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Second Year Study Information

For detailed information concerning my Second Year in Management Informatics at the University of Minho, read on!


Subject

Simplified Program

U.C.

Discrete Mathematics

  
  • Logic
    • Propositional Logic
    • Karnaugh Maps
    • Predicate Logic
    • Mathematical Reasoning
    • Demonstration Techniques
    • Mathematical Induction
  • Set Theory
    • Fundamental Concepts
    • Set Operations
    • Relations
  • Linear Algebra
    • Matrixes
    • Vectors
    • Vector Spaces
    • Linear Transformations
    • Equation Systems
    • Determinants
    • EigenValues and EigenVectors
       
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Accounting

  
  • General Accounting
    • The Official Accounting Plan (Portuguese)
    • Basic Concepts
    • Accounting as an Information System
    • Existences, Purchases and other key elements in Accounting
    • The Inventory
    • Working with accounts
    • The Balance
    • The Results
    • Valuation Criteria
    • Inventory Criteria (Permanent e Intermittent)
    • Discounts and Abatements
    • The State
      • Taxes
    • Bonds
    • Amortizations
    • Provisions
  • Analytical Accounting
    • Economical and Financial Concepts
    • Re-Classification of Costs
      • Industrial and non-Industrial Costs
      • Controllable and non-Controllable Costs
      • Direct and Indirect Costs
      • Real and Theoretical Costs
      • Fixed, Variable and semi-variable costs
    • The Cost Hierarchy and Result Analysis
    • Product Costs and Period Costs
    • Analysis of the Cost Components of the Production
      • Raw Materials
      • Labor Costs
      • General Fabrication Costs
    • Methods used to divide Production Costs
    • Cost - Volume - Result Analysis
    • Calculating Production Costs
    • Calculating Differences in Production Cost Previews
       
7

Information Systems I

  
  • Introduction to Software Engineering
    • The Product
    • The Process
    • Project Management
    • The Engineering Methods
  • The Software Developing Process
    • Process and Developing Models
    • Quality and Improvement Models
    • Formal Methods Model and 4th Generation Techniques (4GT)
  • Management of Software Projects
    • Introduction to Project Management
    • Management, Planning and Control of Projects
    • Advanced Topics
  • Software Engineering Methods
    • The Classical Paradigm
    • The Object Oriented Paradigm (OO)
    • Advanced Topics
  • Lab
    • Planning of a Project
    • Execution of Requirements Analysis
       
7

Programming Languages

  
  • The Imperative Paradigm
    • Imperative Programming Languages
    • Review of ANSI-C
  • The Logical Paradigm
    • Logical Programming Languages
    • Logical Programming with ProLog
      • Philosophy behind the Language
      • Programming with Prolog
  • The Object Oriented Paradigm
    • OO Programming Languages
    • OO Programming with JAVA
      • Philosophy behind the Language
      • Programming with JAVA
  • Lab
    • Programming in ANSI-C
    • Programming in ProLog
    • Programming in JAVA
       
7

Computer Systems

  
  • Technologies and Levels of Abstraction
  • The Computer's Structure
  • Integrated Circuits: consequences of innovation
  • Historical View
  • The Performance of a Computer System
    • Metrics
    • Programs to Evaluate Performance
    • Comparing Performance
  • The Central Processing Unit (CPU)
  • Interruptions of the normal execution of programs (exceptions)
  • The Memory Hierarchy
  • Cache Memory
  • Virtual Memory
  • Interfaces and Peripherals
    • Evaluation of performance
    • Types and characteristics
    • Buses
    • Integration of Peripherals, Processors, Memory and the OS
  • Lab
    • Programming of computer systems in assembly (MIPS and INTEL)
    • Numerical Systems and computer arithmetic
    • Conception and implementation of computer systems (micro-computers) from commercially available components.
       
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U.C. Unidades de Crédito = Credits = Says how mych weight every subject has. To calculate the final mark of the course you do this:  Calculate the sum of (mark x U.C.) of all subjects. (Sum / Total U.C.) = final mark.