2024 Catalogue of Courses offered in Foreign Languages

UFSC maintains partnerships with more than 300 higher education institutions all over the world. Graduate and undergraduate students from our partner universities are welcome to register for our courses offered in English and other foreign languages, such as Spanish and French. These courses are interdisciplinary and span a broad range of subject areas, including arts and humanities, life sciences, engineering and technology, clinical and health sciences, education, exact sciences, and social sciences.

Discover the courses currently offered in foreign languages ​​at UFSC:

Undergraduate Level Courses


Main Areas: Applied Social Sciences, Engineering

 

Course Title: Energy Economics
Course Code: To be confirmed
Instructor: André Luis da Silva Leite, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 72
Description: Energy Supply. Electricity industry restructuring. Energy Markets. Energy transition.
Course Type: Hybrid
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Administration, Accounting Science, Economics, Social Sciences, Law, Civil Engineering, Energy Engineering – Araranguá Campus, Civil Production Engineering, Electrical Production Engineering, Mechanical Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Contact: andre.leite@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Autonomous Embedded Systems I
Course Code: INE5446
Instructor: Antônio Augusto Fröhlich, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 72
Description: Introduction, motivation and examples of autonomous systems. Data-driven systems, autonomic computing, multiagent systems, autonomous vehicles, Smart Grid. Autonomous systems architectures, operating systems, development platforms, simulators. Communication in autonomous systems, technologies, architectures, protocols and security. IoT and Cloud integration of data-driven systems. SmartData and the Fault-Tolerant Trustful Space-Time Protocol. Project of a real autonomous system and implementation of a secure communication infrastructure.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 2nd semester – September to December
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Information Science, Automation and Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Contact: guto@lisha.ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Autonomous Embedded Systems II
Course Code: INE5447
Instructor: Antônio Augusto Fröhlich, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 72
Description: Introduction and review of Autonomous Embedded Systems I. Timing in autonomous systems, time sources and synchronization protocols, timed data. Localization in autonomous systems, global navigation satellite systems, sensor-based localization, sensor fusion. Autonomous system safety, safety models, principles of safe software design and implementation, isolation, virtualization, algorithms, protocols, runtime verification. Project of a real autonomous system and implementation of secure execution environment featuring runtime safety verification.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Information Science, Automation and Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Contact: guto@lisha.ufsc.br

Main Areas: Exact and Earth Sciences, Applied Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary Studies, Engineering

Course Title: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technologies
Course Code: INE5458
Instructor: Jean Everson Martina, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 72
Description: Cryptographic Primitives. Blockchain concepts and protocols. Cryptocurrencies and non-financial applications running on blockchains. Smart contracts development.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – |March to June; 2nd semester – September to December
Period: Evening
Related Programs:

Information Science, Computer Science, Science and Technology – Joinville Campus, Computer Engineering – Araranguá Campus, Automation and Control Engineering – Blumenau Campus, Automation and Control Engineering, Information Systems, Information and Communication Technologies – Araranguá Campus

