1EC101 - ECTS

The student should be able to use the interest rate as the  scale that allows the comparison of scarce resources available at different periods of time and with different levels of risk.

1EC102 - ECTS

i) To understand the corporate environment and the place of the accounting sistem in suc an environment

ii) To introduce the users of accounting information and to discuss the importance of this information

iii) To discuss the accounting principles and the characteristics of the accounting information

iv) To prepare the financial statements and become familiar with the annex

v) To introduce the basics of financial information usage.

1EC103 - ECTS

This is an introductory course to the ways in which the social sciences approach social and economic reality, and produce knowledge about that reality. The aim is to provide students with basic concepts and procedures of scientific methodology; and to motivate them to the need and benefits of interdisciplinary cooperation, namely between economics, sociology and other social sciences.

1EC104 - ECTS

The students should understand and assimilate the most important concepts related to the study of real functions of several variables. Particular importance will be given to the study of maximizing/minimizing functions, as one of the goals of management as a science of decision support is to find the actions (i) that maximize results in face of restrictions on the used factors or (ii) minimize the used factors to achieve a given goal. It is also intended that students develop their skills in terms of abstract, logical and analytical thought so that they can apply these concepts in real situations. In particular, whenever possible, a bridge between the subjects studied and their application to economics and management will be done.

1EC105 - ECTS

The main objectives of this course are: (1) understanding some basic economic instruments and principles and (2) applying those instruments and principles to some economic problems, mainly individual decision-making problems and market problems.

1EC106 - ECTS

This course aims to provide students with the requisite knowledge and skills to appraise current financial reporting practice critically and to evaluate proposed changes from a theoretical foundation. In particular, the course will seek to:
•    Present the documents used in financial reporting, namely financial statements;
•    Reflect upon the current model of financial reporting in a theoretically framed manner.

1EC107 - ECTS

Explain the role Information systems and their support role in the process of reaching a decision in business issues, indispensible in companies. Form users that are capable to take a critical stand regards the methods of information management, providing the possibility to learn about the instruments appropriate in decision making. Efficient management of available information requires integration of different types of information from different sources, aggregation of data and its treatment and analysis. In this currciculum unit the aim is to provide learning of instruments in the area of information systems that permit, among other aspects:

- provide knowledge of basic forms of data representation,

- use tools that permit to describe and analyze data,

- organize data in databases,

- select subsets of structured data and use methods that permit to compare different subsets,

- Elaborate representations of decision structures and relate these to programming concepts,

 

1EC108 - ECTS

Economic and Social History aims at providing the future economists with a solid knowledge on the emergence and development of the market economies. This discipline analyses the path of the main world economies from the rise of the market principles to the present. The course starts by discussing the concept of 'market economy' and whether it adequately describes the economic conditions of the last three centuries. The course also debates the reasons for the inequality between countries that became manifest in the eighteenth century, namely in the form of the so-called Great Divergence, i.e. the divergence between the West and the main Asian economies. The bulk of the course deals with the different 'phases' of economic development of the western market economies. Each 'phase' is approached separatedly, with emphasis on three aspects: the growth performance, the main economic forces at work and the great choices in terms of economic policy. The teaching and study are based upon a varied set of materials that include texts by contemporary classical authors, book chapters and recent research articles on this subject. The course, the classes and the assessment are meant to stimulate reflection, the capacity to interpret indicatos, the capacity to present arguments, the critical reading and the economic culture of the students. It is expected that the course will provide some opportunity to approach in concrete historical contexts some themes that are developed in other disciplines.

1EC109 - ECTS

The course of Mathematics II aims the mathematics education in the fields of Integral Calculus and Linear Algebra. It is intended that students are able to understand and assimilate the most important concepts and to expose them with some accuracy. The course aims also to improve students' abilities in terms of abstract and logical reasoning.

1EC110 - ECTS

To provide students with a solid and complete basis to be able to learn other courses based on Microeconomics.

1EC205 - ECTS The principal objective of the curricular unit  is to familiarise the students with the law that governs organised economic activity by placing in the contract, the company and its forms of juridical organisation the principal line of the programme. In fact, it is considered essential that whoever is inclined to develop his professional activity in the entrepreneurial field should know, from the point of view of its juridical-private regulation, the environment in which corporate activity takes place. 

