Curricular structure
Masters and doctoral students have to obtain at least 120 or 200 credit units, respectively. One credit is equivalent to 15 hours of programmed activities in the form of regular courses, special courses, seminars, teaching-assistant positions, teaching internship, and research activities required for their thesis project.
For masters students, at least 27 credits have to be obtained from regular or special courses offered by the Program. The ECO-65 course is mandatory, and the student has to take at least one field course among those offered.
For doctoral students, at least 46 credits have to be obtained from regular or special courses offered by INPA’s Ecology program or other graduate programs. Doctoral candidates with a masters degree from INPA or any other graduate program accredited by Capes will be granted 27 credits in relation to the courses taken during the masters studies, independent of the original number of credits. These 27 credits will count towards the 46 credits needed for course work.
For more information on curricular activities and conversion of credits acquired at other institutions, please refer to the general regulation of INPA’s graduate programs, as well as the specific regulation of PPG-Ecologia, both available on this website under Regulamento (in Portuguese).
Courses are offered yearly. The semester calenders and enrolement forms (in Portuguese) are available from this website under Calendário and Downloads.
All courses can be taken by both masters and doctoral students of PPG-Ecologia and are also open to students from other graduate programs. Enrolement is due every semester and may be subjected to selection criteria and a number of participants limited by the lecturer.
Courses are lectured in Portuguese, except when the title is also in English in the Portuguese version of the webpage. Click on the title to access the course description (usually in Portuguese).
HL=hour load, CR=number of credit units.
MANDATORY COURSE
|
Code |
Course title |
Lecturer |
HL |
CR |
|
ECO 65 |
William Magnusson |
90 |
6 |
1 It is also mandatory to take at least one of the field courses offered by the Program
OPTIONAL COURSES
|
Code |
Course title |
Lecturer |
HL |
CR |
|
ECO 41 |
José Luís Camargo, Paulo Bobrowiec |
45 |
3 |
|
|
ECO 42 |
José Luís Camargo, Paulo Bobrowiec |
45 |
3 |
|
|
ECO 58 |
Fabrício Baccaro |
30 |
2 |
|
|
ECO 59 |
Paulo Bobrowiec, José Luís Camargo |
120 |
8 |
|
|
ECO 60 |
Cintia Cornelius, Marina Anciães, William Magnusson |
90 |
6 |
|
|
ECO 61 |
Ecosystem ecology |
Carlos Alberto Quesada, Juliana Schietti |
60 |
4 |
|
ECO 62 |
Flávia Costa |
90 |
6 |
|
|
ECO 68 |
Ordination methods: an introduction to multivariate analyses |
Flávia Costa, Fabricio Baccaro, Juliana Schietti, William Magnusson |
60 |
4 |
|
ECO 72 |
Bruce W. Nelson |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 75 |
Philip Fearnside |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 77 |
Glenn H. Shepard Jr |
30 |
2 |
|
|
ECO 79 |
Albertina Lima |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 80 |
Bruce R. Forsberg |
90 |
6 |
|
|
ECO 81 |
Jansen Zuanon |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 82 |
Richard Vogt |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 84 |
Marina Anciães |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 85 |
Camila Ribas, Fernanda Werneck |
60 |
4 |
|
|
ECO 86 |
Model-based phylogeography |
Fernanda Werneck, Rafael Leite, Camila Ribas |
60 |
4 |
|
ECO 87 |
Introduction to Amazonian ecosystems |
Maria Teresa Piedade |
30 |
2 |
|
SEM 01 |
William Magnusson, Albertina Lima, Noemia Ishikawa, Fabricio Baccaro |
45 |
3 |
|
|
SEM 02 |
Introductory seminars II |
Isolde Ferraz, Tânia Sanaiotti, Renato Cintra |
15 |
1 |
|
SEM 03 |
Introductory seminars III |
Isolde Ferraz, Tânia Sanaiotti, Renato Cintra |
15 |
1 |
2 Field courses
3 Enrolment at http://pdbff.inpa.gov.br
ACTIVITIES WITH VARIABLE NUMBER OF CREDITS
|
Code |
Activity title |
HL |
CR |
|
PRO.ESP |
Special project |
up to 120 |
up to 08 |
|
TOP.ESP |
Special course |
up to 225 |
up to 15 |
|
MON |
Teaching assistant (for doctoral students) |
up to 60 |
up to 04 |
|
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Courses from other graduate programs |
up to 225 |
up to 15 |
SPECIAL COURSES
The institution of origin of lecturers that do not belong to the Program’s faculty is indicated.
