Courses

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Enrich the Undergraduate Programme curriculum

Building a bridge that fits the needs of a city, developing a sustainable vehicle or creating an optimal model for distributing medicines across a country requires more knowledge than just mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology or engineering.

Social Sciences help engineers, scientists and architects to understand society, how it works and its needs. Arts stimulate creativity and ingenuity while the Humanities exercise critical thinking and communication skills.

The subjects are offered at various faculties of the University of Lisbon, covering areas from Management and Economics to Humanities, Psychology and Fine Arts, as well as Sport.

Target Audience

The humanistic curricular component is intended for all students enrolled in an undergraduate programme at Técnico, but may also also be taken by students not enrolled in an study programme, by applying for Isolated Curricular Units at the faculty where each subject is taught.

Curricular Framework

The Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HACS) curricular component corresponds to 9 ECTS and is divided into two groups:

Introduction to Economics or Management (3 ECTS):

  • taught at Técnico, assigned as defined in the curricular plan of each programme;
  • no application is required.

HACS I and II (6 ECTS):

  • to be chosen from the list indicated below (two 3 ECTS curricular units or one with 6 ECTS);
  • application required.

Application

To take HACS I and II, an application must be made during the previous semester, according to the deadlines set in the Academic Deadlines Calendar.

Seriation is based on the admission grade to Técnico affected by a balance parameter between the various study cycles, as defined in the regulations.

Up to 6 curricular units may be chosen, ordered according to preference.

Admission

Enrollment

After the application, a reservation is made automatically in the course, which will have to be confirmed by each student upon the enrolment in the semester in the Fénix system. If there is no prior booking, the course will not be available in Fénix and it will not be possible to enroll.

After confirming the booking and enrolment in Fénix, it is not necessary to enrol in the School where the course unit is taught, since this is communicated internally by the academic services of Técnico to the School. It is not possible to change the enrollment.

Access to the academic platforms of other schools (Moodle, Fénix or equivalent) must be requested by each student to the academic/IT services of the School.

Offer

  1. Faculty of Fine Arts

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by the Faculty of Fine Arts.

    Timetables and Academic Calendar Academic Services and Location

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undegraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Estudos em Design Communication Design 6 10
    Cultura Visual Multimedia Art 6 10
    Teoria da Imagem I Multimedia Art 6 10
    Marketing Sports Management 6 10

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Classes start on the 11th of September, 2023 (to be confirmed on the faculty’s page).

    2nd Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Laboratórios de Gesso I Escultura 6 5
    Representação e Modelação Digital I Escultura 6 5
    Laboratório de Conservação e Restauro de Gessos I Escultura 6 5

    *Predicted vacancies

  2. Faculty of Sciences

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by the Faculty of Sciences.

    Timetables Academic Calendar Academic Services Location

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Ciência e Cultura – 6 40
    Controvérsias Científicas – 6 40
    Filosofia do Conhecimento Científico – 6 40
    História e Filosofia da Matemática – 6 40
    Revolução Científica – 6 40

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Classes start on the 11th of September, 2023.

    2nd Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Group ECTS Vacancies*
    Ciência e Arte Comp. Transversais 6 40
    História e Filosofia das Ciências da Vida Comp. Transversais 6 40
    História e Filosofia da Tecnologia Comp. Transversais 6 40
    História e Filosofia da Física Comp. Transversais 6 40

    *Predicted vacancies

  3. School of Arts and Humanities

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by the School of Arts and Humanities.

    Timetables Academic Calendar Academic Services Location

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Filosofia da Ciência – 6 5
    História da Ásia – 6 5
    Introdução às Literaturas Eslavas – 6 5
    Literaturas Pós-Coloniais Comparadas – 6 5
    O Estudo da Linguagem Humana – 6 5
    O Estudo das Culturas – 6 5
    Textos Fundamentais: da Renascença ao Iluminismo – 6 5
    Estudos Queirosianos – 6 5

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Classes start on the 11th of September, 2023.