Therefore, in first part, the studies will be centred in the Contract.

In a second part, the programme spreads to the study of commercial companies, as a privileged system of juridical structure of the company: it broaches the concept of commercial company and the advantages of this precept; analyses the positions of the partners by pondering the main partnership rights and obligations (down payment obligations and obligation to share in the company’s losses; right to profit, right to information and right to vote). The purpose is to integrate the students in the particular microcosms of the commercial company, emphasising its main vicissitudes: merger, division, transformation and dissolution. 

Still in the ambit of companies law, reference to the higher forms of company organisation is widened: the pluri-company (confederate companies or groups of companies), as a way to gain competitiveness.

1EC202 - ECTS

In a first part of the course we analyse the intervention of the public sector in the economy; in a second part we concentrate on the finantial aspects of the intervention of the public sector in the economy (state budget and taxes).

1EC203 - ECTS

In the end of the course, students should: 1. Know the most important concepts of the Probability Theory, which are essential for the study of Statistical Inference and Econometrics. 2. Be able to apply the probability concepts, never forgetting their rigourous mathematical formularisation, even when intuitively understood. 3. Be able to do a report on data analysis (computing descriptive statistics and presenting graphical representations, together with the use of the software R)

1EC204 - ECTS

The aim of Macroeconomics I 1EC204 is to introduce students to the analysis of aggregate fluctuations of contemporary economies, including the conduct and impacts of monetary and fiscal policies.
In providing students the core conceptual and theoretical background of modern macroeconomics, this curricular unit is closely related to Macroeconomics II 1EC210, as well as with Economic Growth 1EC301 and Monetary Economics 1EC302.
The course focuses on (i) basic concepts and measurement of the main macroeconomic variables, (ii) core models for short-term macroeconomic analysis, and (iii) microeconomic foundations for modelling private aggregate demand.
Further topics such as (a) modelling the short-term functioning of open economies, (b) analysis of the labour market in a macro perspective, (c) modelling the dynamics of the macroeconomy from the short-run to the long-run, and (d) discussing the institutional design of macroeconomic policies, are addressed in Macroeconomics II 1EC210.
 

1EC201 - ECTS

Students should be able to work in a consumer-oriented logic, to understand the strategic importance of Marketing within organizations and to gain analytic abilities in the field of Marketing, by developing a Marketing plan.

1EC207 - ECTS

This discipline assumes that Accounting and Management Control is a component (or sub-system) of the fundamental global information system of organizations.

The fundamental objective of the course is to provide students with the knowledge required for the construction, evaluation and use of such sub-system of information for planning, control and decision making, being exposed and discussed principles that can guide the design and respective implementation.

Although the predominant model of study is the industrial sector, the topics covered are applicable to other types of organizations, such as service companies or nonprofit organizations.

 

1EC206 - ECTS

The conceptual approach adopted in the course of Industrial Organization comes essentially from the neoclassical economic paradigm, in which formal modelling of the economic structure and determination of the associated economic incentives are stessed. Students will be able to understand and assess the working and the performance of real markets according to the normative and positive theories of the dominant economic paradigm.

1EC209 - ECTS

This curricular unit aims at developing users of statistical methods able to solve problems in new situations and provide the foundations for the study of econometrics.  

1EC210 - ECTS

Macroeconomics II (1EC210) aims at enabling the students with the first competences to understand the aggregate fluctuations in the economy. Macroeconomics II (1EC210) aims at exploring the basic models to explain economic fluctuations, namely the IS-LM and the aggregate demand and supply models. It also presents the institutional framework of economic policy – monetary and fiscal policy, financial stabilization and supply-side policies.

1EC208 - ECTS

The objective is to give students theoretical principles about the fundamental dimensions of financial markets and operations. Information about common practices in financial markets will also be provided.
The aim is to endow the students with:
1. Theoretical skills needed for future studies.
2. Practical skills for those who wish to enter the labor market.

1GE501 - ECTS

 

1. Familiarize students withthe conceptual and standards framework of an audit and, in particular, its methodologies and working procedures.

