I – Polítical Science

1. Definition, Object and Methodologies in the Study of Political Science;
2. Sate – defintion, elements, functions;
3. Political Participation and Elections;
4. Political Parties;
5. State – Legislative Power;
6. State – Executive Power;
7. State – Judicail Power;
8. Democracy.

II – Constitutional Law

1. Constitution and Constitutionalism;
2. Constituent Power;
3. History of the Portuguese Constitutions;
4. The 1976 Constitution of the Portuguese Republic;
5. Structuring Principles of the Portuguese Republic;
6. Fundamental Rights;
7. Organization of Political Power in Portugal;
8. Normative Acts;
9. Guarantee and Control of the Constitution;
10. Constitutional Amendment.

1. English as a lingua franca. Attitudes towards English. Expressions to convey linguistic and learning necessities. Brief notions of the characteristics that have led English to become a global language.
2. Conversation: Taking part in conversations about people, places and other topics; description of personal and professional profiles; identification of cultural differences.
3. Contacts: Starting and keeping conversations about topics related to the professional context via telephone, email or face to face… Describing people and exchanging information.
4. Meetings: Expressions to set up and organize meetings, make decisions, solve problems, present suggestions and lead meetings. Official register of information. Checking and clarifying facts and figures.
5. Negotiating relationships: Expression of formality and informality. Expression of likes and dislikes about travelling on business. Discussing attitudes about meetings and cultural behaviours in different countries.

I. Basic concepts of Public Administration

1. First approaches
   1. Administration: meaning and purposes.
   2. Differences between Public and private Administration.
   3. Seven main characteristics of Public Administration.
2. The polysemic concept of Public Administration.

II. Historical and scientific evolution of Public Administration in Portugal

1. Public Administration during the medieval period.
2. Public Administration between 16th and late 18th centuries (modern era).
3. Public Administration, constitution and liberal ideas.
4. Public Administration, State and constitution during the 20th century.

III. Portuguese Public Administration today: current issues and present challenges.

1. Descriptive Statistics.
   1. Basic notions.
   2. Frequency tables.
   3. Graphical representation of frequencies.
   4. Data reduction.
2. Linear regression and simple correlation.
   1. Introduction.
   2. Scatter diagram.
   3. Correlation coefficient.
   4. Least squares regression line.
   5. Assessment of the adjustment´s quality.
3. Real Functions of Real Variable
   1. Basic concepts about functions.
   2. Polynomial and rational functions.
   3. Limit and Continuity.
4. Differential calculus in IR.
   1. Mean rate of change
   2. Instantaneous rate of change
   3. Derivatives.
   4. Derivative applications.
   5. Real Functions with two variables.
   6. Parcial derivatives.

Title I – Approaching the concept of law

1. Concept and fundamental problems of Law
   1. Concept of Law: the social nature of Man; ubi societas, ibi ius
   2. Law and other normative orders
   3. Other meanings of the expression “law”: Law and Right; Natural Law and Positive Law
   4. Law and State
   5. The goals of Law
2. Elements of the Law’s concept
   1. Legal System
   2. Legal norm
   3. Coercive Protection

Title II – Sources of law

1. Enunciation and classification
2. Legislation
3. Other sources: customs, case-law and doctrine

Title III – Legal relationship

1. Introduction
2. Subjects
3. Object
4. Fact
5. Guarantee

Title IV – Branches of the law

1. General considerations
2. Classification of Private Law
3. Classification of Public Law

Title V – Law interpretation and enforcement

1. Law interpretation
2. Law integration
3. Law enforcement in time and in space

1. Word processors – Word
   1. Advanced formatting
   2. Tabulations
   3. Styles
   4. Titles and captions indexes and bibliography
2. Spreadsheet – Microsoft Excel:
   1. Create and customize spreadsheet
   2. Absolute, relative and mixed references
   3. Advanced formulas and functions
   4. Validation, sorting and conditional formatting data
   5. Automatic filters
   6. Simple and dynamic tables and graphics
3. Collaborative tools and content sharing
   1. Advanced searches on Google
   2. Google tools (drive, calendar, map, text, sheet,slides)
   3. Web page creation (online tools)
   4. Online presentations
4. Information Systems in Public Administration
   1. Online services in Public Administration
   2. e-government
5. Databases – Microsoft Access:
   1. Databases constructions
   2. Queries, forms and reports
6. Introduction to AI
   1. AI Fundamentals
   2. Ethics and Responsibility in AI Use
   3. Practical Applications of AI in Public Administration

1. The Public Sector in Portugal
   • Concept and Structure
2. Accounting for Public Entities in Portugal
   • Basic Diplomas
   • Historic evolution
   • SNC-AP (ACCOUNTING STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS)
     • Justification; Pillars; Benefits; Scope; Regimes and Objectives
     • Scope of application of the Budget Accounting system
3. The Budget
   • Concepts (State Budget, public expenditure and public revenue)
   • Budgetary Framework Law (LEO)
   • Budget Accounting – NCP (Public Accounting Standard) 26
     • Budget approval
     • Modifications to the Budget
     • Budget Execution
     • Budget Accounts Statements

