Instituto Politécnico de Tomar

Public Administration

Provide a solid scientific, technological and social learning, supported by a programme and courses that includes contact with real situations and laboratories experiences. This cycle of studies is based on the development of a diverse set of skills and competencies that permits excellent career opportunities and pursue postgraduate studies.

Objectives

The study program aims at providing the students with a technical and humanistic background so as to be able to contribute to the development and modernisation in public administration both at national and European level. This study program includes a wide range of areas such as Law, Accountancy, Economics, Human Resources, Mathematics, Information and Communication, Languages and Administration.

Professional Goals

These are times of change and current diversity of professional profiles and training pathways is a clear signal of the information society in which we are living. The wide variety of services, the growing demand for information and responses requires greater specialisation of service providers.

This course was designed to train professionals who provide better public services through multichannel and back-office strategies, electronic purchases and interoperable technologies and systems in public administration.

Curricular plan

Publication in the Diário da República: Adequação/Bolonha 2007/2008

1º Ano
2º Ano
3º Ano

Plano curricular
Cód.	UC	Area	ECTS		Lecturer
Cód.	UC	Area	Obg.	Opt.	Lecturer
1º Semestre
900235	English I	Línguas		5
900205	Fundamentals of Law	Direito	5
900204	Macroeconomics	Economia	5
900201	Management Science I	Administração Pública	5
900202	Mathematics for Social Sciences	Matemática	5
900203	Political Science	Direito	5
2º Semestre
900236	English II	Línguas		5
900210	Information and Communication Technologies in Public Administration	Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação	5
900207	Management Science I	Administração Pública	5
900208	Microeconomics	Economia	5
900209	Political Law	Direito	5
900211	Univaried Data Analysis	Matemática	5

Plano curricular
Cód.	UC	Area	ECTS		Lecturer
Cód.	UC	Area	Obr.	Opt.	Lecturer
1º Semestre
900216	Administrative Law	Direito	5
900215	General Accounting	Contabilidade	5
9152124	Management Control System	Gestão		5
9152224	Management Control System	Gestão		5
963829	Management Control Systems	Gestão		5
9480302	Management Control Systems	Gestão		5
900214	Multivaried Data Analysis	Matemática	5
900213	Organisational Theory	Recursos Humanos	5
9152127	Production and Operations	Gestão		5
963928	Project Analysis	Gestão		5
900217	Public Economics	Economia	5
9152125	Strategic Planning	Gestão		5
9152225	Strategic Planning	Gestão		5
2º Semestre
900219	Comparative Public Administration	Administração Pública	5
9480112	Healthcare Economics	Economia		5
964009	Labour Economics	Economia		5
900223	Organisational Behaviour	Recursos Humanos	5
900220	Public Accounting	Contabilidade	5
900221	Public Finance	Administração Pública	5
900222	Strategic Planning in Public Administration	Administração Pública	5

Plano curricular
Cód.	UC	Area	ECTS		Lecturer
Cód.	UC	Area	Obr.	Opt.	Lecturer
1º Semestre
900229	Administration of Shared Resources	Administração Pública	5
900228	Code of Ethics and Good Practices in Public Administration	Administração Pública	5
900226	Comparative Social Policy	Administração Pública	5
964003	Computer Applications	Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação		5
963844	Corporate Law	Direito
9152114	Corporate Law	Direito		5
9152214	Corporate Law	Direito		5
900225	Human Resources Management I	Recursos Humanos	5
900227	Innovation and Quality Management	Gestão	5
963845	Tax Law	Direito
2º Semestre
900232	EU Administration and Policies	Administração Pública	5
900231	Human Resources Management II	Recursos Humanos	5
900233	Local Administration	Administração Pública	5
900234	Research Seminar	Administração Pública	15