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Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação

Information Management

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Undergraduate Degree

ECTS Coordinator

Fernando José Ferreira Lucas Bação

Education objectives

The information management undergraduate course (4 years) provides education for future professionals in the Information Management area. These professionals can be characterized has the ones that area able to make the bridge between the different business areas and the information systems area. Being specialists in the information gathering, management and analysis, their main job is to reduce the decision uncertainty levels associated with the decision making process, guarantying improvements in the enterprise decisional processes. Today, more than ever before, the ability to translate data into information is central in any business and constitutes a strategic aspect in the success in the business world. In the Information Management undergraduate course the students are expose to methodologies and tools which contribute to the improvement of the decisional processes through the use of better and more relevant information.

Access conditions

Admission examination minimum grade: 95 points (scale 0 to 200). Application grade: 100 points (scale 0 to 200). The application grade is computed according to: 65% of final high school grade; 35% of admission examination grade. Admission examination with one of the following: Mathematics or Economics or Geography.

Degree pre-requisites

The study program is organized in 6 semesters comprehending a total of 180 ECTS, distributed through three learning areas (Math and Statistics; Information Systems and Technologies; Human and Social Sciendes). 150 ECTS, out of the 180, refer to compulsory courses. Additionally, the student has to choose 5 optional courses, which correspond to 30 ECTS. All the optional courses can be completed in the context of the internal (within the Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and external (for instance the Erasmus program) mobility programs available.

Access to other courses

After course completion the student has the possibility of applying to a masters course.

Evaluation rules

In a 0 to 20 grading scheme used at UNL, it is necessary to achieve a minimum grade of 10 in each subject for approval.

Structure

1.st year - 1.st semester
Code Name ECTS
24082 Computação I 7
24084 Desenvolvimento Pessoal I 2
24036 Gestão e Contabilidade Empresarial 4
24007 Informação na Sociedade Contemporânea 6
24081 Matemática I 7
24083
1.st year - 2.nd semester
Code Name ECTS
24088 Computação II 7
24089 Desenvolvimento Pessoal II 2
24085 Estatística I 6
24096 Informação Demográfica e Social 4
24086 Marketing 4
24087 Matemática II 7
2.nd year - 1.st semester
Code Name ECTS
24027 Análise de Sistemas 6
24029 Bases de Dados 6
24090 Estatística II 6
24021 Investigação Operacional 6
24025 Sistemas de Informação 6
2.nd year - 2.nd semester
Code Name ECTS
24022 Análise de Dados 6
22017 Ciência de Informação Geográfica 6
24092 Econometria I 6
24091 Estatística III 6
24019 Redes de Computadores 6
3.th year - 1.st semester
Code Name ECTS
24097 Data Mining 6
24095 Desenvolvimento Pessoal III 2
24094 Econometria II 6
24037 Estudos de Mercado 6
24044 Metodologias Estatísticas 4
24093 Sondagens 6
Options
24098
24100
24048
24102
24099
24103
24101