Master

• Business Administration

  The opening of markets has increased competitiveness and the fast-changing climate for business demands that educational programs not only keep pace with these changes, but also anticipate future trends. While some of these developments have global implications, the phenomenal advances in China and its neighboring regions, especially Macau, have helped USJ in developing a program suited to these needs. Our faculty brings a wide range of practical experience and theoretical knowledge which gives students the understanding and skills needed to work in this increasingly competitive environment. Course Structure

• Choral Conducting

  This graduate program prepares students to become proficient in the current methodology of choral conducting. Students will study historical performance practices, as they acquire knowledge and skills required to approach a choir as a living organism of human beings. Course Structure

• China-Europe Comparative Studies

  Macau is normally presented as a bridge between Europe and China. There are not, however, many academic and scientific programs of study in this Region dedicated to the study of the historical, political, and economic relations between Europe and China. This Master’s degree aims to initiate state-of-the art research and post-graduate studies, using comparative, connective and contrastive tools and methodologies, in the main fields of social and political studies on China and Europe. Course Structure

• Clinical Social Work

  This program provides graduate students with rigorous training in clinical research and practice. The academic training focuses on the development of skills in psychosocial and clinical diagnoses and treatment of children, individuals and families suffering from psychological dysfunctions/disorders. Clinical training includes direct casework, case management and counseling activities, and other advanced psychotherapeutic interventions. Course Structure

• Community Development

  This master’s program of studies merges the local and global challenges to the processes of community development, organization and social reproduction. The program mobilizes multidisciplinary tools from social and political sciences to address the contemporary problems of community leadership, social mobilization and development, political intervention and civic participation. Course Structure

• Counseling and Psychotherapy

  Counselors and psychotherapists are no longer found only in hospitals and clinics, but are making important contributions to the well-being of individuals in schools, in the workplace and in the wider community. The aim of this Master is to provide graduate students interested in a career in mental health with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge to diagnose, counsel and treat a variety of psychological issues and problems. Course Structure

• Design

  This Master addresses practicing designers, engineers, architects and related professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills while working with internationally respected designers and educators. Graduate students can choose to focus their studies on the design of products, transportation systems, or urban and building spaces.

• Education

  This program is designed for teachers, school administrators and persons involved and/or interested in educational processes. The main goals are the identification of future trends and the impacts of globalization in the ways educational processes are conceived and schools are organized for change. Students will also discuss the centrality of questioning in the learning process, the role of the brain, the tensions between schooling and education, the building of sustainable schools, and the impact of social and political developments and expectations in education. Course Structure

• Government Studies

  This Master aims to research and understand the systemic process of political development and organization, political and social management, governmental structures and practices in local, national and global contexts. The program offers theoretical and problematic leadership training for the new generation of politicians and government top officials to enable them to understand and manage global changes, crises, disputes and reform. Course Structure

• History & Heritage Studies

  This degree integrates the interdisciplinary study and research of the rich heritage and history of Macau in the context of the Pearl River Delta Region and South China. The course offers four specializations in Historical Research, Cultural Tourism Management, Design for Cultural Tourism, and Architecture & Conservation and aims to train a new generation of researchers and professionals able to intervene in the different challenges and professional demands of Macau heritage management, research, and conservation. Course Structure

• Latin-American Studies

  Latin America occupies an increasingly important place in China’s foreign policy. This linkage is not a new development, since China has been paying considerable attention to these countries for decades. In the last few years, however, the scope and focus of China’s initiatives in the Spanish-speaking World is increasing. Macau also has long-term relations with the Philippines and the economic trade with south and Latin America intermediated by the Philippine archipelago was an important trend in the economic history if the Macau enclave (?). This program aims to address the main Latin-American changes and its new relations with China. Course Structure

• Lusophone Studies

  Macau has been designated as the platform for China’s relationships with the Portuguese-speaking countries; an understandable decision given its special historical and cultural ties to Portugal and the nations that have evolved out of its former colonies. This Master aims to support with scientific knowledge, research and debates the increasing development of economic and trade relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, via Macau. Course Structure

• Religious Studies

  The Master’s degree in Religious Studies is an inter-disciplinary program, providing professional, academic guidance, and on site field work in the different Macau religious heritage spots, as well as in historical archives, libraries and museums. Courses focus on the study and interpretation of Asian religions in their theoretical (e.g. beliefs, myths, philosophy), practical (e.g., rituals, practices) and sociological expressions (e.g., groupings). Course Structure

• Social Psychology

  The main goal of this program is to educate professionals working in human and social services in the principles and practices of social psychology in applied settings. The Master researches topics on social cognition, attribution and perception of others, prejudice, discrimination stereotypes, sex roles, interpersonal attraction, helping behaviors, social groups, obedience, rebellion, cooperation, competition and cultural influences. Course Structure

• Women' Studies

  The main goal of this Masters’ degree is to educate teachers, researchers, public leaders and professionals in the various interdisciplinary fields of Women’s studies, providing a framework for researching how questions of sexuality, race, class, gender, age, and nationality affect not only the ways in which women live their lives but also the environment, social structures, and social change. Course Structure

• Information Technology

  Information Technology is a key to our modern society communication and business success. There is clearly a huge trend for the future to create and invent new technology, new application that can simplify day to day life and communication or make businesses more profitable and streamline. In the past 10 years, the broad access to the Internet has revolutionize first the computer environment and more recently the mobile world. We believe that the vast majority of innovation in the upcoming years will come through the usage of the Internet and related technologies. In this perspective the Master in IT aims to prepare engineers, developers and more importantly creative persons who can become the next Internet architects in a fast moving world.

• Mestrado em Ciências da Educaçao

• Interactive Education Technology

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• Transaction Interactive Multimedia

• Virtual Environment Design

• African Studies

  This Master enables students to understand, through multidisciplinary theories and methodologies, the main economic, political, social and environmental challenges to African development, its position in the process of globalization, and mainly the new China-Africa relations. Course Structure Modules Description

• Contemporary China Studies

  The Master in Contemporary China Studies (MCCS) intends to prepare students for a broad spectrum of careers related to China, and thus offers a unique multidisciplinary and historically grounded curriculum on contemporary China. The curriculum reflects the People’s Republic’s increasing global influence — from its importance in the world economy to its foreign policy and presence in international organizations — and the rapid domestic political, economic and social changes associated with China’s recent development. Throughout the two-year program students can test their insights on the challenges to the Chinese state and society in the 21stcentury by interacting with Chinese and non-Chinese scholars, decision makers and opinion leaders. Upon completion of the study program, the graduates will be able to contextualize China’s ascent in the broader global context and to link this issue to debates about international relations and theories of development. Course Structure