I – Public Administration, Public Law, Administrative Law

1. Main features
   1. Administrative Law, first approach and general theory.
   2. Administrative systems.
2. The doctrine of the separation of powers and the separation of the functions of the State

II – Public Administration today

1. Structure
   1. Organic/functional sense; material sense; formal sense.
   2. Organic/functional sense.
   3. Pluralization and Privatization.
   4. Analysis of the current structure of Portuguese Public Administration..
2. Public Administration in action
   1. Public Administration: the material sense.
   2. Constitutional background.
3. Public Administration, Public Law and Private Law
4. Relations between public authorities; Administration and civil servants.
5. Ways of proceeding

1. Introductory Concepts
   1. Economic science: object, method and main branches
   2. Economic Systems
   3. Production possibilities frontier
2. Basic elements of Demand and Supply
   1. The Demand Function
   2. The Supply Function
   3. Market equilibrium
   4. Consumer surplus and producer surplus
3. Demand and Supply Applications
   1. Elasticities
   2. State Intervention
4. Consumer Theory
   1. Preferences
   2. Budget constraint
   3. Consumer Optimum
5. Production Theory and Cost Analysis
   1. Production Theory
   2. Cost Analysis
   3. Analysis of perfectly competitive markets
6. Basic concepts and principles of macroeconomics
   1. Short term analysis and long term analysis
   2. Calculation of the Product through different optics
   3. Price indices and variation
   4. Macroeconomic policies

1. Introduction to Quality Management
2. Historic Evolution of Quality Management
3. Quality in the service field
4. Total Quality Management
5. Quality Tools and Techniques
6. Referential and Approaches to implement and assess the quality
7. Quality in Public Administration
8. The future of quality management

1. Managers, management and organizations
2. The thought on management: origin and evolution
3. Vision, mission and goals
4. Strategic analysis: the external environment
5. Strategic analysis: business and internal environment
6. Globalization and firms’ internationalization
7. How to organize the company
8. Market orientation and value offer
9. Marketing action
10. Business ethics and social responsibility

1. Accounting standardization and harmonization applicable to Public Administrations
   1. National and international accounting standardization
   2. Accounting harmonization: role and objectives of IFAC
2. The Accounting Standardization System for Public Administrations (SNC-AP)
   1. Purpose and structure of the SNC-AP
   2. The conceptual framework for financial accounting
   3. The PCM (Multidimensional Chart of Accounts)
3. Financial Accounting
   1. Bases for Presenting Financial Statements
   2. Income from Transactions with and without Consideration
   3. Investments (Tangible Fixed Assets; Intangible Assets; Investment Properties)
   4. Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
   5. Inventories and Agricultural Activity
   6. Other matters within the scope of the SNC-AP NCP
   7. Financial Accounts statements

1. Origin and evolution of the European Union:
   1. Origin and historical evolution of the Communities and the UE: The Precursors; European idea in the Postwar period; Constitutive Treaties; Widening and Deepening’s; Treaties of Accession, Theories of integration.
2. The Institutional Right of the Union:
   1. Institutions: European Council; Council of the European Union; European Parliament; Commission; Court of Justice of the UE; Court of Auditors; European Central Banking;
   2. Complementary agencies and instances.
3. Legal system of the Union:
   1. Sources
   2. Processes of Decision in European Union
   3. Structuring principles of the European Union
4. Objectives of the European Union:
   1. Constitutional Objectives
   2. The Economic Order of the European Union
      1. Free circulation of merchandises; Free circulation of people; Right of establishment and freedom of services; Free circulation of capitals and payments.

1. Macroeconomics: Keynesian model of an open economy and government (central government)
   1. Model with Two Countries
   2. Keynesian model with investment and interest rate
2. Public Goods
   1. Pure Public Goods (main features)
   2. Tax and Financing Public Goods
      1. Efficient provision (Samuelson condition)
      2. Bowen Diagram
3. State Intervention in the Economy (tax and fiscal distortion)
4. Externalities (positive and negatives)
5. Redistribution FPU function

1. The concept of administrative procedure (a.p.)
   1. The legal-public centrality of the procedural dimension
   2. The concept of a.p.
   3. Legal nature
   4. Historic evolution
2. The fundamental principles:
   1. documentary nature;
   2. simplification of formalisms;
   3. inquisitive nature;
   4. efficiency;
   5. collaboration with private individuals;
   6. private individuals’ right to information;
   7. the participation of citizens;
   8. decision;
   9. unpaid character;
   10. protectionmof personal data;
   11. cooperation with the UE.
3. III. Administrative procedures
   1. The administrative procedure and its species
   2. The 1st degree decision-making procedure
      1. Phases (initial; instruction; audience of participants; decision preparation; decision; complementary phase).
   3. States of exception and urgency
   4. The 2nd degree decision-making procedure
      1. Secondary administrative acts.
      2. Guarantees.
   5. The executive procedure
   6. Administrative rulemaking
4. IV.Evaluation system in Public Administration