Contact: jean.martina@ufsc .br

Main Areas: Linguistics, Literature and Arts

Course Title: Literatura Hispánica I
Course Code: LLE8221
Instructor: Eleonora Frenkel Barretto, PhD
Taught in: Español
Class Hours: 72
Description: Estudio de las manifestaciones literarias más relevantes en España, desde principios hasta el siglo XVIII..
Course Type: Presencial
Duration: 1er semestre – marzo a junio
Period: Mañana
Related Programs: Letras – Lengua Española
Contact: eleonora.frenkel@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Didactique du Français Langue Étrangère
Course Code: MEN7060
Instructor: Clarissa Laus Pereira Oliveira, PhD
Taught in: Français
Class Hours: 108
Description: Directives juridiques et curriculaires pour l’enseignement des langues étrangères. Approches méthodologiques dans l’enseignement du français : évolution historique, hypothèses théoriques, procédures et techniques d’enseignement. L’enseignement critique et communicatif et le développement des compétences langagières. Étude, analyse et production d’exercices et/ou d’activités pour l’apprentissage du français et pour l’évaluation des performances. Expériences d’enseignement dans des espaces pédagogiques d’éducation formelle et/ou non formelle. Planification des cours de français et début de l’enseignement. Conception d’un projet pédagogique.
Course Type: En classe
Duration: 2ème semestre – août à décembre
Period: Matin
Related Programs: Letras – Língua Francesa
Contact: clarissa.oliveira@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Stage obligatoire et supervisé 1
Course Code: MEN8061
Instructor: Clarissa Laus Pereira Oliveira, PhD
Taught in: Français
Class Hours: 234
Description: L’élaboration du programme de stages se fera en équipe afin qu’il y ait une socialisation des idées et des conceptions entre ses membres lors des activités d’observation, de conseil et d’enseignement des classes, ce qui enrichit l’expérience vécue avec des discussions et des contributions entre les parties dans la recherche d’une meilleure compréhension de l’approche pédagogique adoptée par l’équipe et celle de l’enseignant régulier de la classe. Le travail en équipe permet également à l’étudiant stagiaire de participer aux évaluations des cours dispensés par le collègue, en collaboration avec l’enseignant superviseur et l’enseignant de la matière (lorsque cela est possible) et, par conséquent, de réfléchir à sa propre action pédagogique.
Course Type: En classe
Duration: 1er semestre – mars à juin
Period: Matin
Related Programs: Letras – Língua Francesa
Contact: clarissa.oliveira@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Stage obligatoire et supervisé 2
Course Code: MEN8062 (7062)
Instructor: Clarissa Laus Pereira Oliveira, PhD
Taught in: Français
Class Hours: 252
Description: Expérience complète de l’enseignement dans des espaces pédagogiques d’éducation formelle et/ou non formelle (projets d’extension). Structuration du projet d’enseignement : élaboration des plans de cours, des activités d’enseignement-apprentissage et d’évaluation. Donner des cours. Participation à la proposition et à la mise en œuvre d’activités pédagogiques formatives en tant qu’activités de curricularisation d’extension.
Course Type: En classe
Duration: 2ème semestre – août à décembre
Period: Matin
Related Programs: Letras – Língua Francesa
Contact: clarissa.oliveira@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Littérature Française 3
Course Code: LLE8323
Instructor: Luciana Rassier, PhD
Taught in: Français
Class Hours: 72
Description: Les littératures en langue française à partir de l’étude d’auteurs/autrices spécifiques. Des outils de théorie et d’analyse littéraire.
Course Type: En classe
Duration: 2ème semestre – août à décembre
Period: Matin
Related Programs: Letras – Língua Francesa
Contact: ufsc.luciana@gmail.com

 

Course Title: Literatures in English III
Course Code: LLE8423
Instructor: Renata Lucena Dalmaso, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 72
Description: Study and analysis of canonical and non-canonical texts and literary movements that are representative of literatures in the English language, from Britain and its colonies, until the end of the 19th century.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

English Language and Literatures

Contact: renata.dalmaso@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Tasks and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language
Course Code: LLE8457
Instructor: Leonardo da Silva, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 72
Description: Introduction to Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT); TBLT as a researched pedagogy; Designing and implementing tasks in various educational settings.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afernoon
Related Programs:

English Language and Literatures

Contact: leonardo.silva.l@ufsc.br

 

Graduate Level Courses


 

Main Areas: Biological Sciences, Multidisciplinary Studies, Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences

Course Title: International Seminars on Health
Course Code: NTR410157
Instructor: Ana Carolina Fernandes, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 15
Level: Doctoral
Description: Topics related to the area of health and other areas of life sciences: current themes and/or advanced studies and/or scientific methods and/or academic trajectory and/or others of interest to students.
Course Type: Online
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Morning and Afternoon
Related Programs:

Agroecosystems (academic), Cell and Developmental Biology (academic), Biology of Fungi, Algae and Plants (academic), Biochemistry (acadmic), Biotechnology and Biosciences (academic), Food Science (academic), Ecology (academic), Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems (academic), Physical Education (academic), Nursing (academic), Pharmacy (academic), Pharmacology (academic), Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (academic), Physiological Sciences (academic), Neurosciences (academic), Nutrition (academic), Dentistry (academic), Psychology (academic), Plant Genetic Resources (academic), Collective Health (academic)

