Orientations for Evaluation of Scientific Merit of Thesis and Dissertations of the Graduate

ORIENTATIONS FOR EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC MERIT OF THESIS AND DISSERTATIONS OF THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ

The form below was delevoped to evaluate the scientific merit of thesis and dissertations presented by candidates to graduation in the Graduate Program in Ecology and Conservation (PPGECO) of Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). The submission of the thesis or dissertation document to an evaluation comitee and the result of this form are considered the public defense of the candidate.All PPGECO regulations for public defenses considering Graduate Programs followBrazilian guidelines. In this sense, the oral presentation is optional under requirement of the candidate, the supervisor or any member of the evaluation comitee.Such presentation can be done using video conferencing.Also, it is opitional for evaluators to provide a detailed list of sugestions to the candidtate, in a separate document and/or in the dissertation or thesis document. The role of evaluators is only to fill the form below indicating if the candidate presented a document containing relevant research to earn the Masters or Doctorate title in PPGECO. If approved by all evaluators, two minute documents will be generated by UFPR in portuguese, and all evaluators should sign confirming that the candidate should be approved.As expected by PPGECO, a Masters candidate may present at least one study that can be possibly published in a reasonable journal in Ecology and Conservation (IF at least c. 1.0). It is expected that Doctorate candidates present at least two studies that can be possibly published in reasonable journals in Ecology and Conservation (IF at least c. 1.0 for the first, and at least c. 2.0 for the second). If the dissertation or thesis document is already composed by published articles in reasonable journals, this evaluation formis legally useful to confirm the scientific merit of research. After filling, send the form to the PPGECO secretariat at –

EVALUATION FORM OF SCIENTIFIC MERIT OF THESIS AND DISSERTATION OF THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ

Candidate:filled by the secretariat

Degree(Masters or Doctorate):filled by the secretariat

Thesis or dissertation title: filled by the secretariat

Final evaluation: the document present studies with the scientific merit expected by PPGECO?

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( ) No

If necessary, make comment directly in the text.

Use the space below if you want to communicate something to the candidate, the supervisor or the Program coordination:

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