University of Barcelona

Information for the student – Information and Documentation Sciences (extinction) (course curriculum 2010)

Course curriculum

Distribution of credits

Type ECTS
Basic training 60
Compulsory 129
Optional 30
Compulsory placements 12
Compulsory final project 9
TOTAL 240

Subjects by year and semester

First year
Subject Semester Type Credits
Introduction to Information and Documentation Systems 0 OB 12
Communication Techniques 1 FB 6
Information and Society 1 FB 6
Information Retrieval and Use 1 FU 6
Principles of Technology 1 FB 6
Digital Images and Formats 2 FB 6
Information Recovery 2 OB 6
Principles of Human Cognition 2 FB 6
Social History of Knowledge 2 FB 6
Second year
Subject Semester Type Credits
Applied Statistics 1 FB 6
Databases 1 OB 6
Information Needs Analysis 1 OB 6
Organizational Theory 1 FB 6
Reference Resources and Services 1 OB 6
Documental Management for Organizations 2 OB 6
Legal Aspects of Information 2 FB 6
Metadata 2 OB 6
Planning Methods and Techniques 2 OB 6
User Support and Training 2 OB 6
Third year
Subject Semester Type Credits
Cataloguing and Indexing 0 OB 12
Automated Management Systems I 1 OB 6
Collections Development 1 OB 6
Preservation and Conservation 1 OB 6
Research Methodology 1 OB 6
Automated Management Systems II 2 OB 6
Classification and Description of Archive Documents 2 OB 6
Evaluation and Quality 2 OB 9
Optatives Subjects 2 OT 3
Fourth year
Subject Semester Type Credits
Practicum 1 PR 12
The Semantic Web 1 OB 6
Final Project 2 TR 9
Marketing 2 OB 6
Optatives Subjects 1 OT 12
Optatives Subjects 2 OT 15
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