Courses in English at UNESP

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Courses in English at UNESP

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Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP is a public university with 23 campuses spread throughout the state of São Paulo, a major economic power in Brazil.

UNESP is a research university, ranked among the best in the country receiving international recognition for the quality of its research and academic activities.

In order to raise the number of international students in our programs, the university is launching a new project called English Programs at UNESP – EPU, approaching five different areas: Agriculture Sciences, Alternative Energy, Biodiversity, Dentistry as well Literature and Linguistics. Each one of these programs will have a group of disciplines arranged according the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), that will sum a total of 120 ECTS credits and will be bounded to different graduate programs of UNESP.

Foreign students from undergraduate or graduate programs should be at UNESP for a minimum period of one semester and maximum of four. They will have the possibility of developing a traditional exchange period, or stay at UNESP after finishing their initial period, bounded to a graduate program in order to finish their studies and receive a master degree from UNESP. In case of PhD students, they will be able to keep developing their research, with a co-tutor, if they are interested.

Foreign students that will attend the programs should enroll in an intensive Portuguese as a Second Language program that will be offered by UNESP.

UNESP will offer annually, for each of the five programs, two master scholarships with duration of two years and a one year doctorate scholarship with the values currently used by the funding agencies in Brazil. Students should declare their interest for this scholarship at the moment of their application.

Each one of the five programs will count with financial resources to invite annually a foreign professor to participate in the program. He will have the opportunity of giving classes for a maximum period of two months in one of the programs in order to develop activities with UNESP researchers.

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Coordinator

Odair A. Fernandes

oafernandes@fcav.unesp.br

AgriCulturAl SCienCeS

Brazil is one of the largest grain and meat producing countries in the world. Thus, the disciplines offered aim at engaging students in several aspects related to sustainable agricultural and animal production in the tropics. Students will have also the opportunity of studying in different UNESP campuses and, therefore, gain knowledge on different production and research approaches in agricultural sciences in Brazil.

Disciplines of the program

• Biological Evaluation Of Feeds And Nutritional Requirements For Ruminants

• Breeding Autogamous Crops

• Dairy Science And Technology

• Ecophysiology Of Bioenergy Crops

• Engineering Properties Of Food Materials

• Evolution Of Plant Pathogens In Agriculture

• Fish Larviculture

• Measuring Sustainability In Agricultural Systems

• Observing And Measuring Animal Behaviour

• Optimizing Application And Environmental Dynamics Of Pesticides

• Professional Development And

Scientific Ethics

• Seed Biology And Physiology

• Topics On Agriculture And Development

• Understanding Genes, Genetics And Genomics: New Windows Opened In Agricultural Sciences

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AlternAtive energy

This theme wil bring the most updated and relevant issues regarding Brazilian research in energy obtained by biomass and other renewable sources. Choosing this theme, the students will study topics like technological development related to energy storage by using smart materials, automation and control of power systems, efficiency in energy use, technological innovation for alternative energies, with special attention to those that demonstrate greater environmental sustainability.

Disciplines of the program

• The Brazilian Electrical Power System: Opportunities For Energy Conservation

• Design Of Experiments And Robust Design Applied To Renewable

• Efficient Use Of Energy

• Electric Machines Control

• Electric Power Quality In Distribution Networks With Renewable Energy

• Fuel Cells

• Geotechnologies Applied To Energy Management

• Renewable Energy And Electric Power Generation

• Renewable Energy In Microgrids

• Technology Of Processing Agricultural And Forestry Biomass

• Thermal Systems Optimization

• Utilization Of Agriwastes For The Production Of Energy And New Materials

Coordinator

José Luz Silveira

joseluz@feg.unesp.br

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BiodiverSity

This theme is extremely relevant and will enable students to engage in studies of the most biodiverse coutry in the world. With the courses in this theme, the students will have contact with topics linked to research on biomass and bioenergy production, production and analysis of biofuels, automotive engine applications, economics and social and environmental impacts of biofuels.

Disciplines of the program

• Biocatalysis

• Ethnobotanic And Conservation Of The Vegetal Biodiversity

• Methods In Microbial Ecology

• Photosynthesis, Agronomic Productivity And Ecophysiology Of Native And Cultivated Tropical Plant Species

• Principles Of Phylogenetic Systematics

• Stress And Immunity

• Sustainable Exploitation Of Biodiversity

• The Invisible Beauty Of Biodiversity

Coordinator

Wagner Vilegas

vilegasw@clp.unesp.br

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Disciplines of the program

• Basic And Clinical Research In Endo-periondontal Lesions

• Biology Of Regulation Of Bone Turnover

• Bone Biology Applied To Dentistry

• Cariology

• Clinical Research In Restorative Dentistry

• Cytotoxicity And Biocompatibility Of Biomaterials Used In Dentistry

dentiStry

Brazilian dentistry is considered one of the most advanced in the world. This group of disciplines will bring together clinical and basic science to address the concepts of dental caries and other oral infections and their consequences for understanding the diseases, the biocompatibility and clinical applications of restorative materials and the principles of bone biology. Upon completion of this theme, it is expected that the students will apply the knowledge learned to the solution of a wide range of oral diseases.

