Curriculum

Mandatory Courses

1st Semester

Course	Workload	credits
Fundamentals of Mathematics Education	60 hours	04 credits
Research Methodology in Mathematics Education	60 hours	04 credits
Experiences in Study and Research Group I	30 hours	02 credits
Research Seminar I	30 hours	02 credits
Total:	180 hours	12 credits

^{Research group experiences are developed with the participation of the master's student in training activities chosen by his/her advisor.}

^{Research Seminars are a periodic event in which the master's student participates and submits their research production for evaluation.}

2nd Semester

Course	Workload	credits
Research Line 1 Elective	60 hours	04 credits
Research Line 2 Elective	60 hours	04 credits
Experiences in Study and Research Group II	30 hours	02 credits
Research Seminar II	30 hours	02 credits
Total:	180 hours	12 hours

^{Research group experiences are developed with the participation of the master's student in training activities chosen by his/her advisor.}

^{Research Seminars are a periodic event in which the master's student participates and submits their research production for evaluation.}

3rd Semester

Course	Workload	credits
Experiences in Study and Research Group III	30 hours	02 credits
Dissertation Qualification	150 hours	10 credits
Total:	180 hours	12 credits

Course

Workload

credits

Experiences in Study and Research Group III

30 hours

02 credits

Dissertation Qualification

150 hours

10 credits

Total:

180 hours

12 credits

^{Research group experiences are developed with the participation of the master's student in training activities chosen by his/her advisor.}

4th Semester

Course	Workload	credits
Experiences in Study and Research Group IV	30 hours	02 credits
Dissertation Defense	150 hours	10 credits
Total:	180 hours	12 credits

Course

Workload

credits

Experiences in Study and Research Group IV

30 hours

02 credits

Dissertation Defense

150 hours

10 credits

Total:

180 hours

12 credits

^{Research group experiences are developed with the participation of the master's student in training activities chosen by his/her advisor.}

Elective Courses for Research Lines 1 and 2

The program offers more than one elective course for each research line and the master's student must take two of them.

Research Line 1 - Training of Teachers who teach Mathematics

Courses	Workload	Credits
Curriculum and teacher training	60 hours	04 credits
Mathematics Education and Literacy	60 hours	04 credits
Teacher training	60 hours	04 credits
Training of teachers who teach mathematics	60 hours	04 credits
History of Mathematics Education and Teacher Training	60 hours	04 credits
Mathematical Education Laboratory in teacher training	60 hours	04 credits
Mathematical literacy and training for teaching	60 hours	04 credits
Teaching and professional knowledge	60 hours	04 credits
Special Topics in Teacher Training	60 hours	04 credits

Research Line 2 - Mathematics Teaching and Learning Processes

Course	Workload	Credits
Didactics of Mathematics	60 hours	04 credits
Critical Mathematics Education	60 hours	04 credits
Inclusive Mathematics Education	60 hours	04 credits
Ethnomathematics	60 hours	04 credits
Philosophy of Mathematics Education	60 hours	04 credits
History of Mathematics in Mathematics Teaching	60 hours	04 credits
Mathematical Modeling in Mathematics Teaching	60 hours	04 credits
Information and Communication Technologies in Mathematics Education	60 hours	04 credits
Special Topics in Education (Mathematics)	60 hours	04 credits

Total

To complete the course, you will need to complete:

Proficiency in a foreign language;
Mandatory teaching internship for scholarship recipients; Complementary/Special activities completed during the program (minimum 60 hours);
Qualification of the research project;
Dissertation defense;
Submission of an article resulting from the research to a peer-reviewed journal.

To complete the Academic Master's Degree in Mathematics Education, the student must complete at least 52 credits (1 credit is equivalent to 15 hours), 20 of which relate to the dissertation and 32 to other mandatory curricular activities.

The teaching internship is mandatory for master's students with scholarships.

The total workload for non-scholarship students is 52 credits (780h), and for scholarship students it is 56 credits (840h).

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