 

1. When applicable, provide a first contact with real documents and reports used by the statutory auditor in his work;

 

1. To present the most relevant Portuguese corporate law to the activity of the statutory auditor.

 

1GE502 - ECTS

This course aims to provide students with the knowledge needed for the analysis of a diverse range of Business Cases . It is expected that by the end of the course the students are able to:

a) identify problem (s) present in the business case

b) critically analyze the context in which the company operates by appropriate  databases and methodologies 

c) identify alternative solutions to the problem (s) identified and provide the best solution to be proposed by using appropriate decision criteria 

d) analyze the financial and organizational impacts of the proposed recommendation;

e) submit an implementation plan;

f) identify key risks given the proposed recommendation.

Additionally, students are required to present their proposals orally.

 

1EC510 - ECTS

Main goals are: awareness of the basic political concepts; b) an enhanced capability to understand political theories and systems

1EC305 - ECTS

The course aims to provide students with the necessary instruments to understand the current process of internationalisation of economies and firms.
By the end of the course, students should be able to understand and discuss the direction and characteristics of the internationalisation process and to evaluate the impact of both protectionist and liberalising trade policies.

1EC506 - ECTS To provide the fundamental concepts and techniques of management control and cost accounting, with a particular focus on decision making and control.
The objective is to explore tools capable of supporting effective organizational performance management, through a balanced set of indicators and reporting mechanisms, ensuring the control of income and the promotion of strategic objectives and avoiding the adoption of indicators that may lead to dysfunctional attitudes and behaviours.
In this context, profitability indicators will be tackled, something that demands the discussion of some topics on product and service costing.

1EC301 - ECTS

The course mostly follows the neoclassical perspective on long-term dynamics and its main purpose is an in-depth presentation of some of the most important mathematical models of growth. Additionally, the course discusses the measurement of growth and analyzes empirical data on growth.

 

 

1GE504 - ECTS

The aims of this subject is to inform the students – prospective employers and employees – of the legal framework of the Labour Market, in particular the Individual Labour Contract, allowing them to give a qualified performance in their professional activities. Considering the entry into force of the Portuguese Labour Code (December 2003), a special attention will be given to the new legal framework of the Labour Contract and to the Portuguese Jurisprudence related to that Labour Contract.

1EC513 - ECTS

The aim of this subject is to inform the students of the legal framework of the Tax System. The contents include an introductory part specially designed to inform the students on the main tax law concepts, as well as the main rules and principles applicable to the tax relation. In the second part of the contents, the students are given a general overview of the Portuguese Tax System, as well as specific analyses of the main Portuguese income and expense taxes.

1EC303 - ECTS

The course is designed for a one-semester introduction to Econometrics. Pre-requisites for the course are a solid background in Economic Theory (both Micro- and Macroeconomics), in Statistics and in Linear Algebra. The course's main objective is in interpreting, understanding and evaluating the findings of elementary econometric analyses.

1EC501 - ECTS

The course provides students with a set of specific economic methods that enables them to understand the health system in general, and, in particular, the operation of health care providers. The course also provides an introduction to management models of healthcare providers.

1EC505 - ECTS

- To provide the students with theoretical-practical training on international migration and to stimulate a reality stocktaking and of actual problems. - To acquire scientific methodologies and research techniques that handle this issue at a world and European level, as well as the level of Portuguese society. - To demonstrate the existence of a diversity of multidisciplinary approaches inn international mobility.

 

1EC302 - ECTS

To provide undergraduate students, considering the available time and background study, with ample and integrated knowledge about the way monetary policy is able to attain economic policy goals, in the context of closed and open economies, in view of the applicable institutional context. Towards that, the necessary emphasis will be given to monetary policy instruments and its transmission mechanism in the underlying economic theories’ framework.

1EC504 - ECTS

 - To discuss concepts and main models in economics and social policy. - To understand the importance and potentialities of social economy and the different regimes of welfare state. - To analyse inequality, poverty and exclusion, and the need for compatible social policies. -  Essential topics for the knowledge in economics and social policy are supported by information on the Portuguese, European and International situations

 

1EC507 - ECTS

To study the Portuguese tax system and the main taxes on income.