• Direct Adhesive Restaurations

• Integrating New Molecular Insights Into Clinical Aspects Of Hostmicrobial In Infectious Oral Diseases

• Pulp And Perialpical Treatment (Endodontics)

• Science Of Bonding In Restorative Dentistry

Coordinator

Carlos Eduardo Vergani

vergani@foar.unesp.br

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Disciplines of the program

• Elizabeth Bishop: Brazil Through The Eyes Of An American Poet

• The Fiction Genre Of Parable

• Introduction To Graduate Studies In Comparative Literature

• An Introduction To Modern Hermeneutics: Philological And Literary Interpretation

• Language Awareness And Implications For Teaching, Learning And Instructional Interaction

• Language Policy

• Linguistic Elements To The Literaty Text

• The Literary Reception Of Walt Whitman In Brazil

• Literature And History

• Literature In Early Childhood

• Perspectives On Typology

• Postmodernism And Cultural Studies

• Principles For Scientific Research Methodology

• Reading Brazil Through Literature

• Reading Three Novels: The Mill On The Floss By Geoge Eliot, The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf And Near To The Wild Heart [Perto Do Coração Selvagem] By Clarice Lispector

• Seminars In Academic English: Giving Presentations

• Spoken Language: Research Perspectives And Principles In Foreign Language Learning And Teaching

• The Theatre: Theory And Practice

• Translation Theory And Research Methods In Translation Studies

literAture And linguiStiCS

Coordinator

Giséle Manganelli Fernandes

gisele@ibilce.unesp.br

This Program aims at exploring a wide range of topics in Portuguese Language, Brazilian Literature, Literatures in English, Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Cultural Studies. The courses will focus on issues such as discursive and textual structure of Portuguese Language, genre, teaching/learning languages, literary theory, translation theory.

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In all these topics UNESP has a high level of scientific competence. The courses will be formatted observing strict academic criteria for full recognition of credits obtained at UNESP. Standard requirements set by the European Commission for academic recognition of study periods abroad European Credit Transfer System – ECTS will be considered.

CEU will accept undergraduate, master’s and PhD students. All students must register to attend courses in a single theme and may use the courses as part of their academic exchange program. During their stay in Brazil, UNESP will offer a course of Portuguese as a foreign language to enable better integration.

In addition, foreign students who wish to attend a regular master course at UNESP will be eligible for scholarships provided by the program. In this case, these students need to stay for at least a year and a half taking courses in English as well as mandatory courses from the regular graduate programs. PhD students who wish to attend the courses in English language could also apply for scholarships and start joint research with Unesp faculty members. These students will be registered in our regular graduate programs.

UNESP like all public universities in Brazil does not charge tuition and other fees of their students and foreign students participating in our courses are exempted as well.

Why Choose Brazil and São Paulo State for an Academic exchange?

Going through a special moment in its history of economic, institutional and social development Brazil is the second economy in the Americas, only behind the United States and positioned among the seven largest world economies.

The Brazilian economy is established in a rich and competitive market. The discoveries made in the Pre-Salt raised the country to a new oil reserve and production level, to a position of prominence in the world. Agriculture, mining, manufacturing (automobiles, aircrafts, electrical and electronic equipment, textile/apparel, etc.), large sized trade and product distribution networks, in addition to the services sector, provide excellent growth opportunities for entrepreneurs, as well as for trained and enthusiastic professionals.

Students choosing Brazilian universities to develop their academic education will find undergraduate and graduate level excellence centers, besides relevant areas to develop globally recognized researches and public outreach centers of major relevance. Above all, these students will be able to enjoy the decanted courtesy of Brazilian people to theirs visitors, the natural ability to make friends and the opportunity to become partners in the journey of transforming Brazil, in the next ten years, into one of the top five economies on the planet.

The economy of the state of São Paulo is the most developed and powerful in Brazil, recording 33.9% of the total Brazilian GDP. There are 645 cities, distributed in almost 250 thousand square kilometers – area slightly larger than the United Kingdom – where there are over 41 million inhabitants. The region around its state capital, the city of São Paulo, is considered the sixth largest urban agglomeration in the world, comprising about 20 million inhabitants. Its population is the most diverse of the country. Initially dominated by the Portuguese discoverers, São Paulo received people from Africa, retained the Amerindians and from the mid-1800 received Italian, Arab, Japanese, Spanish, German, Jew and more recently, Korean and Chinese immigrants. Thus, it became a cosmopolitanism model: in the capital of the state of São Paulo, immigrants and their descendants live and work in complete harmony. Being the most developed state in Brazil, São Paulo is the main center of the Mercosur economy. The major national and multinational economic groups concerning industrial companies, farming and services are installed in modern buildings that represent the advanced Brazilian architecture in one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The state also concentrates the most important portion of the ethanol fuel industry in the country.

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Courses in English at UNESP

PROPGPRÓ-REITORIA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃOAssessoria de Relações Externas

AREX

Sao Paulo State University | UNESPInternational Office

Rua Quirino de Andrade, 215 - CentroSão Paulo, SP, Brasil | 01049-010

http://www.unesp.br/en

Courses_in_English_CAPA_05.indd 2 30/08/2012 17:15:32