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Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação

Information Management Degree

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Bachelor

ECTS Coordinator

Ana Cristina Marinho da Costa

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 four learning areas (Math and Statistics; Informatics; Management Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences). 150 ECTS, out of the 180, refer to compulsory courses. Additionally, the student has to choose optional courses corresponding 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

1º year - Autumn semester
Code Name ECTS
24007 Informação na Sociedade Contemporânea 6.0
24036 Gestão e Contabilidade Empresarial 4.0
24082 Computação I 7.0
24083 Análise Económica 4.0
24084 Desenvolvimento Pessoal I 2.0
1º year - Spring semester
Code Name ECTS
24044 Metodologias Estatísticas 4.0
24081 Matemática I 7.0
24085 Estatística I 6.0
24086 Marketing 4.0
24087 Matemática II 7.0
24088 Computação II 7.0
24089 Desenvolvimento Pessoal II 2.0
2º year - Autumn semester
Code Name ECTS
22017 Ciência de Informação Geográfica 6.0
24021 Investigação Operacional 6.0
24025 Sistemas de Informação 6.0
24027 Análise de Sistemas 6.0
24090 Estatística II 6.0
2º year - Spring semester
Code Name ECTS
24019 Redes de Computadores 6.0
24022 Análise de Dados 6.0
24029 Bases de Dados 6.0
24091 Estatística III 6.0
24092 Econometria I 6.0
3º year - Autumn semester
Code Name ECTS
24037 Estudos de Mercado 6.0
24093 Sondagens 6.0
24094 Econometria II 6.0
24095 Desenvolvimento Pessoal III 2.0
24097 Data Mining 6.0
24165 Business Process Management 4.0
3º year - Spring semester
Code Name ECTS
Options
24098 Detecção Remota 6.0
24101 Web Marketing e Comércio Electrónico 4.0
24118 Web Analytics 4.0
24119 Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) Lab 4.0
24153 Empreendedorismo e Análise de Projectos 4.0
82011 Teoria e Prática dos Sistemas de Informação 4.0
82022 Interacção Homem-Computador 6.0
82026 Concepção de Sistemas de Informação em Ambientes Emergentes 6.0
82036 Segurança Informática 6.0
82038 Direito da Informação e da Informática 6.0