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General


Academic degree:
  • Bachelor (Bologna 1st cycle degree)
ECTS:
180
Duration:
6 curricular semesters
Regime:
Daytime
Place:
Gualtar Campus, Braga (UM)
Main Scientific area:
  • Communication Sciences

Contacts


    Institute of Social Sciencies
    Campus de Gualtar
    4710 - 057 Braga

    Tel: +351 253604216 / 253604280 Fax: +351 253604697
    E-Mail: pedagogico@ics.uminho.pt; sec@ics.uminho.pt
    URL: http://www.ics.uminho.pt

Description


The program was founded in 1991 and since then has grown in quality and prestige. In 2004 it was recognized with an Excellent Employment Rate; in 2005 it was ranked as the Best Communication Program in the country and in 2008 its Research Centre was, once more, rated as Excellent.
All this notoriety reveals the good level of teaching and research developed by the Communication Sciences? group of teachers and students.
This degree offers a flexible and experimentalist structure, allowing students to construct their own curriculum in one of the three areas of specialization:
-Information and Journalism
Press, Radio, Television, Online
-Advertising and Public Relations
Advertising / Creative Direction, Media Planning, Public Relations / Corporate Communication, Media Relations, Image Management
-Audiovisual and Multimedia
Direction, Production, Scriptwriting, Game Design, Multimedia Production

Access to higher education


This program provides the technical and scientific capacity to access the programs of the second cycle (Master) and the third cycle (PhD). The Department of Communication Sciences offers a number of programs at these levels, which can be found here: http://www.comunicacao.uminho.pt/ensino/

Careers


Journalism (Press, Radio, Television and Online); Advertising / Creative Direction, Media Planning, Public Relations / Corporate Communication, Media Relations, Image Management; Direction, Production, Scriptwriting, Game Design, Multimedia Production.

Access


65

Vacancies

0

Minimum

Access forms


The access to this Cycle of Studies can be done through the following ways:
- Application for National Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Special Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Local Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Special Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Access to Higher Education Admissions through Re-Entry, Change and Transfer of Course.

Formal requirements


Entrance Testing

09 Geography
or
17 Applied Mathematics for the Social Sciences
or
18 Portuguese

This information must be verified on
http://www.dges.gov.pt/guias/detcursopi.asp?codc=9023&code=1000

Aditional Information


Study Plan


Regime Curricular Unit Scientific Area ECTS
Year 1 60
S1 Body and Performance CCom 5
S1 Communication History CCom 5
S1 Communication Theory CCom 5
S1 Communication, Image and New Media CCom 5
S1 Design, Aesthetics and Visuality CCom 5
S1 Opção I
De entre as UC elencadas, os alunos inscrevem-se apenas às que são disponibilizadas anualmente./Among the listed CU, students enroll only those that are available annually.
5
Communication and Politics CCom 5
Communication, Science and Environment CCom 5
English B2 LPLE 6
French B1 LC 5
General Anthropology A 5
Health Communication CCom 5
History of Cinema CCom 5
Infographics and Interaction Design CCom 5
Introduction to Sociology SOC 6
Network Communication CCom 5
Photography CCom 5
Scriptwritting CCom 5
Sociopolitical Geography GEO 5
S2 Audiovisual Workshop I CCom 5
S2 Body and Writing CCom 5
S2 Communication, Sound and Video CCom 5
S2 Journalism Workshop I CCom 5
S2 Research Methods in Communication CCom 5
S2 Strategic Communication Workshop I CCom 5
Year 2 60
S1 Audiovisual Workshop II CCom 5
S1 Communication and Publishing Design CCom 5
S1 Communication Sociology CCom 5
S1 Journalism Workshop II CCom 5
S1 Semiotics CCom 5
S1 Strategic Communication Workshop II CCom 5
S2 Contemporary Media and Culture CCom 5
S2 Discourse Studies CCom 5
S2 International Communication CCom 5
S2 Social Psychology CCom 5
S2 Atelier Especializado I 5
Audiovisual Languages and Narratives I CCom 5
Strategy and Creativity in Advertising I CCom 5
Writing Journalism CCom 5
S2 Atelier Especializado II 5
Journalism and Sound CCom 5
Multimedia Languages and Narratives I CCom 5
Strategy and Creativity in Public Relations I CCom 5
Year 3 60
S1 Political Economy of Media CCom 5
S1 Public and Media Practices CCom 5
S1 Atelier Especializado III 5
Audiovisual Languages and Narratives II CCom 5
Journalism and Video CCom 5
Strategy and Creativity in Advertising II CCom 5
S1 Atelier Especializado IV 5
Languages and Multimedia Narratives II CCom 5
Multimedia Journalism CCom 5
Strategy and Creativity in Public Relations II CCom 5
S1 Opção II
De entre as UC elencadas, os alunos inscrevem-se apenas às que são disponibilizadas anualmente./Among the listed CU, students enroll only those that are available annually.
5
Communication and Politics CCom 5
Communication, Science and Environment CCom 5
English B2 LPLE 6
French B1 LC 5
Health Communication CCom 5
History of Cinema CCom 5
Infographics and Interaction Design CCom 5
Network Communication CCom 5
Photography CCom 5
Scriptwritting CCom 5
Sociology CS 6
Sociopolitical Geography GEO 5
S1 Opção UMinho 5
Academic English LINGL 6
Bilingualism Psi 6
Digital Citizenship TSI 6
Education and Creative Global Citizenship CEd 6
Education, Citizenship and Human Rights ED 6
Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability CS; EG; ENG; Cie 6
Full Democracy, Responsibility and Rule of Law D 6
Introduction to the Russian Language and Culture ELG 6
Inventory Management Principles G 6
Labour Law D 6
Mathematics Behind Things M 6
Photographic Literacy from Physics to Message Fis 6
Substances that Changed the World QUI 6
Themes in Equality and Non-Discrimination Law D 6
Topics in Astronomy and Cosmology Fis 6
S2 Communication, Markets and Trends CCom 5
S2 Ethics and Deontology of Communication CCom 5
S2 Media Literacy and Citizenship CCom 5
S2 Opção III
De entre as UC elencadas, os alunos inscrevem-se apenas às que são disponibilizadas anualmente./Among the listed CU, students enroll only those that are available annually.
5
Communication and Art CCom 5
Communication and Politics CCom 5
Communication, Science and Environment CCom 5
Health Communication CCom 5
History of Cinema CCom 5
Infographics and Interaction Design CCom 5
Introduction to Marketing G 5
Network Communication CCom 5
Photography CCom 5
Scriptwritting CCom 5
Sociology CS 6
Sociopolitical Geography GEO 5
S2 Projeto e Portefólio 10
Advertising and Public Relations Project and Portfolio CCom 10
Audiovisual and Multimedia Project and Portfolio CCom 10
Journalism Project and Portfolio CCom 10

Assessment/Accreditation


A3ES Accreditation status:
Accredited
Resolution publication date:
05-02-2020
Registry number at Ministry:
R/A-Ef 2418/2011/AL02
Registry Date:
02-07-2020
Accreditation validity:
30-07-2025