Doctorate
The Postgraduate Program in Communication and Territorialities (PósCom-Ufes) at the Federal University of Espírito Santo offers Master's Degrees in Communication and Territorialities and Doctorate in Communication and Territorialities, both at the Academic level.
As a rule, classes are taught primarily, but not exclusively, in the afternoon, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Program Code: 30001013057P7
Level: Academic Doctorate
Teaching Modality: In-Person Area of Concentration: “Communication and Territorialities”
Research Lines: “Communication and Power” and “Aesthetics and Communication Languages”
Start Year: 2025
Current Concept at CAPES: 4
Legal Basis:
Doctorate: CNE/CES Opinion No. 177/2025, from the Higher Education Chamber of the National Education Council and MEC ORDINANCE No. 213, OF MARCH 20, 2025.
Address: Graduate Program in Communication and Territorialities Federal University of Espírito Santo - Building of the Directorate and Graduate Studies of the Arts Center - Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, 29075-910 - Vitória - ES, Brazil- 4009-2024
| Doctoral Program Curricular Integration Activities | ||||||
| Activities | Mandatory Courses |
Courses Optional |
Teaching internship * |
Atividaties scheduled ** |
Qualification
report |
Tesis defense |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandatory to scholarship students |
Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | |||
| number | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Hrs | 60h | 60h | 60h* | |||
| Cr. hrs. | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Total Cr. hrs. |
12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| 28 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Sum required credits |
36 | |||||
| Courses | ||||
| General education track Core curriculum for PósCom/Ufes doctoral students |
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| Courses | Hrs. | Cr hrs. | Type | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodological approaches to communication research | 60 | 4 | Mandatory | Doctoral exclusive |
| Epistemologies and communication theories | 60 | 4 | Mandatory | Doctoral exclusive |
| Communication and Territorialities | 60 | 4 | Mandatory | |
| Textualities and Discourse | 60 | 4 | Optional | |
| Research Seminar | 60 | 4 | Optional | |
| Theoretical Issues in Communication | 60 | 4 | Optional | |
| Specific training track Elective courses organized around research lines, offered jointly for the master's and doctoral programs. |
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| Research Area: Communication and Power | ||||
| Cultural and Media Industries | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Power and Tecnology | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Communication, power e públic sphere | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Journalism Issues | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Special Topics in Communication and Territorialities I | 30 | 2 | Optional | Optional |
| Special Topics in Communication and Territorialities II | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Research Line: Aesthetics and Communicational Languages: | ||||
| Communication, Everyday Life, and Sociability | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Aesthetics and Communicative Languages | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Communication, Culture, and Consumption | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Body and Territorialities | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
| Special Topics in Communication and Territorialities III | 30 | 2 | Optional | Optional |
| Special Topics in Communication and Territorialities IV | 60 | 4 | Optional | Optional |
22 Scheduled activities
As Programmed Activities (independent studies) are mandatory and consist of academic productions developed during the course. To complete credits arising from academic production, the student, after sending a duly documented request, may obtain approval with the following score:
| Actividaties | Cr hrs |
|---|---|
| a) Authored book published in the field | 4 |
| b) Chapter book published in the field | 2 |
| c) Paper published in periódics | 2 |
| d) Authored book published in the other field | 2 |
| e) Chapter book published in the other field | 1 |
| f) Full paper published in the proceedings of academic events in the field of PósCom-Ufes or related areas. | 1 |