Please refer to the Calendar section for special courses offered in the current semester.
|
Year |
Course title |
Lecturer |
HL |
CR |
|
2016 |
Tree rings, isotopes and recent climate change in the Amazon basin |
Jochen Schongart |
45 |
3 |
|
2016 |
Functional aspects of the morphology of fruit, seeds and seedlings |
Isolde Ferraz, Wolfgang Stuppy (Kew Garden, Inglaterra) |
60 |
4 |
|
2016 |
Functional characteristics of plants |
Flávia Costa, Lourens Poorter (Univ. Waageningen, Holanda), Juliana Schietti, Rafael Oliveira (UNICAMP) |
45 |
3 |
|
2015 |
GIS for ecologists |
Darren Norris |
45 |
3 |
|
2015 |
Introduction to primatology |
Adrian Barnett |
60 |
4 |
|
2015 |
Workshop on sound recording and analysis |
Albertina Lima, Luciano Naka (UFPE) |
60 |
4 |
|
2015 |
Functional characteristics of plants |
Flávia Costa, Lourens Poorter (Univ. Waageningen, Holanda), Juliana Schietti, Rafael Oliveira (UNICAMP) |
45 |
3 |
|
2014 |
Functional aspects of the morphology of fruit, seeds and seedlings |
Isolde Ferraz, Wolfgang Stuppy (Kew Garden, Inglaterra) |
60 |
4 |
|
2014 |
Primatology and mastozoology |
Adrian Barnett, Wilson Spironello |
75 |
5 |
|
2014 |
Scott Stark (Michigan State Univ, EUA), Juliana Schietti |
45 |
3 |
|
|
2014 |
GIS for ecologists |
Darren Norris |
45 |
3 |
|
2013 |
Banding of terra firme forest birds in central Amazonia |
Gonçalo Ferraz, Jared Wolfe (Louisiana State Univ, EUA), Erik Johnson (Audubon Soc, EUA) |
45 |
3 |
|
2013 |
Phytogeography, ecophysiology, growth and sustainable management of Amazonian floodplain forests |
Jochen Schoengart, Florian Wittmann |
60 |
4 |
|
2013 |
Germination of Amazonian forest seeds |
Isolde Ferraz |
60 |
4 |
|
2013 |
Spatial statistics |
Marie-José Fortin (Univ Toronto, Canada) |
30 |
2 |
|
2013 |
GIS for ecologists |
Darren Norris |
45 |
3 |
|
2012 |
Functional aspects of the morphology of fruit and seeds |
Isolde Ferraz, Wolfgang Stuppy (Kew Garden, Inglaterra) |
60 |
4 |
|
2012 |
Gonçalo Ferraz, Erik Johnson (Audubon Soc, EUA) |
45 |
3 |
|
|
2011 |
Phytogeography, ecophysiology, growth and sustainable management of Amazonian flooded forests |
Jochen Schoengart, Florian Wittmann |
60 |
4 |
|
2011 |
Glenn Shepard, Rui Murrieta (USP) |
45 |
3 |
|
|
2010 |
Phytogeography, ecophysiology, growth and sustainable management of Amazonian floodplain forests |
Jochen Schoengart, Florian Wittmann |
60 |
4 |
|
2009 |
Flávia Costa |
45 |
3 |
|
|
2009 |
Isolde Ferraz, Wolfgang Stuppy (Kew Garden, Inglaterra) |
60 |
4 |
|
|
2009 |
On the use of Bioacoustics data in biodiversity and evolutionary ecology studies |
Adolfo Amézquita (Univ de los Andes, Colombia) |
45 |
3 |
|
2008 |
Field course on botanical identification |
Mike Hopkins (INPA) |
60 |
4 |
|
2008 |
Workshop on modelling of geographic distributions and the use of biological collections |
A. Townsend Peterson (Univ Kansas, EUA), Marinez Siqueira (CRIA), Marina Anciães |
60 |
4 |
|
2007 |
Origin and evolution of Amazonian ecosystems |
Arnaldo Carneiro |
15 |
1 |
|
2007 |
Evolutionary biology topics in ecological studies |
Henrique Teotônio (Inst Gulbenkian, Portugal), Carlos Machado (Univ Arizona, EUA) |
60 |
4 |
|
2007 |
Mario Cohn Haft, Arnaldo Carneiro |
60 |
4 |
|
|
2006 |
Spatial modelling of biophysical processes in tropical forests |
Mark Mulligan (King’s College, Inglaterra) |
45 |
3 |
|
2006 |
Biogeography and evolution of Amazonian ecosystems |
Mario Cohn Haft, Arnaldo Carneiro |
60 |
4 |
|
2005 |
Composition and diversity of trees in the Amazon: field and analysis methods |
Hans ter Steege (Univ Utrecht, Holanda) |
60 |
4 |
