Universidade Federal do Ceará
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia Educacional

Curriculum Structure

The curriculum of the Professional Master’s Degree in Educational Technology aims to discuss the program content included in the program’s area of concentration and lines of research and is structured in a flexible manner, with the aim of meeting the general and specific objectives of the program.

The curricular components are divided into: compulsory subjects, compulsory subjects in the line of research, elective subjects, guidance, and teaching internship. The curricular structure is organized to enable the awarding of a master’s degree within the following timeframes: a minimum of eighteen months and a maximum of thirty months.

The curriculum structure, divided into curricular components, will be expressed in credit units totaling 36 credits, of which 28 credits are for courses to be taken, plus 6 credits for the academic activity of Course Completion Work (TCC), 1 credit for foreign language proficiency activity, and 1 credit for qualification activity. The teaching internship activity is a 4-credit course.
The compulsory subjects are common to all graduates and must be taken by everyone. They are: Seminar in Educational Technology and Scientific Research Methodology. The compulsory subject in the line of research must be taken in the first semester. Elective courses may be taken throughout the program, without being required in a specific semester. Guidance will be counted as credits for students and will be offered starting in the third semester. The teaching internship is designed to prepare graduate students for higher education teaching, as well as to contribute to the qualification of undergraduate teaching. By the end of the third semester of the course, students must defend their qualifying exam, demonstrating that they have in-depth knowledge of the topic of their Final Course Project and that they have clearly identified a problem to be addressed. Before defending their Final Course Project, students must also complete the teaching internship and take a foreign language proficiency exam.