Structure

The Academic Master's Course in Education is taught on a credit basis, with each credit representing 15 hours of instruction. The curricular structure of the master's includes a total of 28 credits, divided into:

08 credits for common required subjects;

12 credits for electives;

04 credits for research seminars in each research line;

04 credits for the dissertation.

The compulsory subjects (DO) must be taken by all students in the program and aim to provide common knowledge about Brazilian education and the production of knowledge, focusing on education and the integration and academic experience of master's students in education.

Mandatory subjects of the course are: Brazilian Education (4 credits) and Research and Education (4 credits). The research seminars (4 credits) are offered by Line and are designed to provide theoretical and methodological delineation of ongoing research. Two sets of research seminars are offered in the second semester of each academic year, composed of master's students and the professor(s) responsible for each line. This curricular component relies on the participation of researchers from UFCG and other universities, who can contribute to the analysis of the processes of knowledge production in the different topics of research in development and allow the exchange of experiences between professors and doctoral students in education.

Elective subjects (ED), in turn, are subjects that are included in the curriculum and can be chosen by doctoral students with the consent of the supervisor. This is a list of subjects offered periodically by the PPGEd, and the student must complete at least three subjects in this modality, for a total of 12 credits. These subjects aim at deepening the studies related to the topics studied in the dissertation and to address the areas of interest of the master's student. Equivalent subjects may be taken in other graduate programs in education or similar fields, provided they are recommended by CAPES and agreed upon with the master's student's advisor.

The electives (4 credits) included in the course syllabus are:

1. Educational Policy in Brazil;

2. Organization and management of education in Brazil;

3. Public School Studies in Brazil;

4. State, Society and Education;

5. Education and Teaching in Brazil;

6. Society, Diversity and Education;

7. Literacy and Education;

8. Identities, Diversity and Education;

9. Language, Education and Diversity;

10. Methodology of Higher Education;

11. Child education, culture and social interaction;

12. Economic-social education and Brazilian education;

13. Education and modern technologies.