1EC512 - ECTS

The main goal of this unit is to familiarize the under-graduated students with essential insights into the economy and sociology of culture (including tools for cultural management).

1EC515 - ECTS

1. To present the method used by Management Science and Operational Research to solve management problems.
2. To present the main techniques used by Management Science and Operational Research to solve decision problems in managerial settings.
3. To use software to solve problems.

1EC304 - ECTS

The purpose of the course is to supply students with conditions for both collective work and research, monitored by the respective teacher, that will allow: To think critically about some specific issues; To acquire methodology and scientific research skills; To develop the capacity of working autonomously and collectively in new areas of learning; To stimulate the use of both reason and imagination in order to deal with economic issues.

1EC306 - ECTS

The course is aimed to give students the economic and financial tools for decision making on investment projects.

1EC401 - ECTS

The purpose of the course is both to discuss  the main perspectives that have emerged along time, and particularly in the last decades, about the role of innovation in the economy and in society and
to provide students with the needed instruments to answer questions such us: what is innovation? How does innovation contribute to the different economies’ performance? What is the source of innovative capability occurring in different sectors, regions and countries? How does research and science affect innovation? What is the policy role in supporting innovation?

1EC403 - ECTS

This course will analyze the links between economics and the environment, both on a global scale and in the behavior of economic agents, with particular emphasis on companies. Our behavior as consumers/producers influences the state of the environment; changes in environmental quality and the increasing scarcity of natural resources have negative and sometimes irreversible consequences in the economy. The economic crisis has as its basis an "environmental crisis" for which there is time to find answers. With this purpose, the main current themes of environmental economics will be presented. The theoretical frameworks will be accompanied with the analysis of concrete experiences.

1EC405 - ECTS

The purpose of the course is to help students understand the mechanisms that preside over the functioning of labour markets. By the end of the course, students should be able to characterize the Portugues labour market against the background of European labour markets and discuss the impact of labour market policies. The economic foundations of human resources management practices are also highlighted.

1EC404 - ECTS

The study of international economics can be divided in two parts: “International Trade” and “International Monetary Economics”. This course will focus on the later, the monetary side of international economics, that is, the financial transactions. We will study financial crises and monetary unions, during which we will be able to address the current important issues that are the recent global financial crisis and the difficulties that the eurozone has been facing. We will also study the theories and the behaviour of exchange rates, exchange rate policy and the functioning of the international monetary system. That will afford the opportunity to focus on important issues such as China’s exchange rate policy, the role of the US dollar and the debate on the future of the international monetary system.

1EC307 - ECTS

To give the students a set of knowledge properly organized on the Portuguese and European economies; to operationalize concepts previously acquired in other disciplines by applying these concepts to the Portuguese and the European economies; to know how to look for and deal with the statistical information available for the Portuguese and the European economies.

 

1EC402 - ECTS

Regional and Urban Economics aim to introduce space in economic analysis.  It will give students new concepts and tools that allow them to deal with space in economic analysis.

 

1EC308 - ECTS

The objective of this course is to provide students with advanced and updated knowledge, both at theoretical or practical level, in the area of Corporate Finance.

The Modern Finance is based on the theories of utilities, preferences, the mean-variance, the "capital asset pricing model", the "arbitrage pricing theory", the "financial signs", positive information, the justification of regulations as well as the Modigliani-Miller theorem.

Thus, initially, we present the different risks to which companies are exposed, being devoted to each practically one chapter. In a second phase the risks are quantified. Finally, instruments are used, strategies, traditional markets and new markets (derivatives).

In this context of uncertainty, it plays a central role the financial information, the concepts of return, risk, financial balance, the theorems of capital structure, dividend policies and the models of valuation and management of variable income securities.

1EC309 - ECTS

The purpose of the course is to provide an overview of the main methodological positions in economics and to discuss the most important contributions of some of the most essential authors in the history of economic thought.

1EC516 - ECTS

1. To provide an introduction to operations management.
2. To study operations from a managerial viewpoint.
3. To study the main principles and techniques used to solve problems found in operations management.
4. To develop operations management projects using appropriate software.