vacancies is 20 students per group.

Mandatory and elective subjects

MANDATORY:

Theories of Democracy
Public Policy in Political Science
Governance and Innovation
The Plurality of Analysis Methods in Political Science

ELECTIVE:

Line 1: Governance and Citizen Participation
The Challenges of Brazilian Democracy
Local Power and Governance
Governance and Citizen Participation Seminar
International Seminar I – Participatory Processes

Line 2: Planning and Assessment in Public Policy
Strategic Thinking and Government Planning
Building Indicators and Managing Databases
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods I – Theoretical Formulations
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods II – Use of Applications (design thinking, applied
statistics, risk management in the public sector, network analysis, use of focus groups,
and others)
Seminar on Planning and Assessment and Assessment of Public Policies
International Seminar II – The Challenges of Democracy Today

Line 3: Innovation and Social Technologies
Development of Technological Platforms
Seminar on Innovation and Social Technology
International Seminar III – Scientific Diplomacy and Innovation Diplomacy

Line 4: Social Policy and Fighting Inequality
Nature and Evolution of Public Policy
Brazil and the New International Order
Seminar on Social Policy and Fighting Inequality
International Seminar IV – National Defense and Internal Security Policies