Perception of Master's Course Students on the Legislation that Governs Post-Graduation

Authors

  • Dr. Valeska R. S. Marques
  • Dr. Ronaldo do Nascimento Carvalho
  • Dr. Ricardo De Bonis

Keywords:

LDBEN, Master's degree, Stricto sensu

Abstract

Since LDBEN 9394/96 was stipulated, in recent years it was possible to perceive a great growth in Brazilian postgraduate courses, including an increase in the offer of postgraduate Stricto sensu including in private Higher Education Institutions. In view of this scenario, the present study aims to verify the knowledge of the student, who seeks a stricto sensu postgraduate course, about the legislation of MEC LDBEN law 9394/96 in articles referring to graduate studies. In addition, the study also aims to identify the student's profile and motivation for taking the course. As for the methodological procedures, it is a descriptive, exploratory and field research, with a quantitative approach, where a closed questionnaire was applied to the Master's students in Public Health of the first module and their data were tabulated. In the results, regarding the profile, it was observed that most of the participating students were women with an average age of 36,8 years, with varying degrees, however the majority are graduated in nursing with training time varying from 4 to 28 years. As for the knowledge of LDBEN, the majority stated that they had heard of it, but demonstrated that they did not know the content and all were unanimous in stating that it is important to know the content intended for graduate studies as it can be beneficial for the course.

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2021-03-16

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Marques, D. V. R. S., Nascimento Carvalho, D. R. do, & Bonis, D. R. D. (2021). Perception of Master’s Course Students on the Legislation that Governs Post-Graduation. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science, 8(3). https://journal-repository.com/index.php/ijaers/article/view/3309