The Master in Information Sciences has a total of 20 credits and 340 hours of disciplines, distributed as follows:
- 12 credits in compulsory subjects.
- 08 credits in elective courses.
Basic subjects
The following subjects are common to all lines of research, developing, preferably, in the 1st semester of the course.
- ICIA46- Historical and Epistemological Foundations of Information Sciences- 68h
- ICIA55- Research methodology- 68h
- ICIA56- Ongoing research seminars-68h
Mandatory activities
They are curricular activities that include:
- ICI790- Research Oriented
- ICI791- Oriented Professor Training
Master's electives (Line 1)
Disciplines offered to be chosen by the student with the assistance and/or indication of the Advisor Professor, involving the Political and Information Technology research line.
- ICIA53- File information policies- 34h
- ICIA67- Scientific communication in electronic networks-34h
- ICIA68- Information policies in contemporary Brazil-17h
- ICIA69- The museum as an information environment-17h
- ICIA70- Information and Communication Technologies-68h
Master's electives (Line 2)
Topics offered to be chosen by the student with the help and/or indication of the Advisor Professor, involving the line of research Production, circulation and mediation of information.
- ICIA54- Mediation and appropriation of information 34h
- ICIA71-Production and Communication of Scientific Information-34h
- ICIA88- Information communication barriers-17h
- ICIA89-Documentation of Fundamentals of Representation-17h
- ICIA90- Semiotics and Information-34h
- ICI537- Information and cognition-68h
Elective subjects of the Professors common to both lines
- ICI510-Information Economy-68h
- ICI519-Political, economic and legal aspects-68h
- ICI522-Advanced Information Seminars-68h
- ICI524-Information and Communication Technologies-68h
- ICI526- Networks and Information Systems-68h
- ICI527-Information and knowledge management- 68h
- ICI528-Information structures and languages I- 17h
- ICI529-Information and language structures II-34h
- ICI530-Information and contexts I-17h
- ICI531-Information and contexts II-34h
- ICI535-Knowledge and Society-68h
Optional subjects common to masters and doctorates (line 1)
- ICIA48- Infopolitics: Copyright and intellectual property- 34h
- ICIA49-Information metric studies-51h
- ICIA50- Conservation, protection and recovery of information-68h
- ICIA58-Moving image and sound files-34h
- ICIA59-Policy and Information Infrastructure-68h
- ICIA60-Informational mapping for network management and information systems-68h
- ICIA61- Policies and Information Technologies-17h
Optional subjects common to masters and doctorates (line 2)
- ICIA51- Information, culture and society- 68h
- ICIA52- Production, dissemination and mediation of information- 17h
- ICIA62- Mediation, cognition and multireferentiality-68h
- ICIA63-Organization, recovery and dissemination of information-51h
- ICIA64-Scientific communication in electronic networks-34h
- ICIA65-Reading and reception of information-34h
- ICIA66-Information Transfer-34h
Optional subjects common to masters and doctorates (common to both lines)
- ICIA57- Selected Topics in Information Sciences-68h
English