Contact: ana.fernandes@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Biological Sciences, Engineering, Exact and Earth Sciences, Health Sciences

Course Title: Structural Biochemistry
Course Code: QMC410063
Instructor: Hernán Terenzi, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 60
Level: Doctoral
Description: The concept of live organism, cell and biological reaction medium, organic macromolecules ( nucleic acids, proteins). Structural organization levels of macromolecules. Gene-protein- function relationship. Enzymes: mechanisms, kinetics. Function and structure: protein-protein, protein-nucleic acid and protein-small molecules interaction. The physical chemistry of protein-target recognition. Principles of molecular biology.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Cell and Developmental Biology (academic), Biochemistry (academic), Biotechnology and Biosciences (academic), Chemical Engineering (academic), Pharmacy (academic), Chemistry (academic)

Contact: hernan.terenzi@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Biological Studies

Course Title: Ecology Lectures
Course Code: ECO510031 (Doctoral)

ECO41000068 (Master’s)

Instructor: Michele de Sá Dechoum, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 30
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Students’ presentations and discussions in English based on scientific articles in the field of ecology. Students’ presentation and discussion in English of special topics in the fields of ecology and environmental sciences, focusing on scientific media. Lectures by guest professors, followed by discussion.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 2nd semester – September to December
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs: Ecology (academic)
Contact: michele.dechoum@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Advanced Topics in Research
Course Code: FMC510048
Instructor: Alexandre Pastoris Muller, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Doctoral
Description: Preparation of articles for journals indexed in international reference bases.
Publication of articles in journals indexed in international reference bases.
Elaboration of projects to international grants. Experiences for internationalization.
Course Type: Online
Duration: 1st semester – June to July

2nd semester – October to November

Period: Afternoon
Related Programs: Pharmacology (academic)
Contact: alexandre.p.muller@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Health Sciences, Exact and Earth Sciences, Applied social Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Human Sciences, Multidisciplinary Sciences

Course Title: Special Topics – Social Media in Nutrition Research
Course Code: NTR410158
Instructor: Anice Milbratz de Camargo, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 15
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Concepts of social media and social networks; engagement with technology; scope of quantitative and qualitative research in nutrition involving social media; methodological challenges and strategies; aspects of privacy and ethics.
Course Type: Online
Duration: 2nd semester – September to October
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Computer Science (academic), Information Science (academic), Food Science (academic), Health Science (academic), Physical Education (academic), Food Engineering (academic), Health Informatics (professional), Nutrition (academic), Psychology (academic), Collective Health (academic), Information and Communication Technologies (academic)

Contact: anice.camargo@posgrad.ufsc.br

Main Areas: Applied Social Sciences

Course Title: Survey of Accounting Info Systems Research
Course Code: CCN410064
Instructors: Fabricia Silva da Rosa, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 60
Level: Doctoral
Description: Survey of Accounting Info Systems Research
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – January to May
Period: Morning
Related Programs: Accounting (academic)
Contact: https://ppgc.ufsc.br/ or fabricia.rosa@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Applied Social Sciences and Engineering

Course Title: Buildings Thermal Analysis
Course Code: ECV4202
Instructors: Ana Paula Melo, PhD

Roberto Lamberts. PhD

Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Doctoral
Description:

Building Thermal and Energy Simulation; EnergyPlus Program; Simulation model calibration; and Case Studies.

Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – May to September
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Architecture and Urbanism (academic), Civil Engineering (academic)

Contact: a.p.melo@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Exact and Earth Sciences and Engineering

Course Title: Applied Machine Learning
Course Code: INE410416
Instructor: Jônata Tyska Carvalho, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Machine learning workflow. Basic machine learning techniques. Data preparation and pre-processing. Practical and technical aspects for applying machine learning to scientific and commercial domains and applications.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Computer Science (academic)

Contact: jonata.tyska@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Autonomous Embedded Systems I
Course Code: INE410144
Instructor: Antônio Augusto Fröhlich, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 60
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Introduction, motivation and examples of autonomous systems. Data-driven systems, autonomic computing, multiagent systems, autonomous vehicles, Smart Grid. Autonomous systems architectures, operating systems, development platforms, simulators. Communication in autonomous systems, technologies, architectures, protocols and security. IoT and Cloud integration of data-driven systems. SmartData and the Fault-Tolerant Trustful Space-Time Protocol. Project of a real autonomous system and implementation of a secure communication infrastructure.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 2nd semester – September to December
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Computer Science (academic), Automation and Systems Engineering (academic), Electronic Systems Engineering (academic), Electrical Engineering (academic), Mechanical Engineering (academic)

