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The Graduate Program in Literary Theory and History is intended to train researchers to enhance their critical thinking and investigation skills related to literature.
Based on these priority goals, its purpose is to effectively qualify and educate professors to teach undergratuate students, by aligning the professors' skills with the spirit of research.

ASSESSMENT AND RECOGNITION

The master's and doctoral programs in Literary Theory and History were awarded grade 7 in CAPES evaluation in the three-year period 2010/2012, and were recognized by MEC ordinance 524, of April 29, 2008.
 
Completion: 

The master's degree program in Literary Theory and History must be completed within the minimum and maximum time limits of 12 and 36 months, respectively. The doctoral program in Literary Theory and History must be completed within the minimum and maximum time limits of 12 and 54 months, respectively. In the case of scholarship students, the maximum period will be reduced in accordance with the commitments made with the supporting agencies (CAPES, CNPq, FAPESP). 

_ MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN LITERARY THEORY AND HISTORY 

The master's degree program activities are divided into two basic components in addition to the Dissertation: 
I) Common Component - the student must complete at least 24 credits in disciplines. 
II) Required Component - the student must complete at least 16 credits in disciplines related to the line of research of his/her Dissertation. 
For the Common Component, which comprises different disciplines identified with the LT acronym and related to the areas of research which are fundamental to the literary studies, the student may choose, upon the advisor's approval, the disciplines the student is mostly interested in both for his/her own development and for the Dissertation. 
For the Required Component, the student will choose, always upon the advisor's approval, the LT discipline series - Guidance Seminars in ..., according to the line of research of his/her project.  
No disciplines have any prerequisites or parallel requirements. In addition, there are no compulsory sequences, series per area, modality or field. The syllabus and the bibliography of the disciplines will be provided by the professor. 
Disciplines offered by other IEL Graduate Programs, external to IEL or external to Unicamp, may be attended by the student, always at the advisor's discretion, and those disciplines may be validaded upon SCPG-THL's approval, provided that they do not exceed the limit of 1/3 (one third) of the total credits of the course (i.e. credits of the Common Component plus the credits of the Required Component).   Only the disciplines attended after a student has enrolled in the program will be duly validated. 

Specific Rules 

The specific rules applicable to the master's degree program in Literary Theory and History are as follows: 

Requirements for Obtaining the Master's Degree 

Credits 

The student must complete, after his/her registration in the master's degree program, 40 credits in activities, among which as a minimum: 
- 24 credits in disciplines of the Common Component (03 disciplines); 
- 16 credits in disciplines of the Required Component (02 disciplines); 
Be approved in the Qualification Exam for the master's degree program; 
Have his/her master's thesis approved. 
All the other requirements and mechanisms associated with the master's degree program are governed by Unicamp's General Rules of the Graduate Program Courses and by the Rules governing the Graduate Program in Literary Theory and History of IEL. 

Guidance 

Every regular student of the master´s degree program, upon his/her first enrollment, will have an advisor for the thesis who is part of the staff of the Literary Theory Department. The advisor must submit his/her own document confirming if he/she accepted the advisee.  In case of change of advisor (either temporary or permanent), the SCPG-THL must be immediately informed both of the termination and the new appointment. No student will remain in the program without an advisor. 
The advisor, in agreement with the student, is responsible for defining the topic and providing guidance for the development of the thesis. 
The advisee must complete all assignments and research activities as determined by the advisor. At the advisor's discretion, the advisee may be asked to do supplementary activities as deemed necessary by the advisor for his/her academic background such as courses (regardless of obtaining credits), taking part in lectures, seminars, etc. Whenever requested by the advisor, the student must immediately report to IEL/Unicamp. 

Qualification Exam 

The Qualification Exam will consist of an assessment of a partial or full version of the work in progress. 
The Dissertation Qualification Exam will be taken before a Board of Examiners comprising (3) three professors, one of whom must be the candidate's advisor. The exam must be taken after the successful completion of the Common Component and within, at least, 03 months before the date scheduled for the Dissertation defense. 

Dissertation Defense 

The candidate must defend his/her thesis in a public session, before the Board of Examiners and according to Unicamp's General Rules of the Graduate Program Courses and to the Rules governing the Graduate Program in Literary Theory and History IEL.
 
_ DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN LITERARY THEORY AND HISTORY

The doctoral program activities are divided into two basic components in addition to the dissertation: 

I) Common Component - the student must complete at least 24 credits in disciplines. 
II) Required Component - the student must complete at least 16 credits in disciplines related to the line of research of his/her dissertation. 
For the Common Component, which comprises different disciplines identified with the LT acronym and related to the areas of research which are fundamental to the literary studies, the student may choose, upon the advisor's approval, the disciplines he/she is mostly interested in both for his/her own development and for the dissertation. 
For the Required Component, the student will choose, always upon the advisor's approval, the LT discipline series - Guidance Seminars in ..., according to the line of research of his/her project.  
No disciplines have any prerequisite or parallel requirements. In addition, there are no compulsory sequences, series per area, modality or field. The syllabus and the bibliography of the disciplines will be provided by the professor. 
Disciplines offered by other IEL Graduate Programs, external to IEL or external to Unicamp, may be attended by the student, always at the advisor's discretion, and those disciplines may be validated upon SCPG-THL's approval, provided that they do not exceed the limit of 1/3 (one third) of the total credits of the course (i.e. credits of the common component plus the credits of the Required Component).   Only the disciplines attended after the students has enrolled in the program will be duly validated.

 

 Specific Rules 

The specific rules applicable to the doctoral degree program in Literary Theory and History are as follows: 

Requirements for Obtaining the doctoral degree 

Credits 

Successfully complete at least 40 credits in planned activities, distributed as follows: 
- 24 credits in disciplines of the Common Component after his/her registration in the doctoral program;  
- 16 credits in disciplines of the Required Component after his/her registration in the doctoral program; 
Be approved in the Qualification Exam for the doctoral program; 
Have his/her master's thesis approved.
All the other requirements and mechanisms associated with the doctoral program are governed by Unicamp's General Rules of the Graduate Program Courses and by the Rules governing the Graduate Program in Literary Theory and History of IEL. 

Guidance 

Every regular student of the doctoral program, upon his/her first enrollment, will have an advisor for the dissertation who is part of the staff of the Literary Theory Department. The advisor must submit his/her own document confirming if he/she accepted the advisee.  In case of change of advisor (either temporary or permanent), the SCPG-THL must be immediately informed both of the termination and the new appointment. No student will remain in the program without an advisor. 
The advisor, in agreement with the student, is responsible for defining the topic and providing guidance for the development of the dissertation. 
The advisee must complete all assignments and research activities as determined by the advisor. At the advisor's discretion, the advisee may be asked to do supplementary activities as deemed necessary by the advisor for his/her academic background such as courses (regardless of obtaining credits), taking part in lectures, seminars, etc. Whenever requested by the advisor, the student must report to IEL/Unicamp. 

Qualification Exam 

The Qualification Exam will consist of an assessment of a partial or full version of the work in progress. 
The Dissertation Qualification Exam will be taken before a Board of Examiners comprising (3) three professors, one of whom must be the candidate's advisor. The exam must be taken after the successful completion of the Common Component and within, at least, 03 months before the date scheduled for the dissertation defense. 

Dissertation Defense 

The candidate must defend his/her dissertation in a public session, on a date scheduled by SCPG-THL, upon the advisor's request, and according to Unicamp's General Rules of the Graduate Program Courses and to the Rules governing this Graduate Program in particular. 

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