Core courses (required)

 

Course: Scientific Research Methodology

Required: yes

Total class hours: 30

Credits: 3

Course description: Science, scientific knowledge and research. Basic science, applied science and technology. Scientific theories and research validation. General research methodology. Types of research. Research methods and techniques. Data collection techniques. Exploratory studies and theoretical frameworks. Structure of a scientific paper. Preparation of projects and research reports.

 

Course: Technology Management

Required: yes

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Strategic planning for technological development. Intellectual capital management. Organization for technology. Product development projects and technological processes. The role of R&D&E in companies. Technology management tools. Concurrent Engineering. Technology Transfer processes, types and actors. Innovation networks.

 

Course: New Information and Communication Technologies

Required: yes

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Hardware and software elements. Computational environments and information and communication technologies. Telecommunication technologies and information networks. Industry trends. Ethics in computing. New information technologies and paradigm changes: in the business environment and in the teaching and learning process.

 

Course: General System Theory

Required: yes

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: GST history and trends. Cartesian and mechanistic conceptions X systemic approach. System components, characteristics, types and classifications. States. Models. Conceptualizations. Informational and decision-making process. Methodology for the development of information systems.

 

Course: Master’s Thesis

Required: yes

Total class hours: 90

Credits: 6

Course description: Master’s thesis development. Mastery over the scientific method and the critical results analysis. Constitution of scientific knowledge in certain areas or in interdisciplinary relations. Supervision, research, thesis preparation and defense activities.

 

Specific courses (Line of Research: Technology, Management and Innovation)

 

Course: Strategic Management of Information Technologies

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Information technology management. The strategic role of IT in organizations. IT and corporate governance. Models and Frameworks – CobiT, ITIL and Weill&Ross. Business intelligence. Planning in information system projects. Strategic planning applied to information systems. Quality and evaluation metrics. IT tools in the market (ERP, CRM, SCM, BI, etc.).

 

Course: Technology and Innovation

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Science, technology and development. Innovation and competitiveness. Innovation sources. Innovation models. Science and technology and industrial policies. The Triple Helix model. Innovation systems. Technology hubs, parks and business incubators. Funding agencies. Tax incentives. The Innovation Act and its regulation. Intellectual property. Protection of and access to genetic resources. Innovation and technology in the Knowledge Society.

 

Course: Project Management

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Project management. Project life cycle. Project management tools. Projects network. Project management associations. Project management areas: Integration. Scope. Time. Costs. Quality. Human resources. Communication. Risks. Acquisitions. Project office.

 

Course: Communication, Marketing and Information Technology

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) concepts, methods and strategies. Marketing: concepts and principles. Relationship marketing. Marketing research and consumer behavior in digital business. Communication tools and means for high-technology markets. E-marketing. Digital media.

 

Course: Special Topics in Technology, Management and Innovation

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Course with variable content, following the development of the program’s lines of research. Usually, it relates to the research and outreach activities carried out within the program’s concentration area.

 

 

Specific courses (Line of Research: Educational Technology)

 

Course: Hardware and Educational Applications

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Open hardware and software. Sensing. Signal acquisition. Remote device control and communication. Remote experimentation. Educational robotics. Educational robotics environments. Robot programming. Robot development with open hardware.

 

 

Course: Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Teaching and learning processes in VLE systems. VLE technologies. VLE effectiveness evaluation. Online student requirements, transition of traditional teaching to online teaching. VLE versus Learning Management Systems (LMS). New trends in e-learning and e-training.

 

Course: Inclusive Technologies

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Technology concept. Technological determinism. Social inclusion concept. The several types of inclusive technologies: social, assistive, sustainable, environmental and educational. Technological evolution and social evolution.

 

Course: Distance Education

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Course design. Technology access needs. Evaluation of distance education projects. Asynchronous and synchronous networks. Team administration and management. Design for distance education. Team and responsibilities. Tutor training. Distance education student support. Marketing. Copyright.

 

Course: Multimedia Systems

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Multimedia. Multimedia development process. Tools, techniques and general outlines for the planning, design, production and implementation of multimedia products. Recent advances and future trends in learning technologies and educational computing.

 

Course: Special Topics in Educational Technology

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Course with variable content, following the development of the program’s lines of research. Usually, it relates to the research and outreach activities carried out within the program’s concentration area.

 

Specific courses (Line of Research: Computater Technology)

Course: Applied Intelligence

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). Characterization and conceptualization of search methods in problem solving. Overview of A.I. techniques. Smart Learning Systems. A.I. applied to business intelligence. Development of examples and practical applications for the use of A.I. techniques for problem solving.

 

 

Course: Software Management

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Software development processes and models: evolution and application. Requirements management. Project planning, Configuration management, Quality management, Processes improvement.

 

Course: Knowledge Representation and Extraction

Required: no

Total hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Introduction to the area of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) and in Texts (KDT). Knowledge discovery process and its steps. Information structure. Data mining: definition, objectives and motivation. Data mining tasks: classification, grouping and association. Text mining: definition, objectives and motivation. Text mining tasks: classification, grouping, correlation and association. Information recovery: history, structures, models. Recommendation systems: history, approaches, evaluation metrics. Semantic technology: ontologies, ontology modeling and representation, inference, database integration. Knowledge-based systems development.

 

Name: Systems Specification and Development

Required: no

Total hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Object-oriented system specifications. Project standards. Creation standards. Behavioral and structural standards. Components. Class and object diagrams. Interaction diagrams. Software development processes. Formal methods for system development.

 

Course: Special Topics in Computer Technology

Required: no

Total class hours: 45

Credits: 3

Course description: Course with variable content, following the development of the program’s lines of research. Usually, it relates to the research and outreach activities carried out within the program’s concentration area.