Contact: guto@lisha.ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Autonomous Embedded Systems II
Course Code: INE410147
Instructor: Antônio Augusto Fröhlicho, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 60
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Introduction and review of Autonomous Embedded Systems I. Timing in autonomous systems, time sources and synchronization protocols, timed data. Localization in autonomous systems, global navigation satellite systems, sensor-based localization, sensor fusion. Autonomous system safety, safety models, principles of safe software design and implementation, isolation, virtualization, algorithms, protocols, runtime verification. Project of a real autonomous system and implementation of secure execution environment featuring runtime safety verification.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Computer Science (academic)

Contact: guto@lisha.ufsc.br

Main Areas: Engineering

Course Title: Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Course Code: ECV4219
Instructor: Ricardo Rüther, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to May
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Civil Engineering (academic)

Contact: rruther@gmail.com

 

 

Course Title: Introduction to Algorithms
Course Code: DAS410047
Instructor: Eduardo Camponogara, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 36
Level: Master’s
Description:

Introduction to Algorithms; Graph Matching; Analysis of Algorithms; Divide and Conquer Strategy; Daynamic Scatter Plot; Heaps and binary trees; Randomized Algorithms; Amortized analysis; Greedy Algorithm; Graph shortest paths; Computational complexity

Course Type: Hybrid
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Automation and Systems Engineering (academic)

Contact: eduardo.camponogara@ufsc.br

 

 

Course Title: Emulsion and Miniemulsion Polymerization Processes
Course Code: ENQ410023
Instructor: Claudia Sayer, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization processes are versatile processes for obtaining submicrometric polymeric particles with a variety of applications, ranging from latex for paper and cellulose to polymeric nanoparticles used for controlled release of drugs. The polymers obtained via emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization are products defined by the process, what means that their properties are determined during the polymerization process. The focus of this course is on the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization, what allows manipulating the process conditions in order to optimize the process and obtain new products with improved qualities.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 2nd semester – September to October
Period: Morning
Related Programs: Chemical Engineering (academic)
Contact: claudia.sayer@ufsc.br

 

 

Course Title: Biological Waste Treatment
Course Code: ENQ3253000
Instructor: Hugo Moreira, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Doctoral
Description: Fundamental concepts on microbiology, biochemistry and thermodynamics. Aerobic and anaerobic treatment systems. Nutrients removal. Landfilling, composting and leaching. Upstream and downstream processes.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – June to September
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Chemical Engineering (academic)

Contact: hugo.moreira.soares@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Principles of Ceramics Processing
Course Code: ENQ410022
Instructor: Dachamir Hotza, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Doctoral
Description: Introduction. Raw Materials. Additives. Packing and Consistency. Mechanics and Rheology. Beneficiation. Forming. Heat Treatments.
Closure
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to May
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Materials Science and Engineering (academic), Chemical Engineering (academic)

Contact: dhotza@gmail.com

Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences

Course Title: Membrane Processes
Course Code: EAL410019
Instructor: Alan Ambrosi, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Fundamentals of membrane separation processes. Applications of membranes processes. Membrane preparation materials and techniques. Characterization techniques. Classical and emerging processes using membranes. Transport, concentration polarization, and fouling phenomena in membrane processes. Integrated membrane processes.
Course Type: Hybrid
Duration: 2nd semester – September to December
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Food Engineering (academic)

