Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Information and Communication Technology

Code

722051173

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

História

Credits

4

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) Acquire technical knowledge in the field of information Systems, including hardware, software, data, communication and security and control technologies.
b) Understand technology requirements to support current business systems.
c) Analyze potential information system’s risks and failures, and the respective technology preventive and control measure to control them.

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

1 .Information systems
2. Information technology infrastructures
3. Data management (business intelligence and databases)
4. Communication technologies
5. Requirements engineering
a .Information Security
b. Risk Management

Bibliography

Laudon, K. C., Laudon, J. P.: Management Information Systems – Managing the Digital Firm, Eleventh Edition. Pearson Education (2010)

Teaching method

Theoretical component focused on oral presentations and intuitive methods supported by multimedia contents.

Evaluation method

Group project, including a written report (50% of the final grade).
Individual written test (50 % of the final grade).

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