Curriculum

The curriculum of the Bachelor Degree in Informatics Engineering was approved by the School Board on 21 October 2009. It is compliant with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and its academic load is 240 ECTS:

• 132 compulsory credits
• 48 specialization credits, one subject to be chosen out of the five on offer
• 42 optional credits
• 18 credits for the final project, which should be associated with the chosen area of specialization

Study plan structure

Subjects are divided into semesters. There are two semesters in each academic year. There are eight subjects in the first year worth 7.5 ECTS credits each. All other subjects on the Bachelor Degree in Computing Engineering are worth 6 ECTS credits. Twelve credits are awarded in the eighth semester for subjects or seminars and the final project.

The figure below shows how the curriculum for the Degree in Informatics Engineering is divided up.

Compulsory Subjects

The figure below shows a breakdown of compulsory subjects by semester.

Semester 1

PRO1
Programming 1
7,5 ECTS

IC
Introduction to Computers
7,5 ECTS

FM
Mathematical Foundations
7,5 ECTS

F
Physics
7,5 ECTS

Semester 2

PRO2
Programming 2
7,5 ECTS

EC
Computer Organization
7,5 ECTS

M1
Mathematics 1
7,5 ECTS

M2
Mathematics 2
7,5 ECTS

Semester 3

EDA
Data Structures and Algotithms
6 ECTS

CI
Computer Interfacing
6 ECTS

PE
Probability and Statistics
6 ECTS

BD
Databases
6 ECTS

SO
Operating Systems
6 ECTS

Semester 4

IDI
Interaction and Interface Design
6 ECTS

AC
Computer Architecture
6 ECTS

EEE
Business and Economic Environment
6 ECTS

IES
Introduction to Software Engineering
6 ECTS

XC
Computer Networks
6 ECTS

Semesters 5 and 6

PROP
Programming Projects
6 ECTS

PAR
Parallelism
6 ECTS

 

 

You'll find detailed information on each subject in section subjects of the curriculum for a degree in Informatics Engineering.

Compulsory subjects requisites

In order to be able to register in a subject is necessary to have carried out some necessary requisites. There are four types of requisites: Prerequisite, Corequisite, Precorequisite, Orequisite.

Prerequisite

If a subject A is prerequisite of another subject B, it means that to be able to register B is necessary to have passed the subject A.

Corequisite

If a subject A is corequisite of another subject B, it means that to be able to register B is necessary to have passed or to be register in the subject A.

Precorequisite

If a subject A is precorequisite of another subject B, it means that to be able to register B it is necessary to be registered (a quadrimester before at least) subject A. But, in case of havig a list of precorequits (A precorequsite of B, and B precorequisite of C), it won't be posible to register subject C until subject A has not been passed.

Orequisit

If two subjects A and B are orequisite of subject C, it means that to register subject C it is necessary to have passed either subject A or subject B.

Optional subjects

Optional subjects are taken in the 7^th and 8^th semesters. A total amount of 42 ECTS credits must be obtained from a combination of any of the following activities: 

• Taking optional subjects worth 6 ECTS credits each.
• Attending seminars on relevant topics (from 1 to 3 ECTS credits each).
• Going to a university abroad on a mobility programme.
• Taking a double degree at a prestigious university.
• Going on a work placement.
• Taking complementary specialisation subjects (not taken to date) or subjects from another specialisation area