Way to Enter (Way to enter)
Through the selection process carried out annually or as a special student through a formalized request for analysis in the master's degree coordination, the student must participate in another master’s degree program or students approved and not classified in the TECCER master's degree selection process.
Course objectives (Course Objective)
The Postgraduate Program in Territories and Cultural Expressions in the Cerrado (TECCER), master’s degree level, of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG) aims to:
• Train specialized researchers in themes related to the Territories and Cultural Expressions in the Cerrado area;
• Qualify professors for a better professional exercise at the university and basic teaching levels, with a broad domain of their field of knowledge for the exercise of teaching, research and extension activities, as well as other activities;
• Stimulate academic production and innovation in the environment of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás;
• Produce qualified academic knowledge about the Brazilian Cerrado in the scope of the applied human and social sciences;
• Promote the continuity of studies at the stricto sensu postgraduate level of graduates from UEG and other educational institutions.
Profile of the professional to be trained (Professional profile)
As for the professional profile, the graduate of the Postgraduate Program in Territories and Cultural Expressions in the Cerrado (TECCER), master’s degree level, of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG) should have the ability to critically address the process of economic, social and cultural modernization of the Brazilian Cerrado; the graduate of the Program should also adopt a broad perspective of the Brazilian Cerrado – not restricted to the institutional limits of the Federation units – and also an interdisciplinary perspective between the areas of History, Geography and applied social sciences; in addition, the graduate of the TECCER Program should be able to carry out comparative analyzes between the Cerrado and other Brazilian socio-environmental domains.
Total credits for the degree (Total credits)
The regular student of the TECCER Program must fulfill a minimum total of 36 (thirty-six) credits distributed in disciplines, academic activities and defense of the final product. Each credit corresponds to 15 (fifteen) hours of activities.
The regular student of the Program must complete at least 20 (twenty) credits in disciplines, being 12 (twelve) credits in mandatory disciplines and 8 (eight) credits in electives. In academic activities, the student may complete up to 4 (four) credits in publishing an article, chapter or book, and complementary activities; and 4 (four) credits for participation in research seminars. In defense of the final product (dissertation), the student will complete 8 (eight) credits.
Disciplines |
20 |
Academic activities |
8 |
Dissertation |
8 |
Selection frequency (Selection frequency)
TECCER will carry out 1 (one) selection process per year.
Number of vacancies per selection (Number of vacancies)
The Postgraduate Program in Territories and Cultural Expressions in the Cerrado (TECCER) of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG) currently has 28 vacancies, being distributed among the 4 GTs.