    2nd Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Tópicos de Literaturas Eslavas – 6 20
    Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa – 6 20
    Compreensão e Produção do Português Oral – 6 10
    O Estudo das Culturas (em inglês) – 6 10
    Estudo da Literatura** – 6 7
    Textos Fundamentais: do Romantismo ao Presente*** – 6 8
    A China Republicana e Comunista – 6 5

    *Predicted vacancies
    **1 place per shift in shifts TP14, TP12, TP13, TP1, TP10, TP11, TP15
    ***1 place per shift in shifts P6,P7,P3,P5,P1,P9,P2,P8

  4. Faculty of Human Kinetics

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by the Faculty of Human Kinetics.

    Timetables Academic Calendar Academic Services Location

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Dança e Inclusão Dance 6 5
    Estudos Culturais em Dança I Dance 6 5
    Dança Criativa Dance 6 5
    Produção de Eventos em Dança Dance 6 5
    Sociologia do Desporto e das Organizações Sports Management 6 5
    Perturbações do Desenvolvimento – 6 5
    Desenvolvimento Humano – 6 5
    Pedagogia Terapêutica – 6 5

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Classes start on the 18th of September, 2023.

    2nd Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Direito no Desporto** Gestão Desportiva 6 5
    Técnicas de Dança IV*** Dança 6 5

    *Predicted vacancies
    ** Thursdays: between 10:00 and 14:00
    *** Schedule not yet available

  5. Faculty of Psychology

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by the Faculty of Psychology.

    Timetables Academic Calendar Academic Services Location

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Comportamento Humano e Ambiente Psychology 6 5
    Emoções Psychology 6 5
    Pensamento e Linguagem Psychology 6 5
    Perceção, Atenção e Memória Psychology 6 5
    Psicologia dos Recursos Humanos, do Trabalho e das Organizações Psychology – 5
    Psicologia Social I Psychology – 5

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Classes start on the 11th of September, 2023 (to be confirmed on the faculty’s page).

    2nd Semester (2022/23)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Motivação Psicologia 6 5
    Personalidade e Diferenças Individuais Psicologia 6 5
    Psicologia da Aprendizagem Psicologia 6 5

    *Predicted vacancies

  6. Lisbon School of Economics and Management

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by the Lisbon School of Economics and Management.

    Timetables Academic Calendar Academic Services Location

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Direito Empresarial Economics 6 10
    Sociologia Economics 6 10
    Sociologia do Trabalho e da Empresa Economics 6 10

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Classes start on the 18th of September, 2023.

    2nd Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit Undergraduate Programme ECTS Vacancies*
    Introdução ao Direito Economia / Gestão 6 10

    *Predicted vacancies
    Note: Two places in each class of Economia (ECO01M01 – ECO01M05) and Management (GES01M11 – GES01M16), in the following timetables.

  7. Instituto Superior Técnico

    The timetables, academic calendar and evaluation regulations for these curricular units are defined by Instituto Superior Técnico.

    1st Semester (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit ECTS Campus Vacancies* Period
    Gestão da Cidade: Desafios e Conflitos 3 Alameda 75 P1/P2
    Tecnologia e Sociedade 3 Alameda 200 P2
    Tecnologia e Sociedade 3 Taguspark 100 P2
    Futuros Alternativos 3 Alameda e Taguspark 40 P1
    Crise Climática e Transição Justa 3 Alameda 00 –
    Introdução à Arquitetura 3 Alameda 40 Semester
    Gestão 3 Alameda 20 P1/P2
    Introdução à Economia 3 Alameda 40 P1
    Introdução à Economia 3 Taguspark 40 P2

    *Predicted vacancies

    2nd Semestre (2023/24)

    Curricular Unit ECTS Campus Vacancies*
    Gestão da Cidade: Desafios e Conflitos 3 Alameda 75
    Futuros Alternativos 3 Alameda e Taguspark 80
    Desafios Globais 6 Taguspark 80
    Participatory Planning and Project 3 Alameda 80
    Ciências Sociais e Ambiente 3 Alameda 80
    Introdução à Economia** 3 Alameda 30
    Gestão*** 3 Alameda e Taguspark 15
    Introdução à Arquitetura**** 3 Alameda 50
    Música e Matemática 3 Alameda 30

    *Predicted vacancies
    ** Only for students that attended Gestão
    **** Only for students that attended Introdução à Economia
    **** Not available for Civil Engineering and Architecture students

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