Contact: alan.ambrosi@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Special Topics: New sustainable processes, advanced analytical techniques and Foodomics
Course Code: INT410007
Instructor: Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira, PhD
Taught in: English and Spanish
Class Hours: 45
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Overview of the development of new green sustainable processes based on the use of compressed fluids and focused on the replacement of toxic solvents for green solvents with lower environmental impact; moreover, aspects related to the design of new biorefinery processes and the intensification and integration of processes will be discussed for the extraction of bioactives from natural sources (such as plants, algae, food by-products, among others). Fundamentals of different advanced analytical techniques including new sample preparation processes such as microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), pressurized liquid extraction (PLE), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), solid-phase extraction (SPE) and solidphase microextraction (SPME); chromatographic techniques such as liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC), and their multidimensional approaches (LCxLC, GCxGC) will be also covered, as well as their hyphenation to mass spectrometry.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – Febuary to May
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Food Engineering (academic)

Contact: s.ferreira@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Propiedades Físicas y Termofísicas de los Alimentos
Course Code: EAL3005005
Instructor: German Ayala Valencia, PhD
Taught in: Español
Class Hours: 45
Level: Maestría y Doctorado
Description: Reología de alimentos líquidos, sólidos y semisólidos. Funciones materiales para fluidos no
newtonianos. Ecuaciones constitucionales. Métodos experimentales en estado estacionario y transitorio para la determinación de propiedades termofísicas de alimentos: calor específico, conductividad térmica, difusividad térmica. Análisis de los principales modelos de predicción de propiedades termofísicas basados en la composición y estructura de los alimentos. Métodos de determinación experimental y predicción de la actividad del agua en los alimentos.
Course Type: Presencial
Duration: 1er semestre – marzo a mayo
Period: Mañana
Related Programs: Ingeniería de Alimentos (académico)
Contact: g.ayala.valencia@ufsc.br

 

Course Title: Plant-Pathogen Interaction
Course Code: RGV 4100-25
Instructor: Marciel J. Stadnik, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 45
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Mechanisms of attack and defense in the interactions between plants
and pathogens. Genetic analysis of interactions. Use of model
systems. Interaction gene to gene, structure and function of gene R.
Hypersensitive response and oxidative burst. Signaling pathways in
plants and signal translation. Role and function of molecules of
interest (salicylic ac., fatty acids, ethylene, active oxygen
species, phytoalexins, jasmonates, nitric oxide) in plant resistance
to pathogens. “”Cross talk”” and pathways of signaling against viruses,
bacteria, oomycetes and fungi. Induction of resistance. Mechanisms of
RNAi involved in plant-pathogen interaction.
Course Type: Online
Duration: 2nd semester – September to December
Period: Morning
Related Programs:

Plant Genetic Resources (academic)

Contact: marciel.stadnik@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Health Sciences

Course Title: Special Topic in Biomechanics
Course Code: To be confirmed
Instructor: Heiliane de Brito Fontana, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 30
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Biomechanics examines the forces acting upon and within a biological structure, as well as the effects produced by these forces. In this class we will discuss biomechanical concepts and technques in the context of health, injury and performance.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 2nd semester – October
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

Physical Education (academic)

Contact: heiliane.fontana@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Human Sciences, and Linguistics, Literature and Arts

Course Title: Discursos, Narrativas y Otredades
Course Code: FIL410086 ( Ontología y Lenguaje I ) –

PGL510096 (Pensamiento y Lenguaje)

Instructor: Marcos José Müller, PhD
Taught in: Español
Class Hours: 60
Level: Doctorado
Description: Estudio de teorías y conceptos ontológicos en sus relaciones con el lenguaje; constitución de significado lingüístico y objetos de experiencia; ontología dentro de los límites del lenguaje; predicación y categorías; estructura gramatical y constitución del mundo; teorías del significado y la ontología; significado, verdad y mundo
Course Type: Híbrido
Duration: 1er semestre – marzo hasta junio
Period: Tarde
Related Programs: Filosofía (académico), Literatura (académico)
Contact: marcos.muller@ufsc.br

Main Areas: Linguistics, Literature and Arts

Course Title: Second Language Speech Development and Teaching
Course Code: PGI510190
Instructor: Rosane Silveira, PhD
Taught in: English
Class Hours: 60
Level: Master’s and Doctoral
Description: Studies on typical and atypical development of phonetic-phonological knowledge in a non-native language and the role of formal instruction.
Course Type: In-class
Duration: 1st semester – March to June
Period: Afternoon
Related Programs:

English: Linguistic and Literary Studies (academic)

Contact: rosane@cce.ufsc.br