1. Public Governance Fundaments
   1. Main concepts
   2. Governance actors
   3. The study of Public Governance: classic authors, disciplinary influences, and methodologies
2. PA Entities within the Public Governance
   1. Administrative Entities and their relations with the political sphere
   2. Organization models in Portuguese PA
   3. Public Services of General Interest
   4. Comparative trends on the functioning of PA
3. Good Governance
   1. Concept and Principles of Good Governance
   2. Measurement criteria and indexes
4. Public Governance Models and Administrative Reforms
   1. Characteristics and historical contexts of emergence and development of Traditional Public Administration, New Public Management and New Public Governance models
   2. Administrative Reforms in Portugal
   3. The importance of administrative traditions for understanding reform patterns
   4. Patterns of consequences of reforms
5. Public Management
   1. Innovation in PA
   2. Planning and Evaluation in PA

Part I.

1. Public Procurement – historical and legal introduction.
2. Contractual typologies
3. The substantive regime of the administrative contract.
4. Procedures
5. Administrative safeguards
6. Litigation

Part II.

1. The e-procurement. The Portal Base.
2. Actors involved in the governance of Public Procurement
3. Horizontal policies promoted by public procurement
4. The principles of competition and public interest in public procurement
5. Control and Auditing System
6. Comparative analysis of public procurement systems

I. Introductory issues regarding Economic Law

1. Connection between Economics and Law
2. Sources of Economic Law

II. General framework

1. Portuguese Economic Constitution
2. European Economic Constitution
3. Economic Administration

III. Entrepreneurial State

1. Nationalizations and Privatizations
2. State Entrepreneurial Sector
3. Public-private partnerships

IV. Regulatory State

1. Planning, stimulus or promotion measures, and economic and social concertation
2. Competition and Price Regulation
3. ‘Emerging Markets’ Regulation
4. Monetary and Financial System Regulation
5. Environment Regulation
6. Quality Regulation
7. Information and Communication Regulation

I – INTRODUCTION

1. Company Financial, Tax Law and Tax Law
2. Notions of tribute, tax, fee and special contributions
3. Moments of Life Tribute
4. Traveler taxes

II – GENERAL THEORY OF TAX LAW

1. Microwave power sources
2. Interpretation, Integration and Effectiveness of Tax Law
3. Relations Legal Tax
4. Administrative Activity Tax
5. Guarantees for Taxpayers

III – OVERVIEW OF TAX SYSTEM PORTUGUESE

1. Análise the main taxes in force in Portugal
2. Analysis of other taxes

1. Human Resources Management in Public Administration:
   1. From the classical model to the management model and New Public Management
2. Human Resources Management Policies in Public Administration:
   1. Evolution and structure of human resources in Portugal
3. Individuals in the organization:
   1. Groups, Leadership, Motivation
4. Human Resources in organizational and professional issues:
   1. Planning, Recruitment and Selection, Integration, Training and Performance Assessment
5. Introduction to other topics in Public Administration:
   1. Ethics, Deontology and Disciplinary Statute

1. Introduction
1.1. Financial Function and Financial Analysis
1.2. Basic Tools of Financial Analysis

2. Financial Analysis (Financial Position, Profitability and Growth, Risk)
2.1. Analysis of Financial Position
2.2. Analysis of Profitability and Growth
2.3. Risk Assessment

3. Investment and Financing
3.1. Cash Flow Analysis
3.2. Short-term Financial Decisions
3.3. Medium- and Long-term Financial Decisions

4. Financial Planning and Forecasting
4.1. The Importance of Financial Planning
4.2. Operating Accounts and Profit and Loss Account
4.3. Financial Plans
4.4. Forecast Financial Statements

I. Framing of Local Authorities in Portugal.

1. The Autonomous Administration and its constitutional principles
2. The historic evolution of local administration in Portugal
3. Basic notions of socio-economic analysis of Portuguese municipalities

II. Municipal and sub-municipal bodies

1. Municipal and submunicipal bodies: composition, functioning and competences
2. From local government to local governance
3. Multi-level governance: the issue of decentralization

III. The current supra-municipal and regional dimension

1. The functioning of metropolitan areas and intermunicipal communities.
2. The Regional Coordination and Development Commissions.
3. The functioning of Autonomous Regions
4. The regionalization debate

IV. Local Finances

1. Local Finances: challenges
2. The Financial Yearbook of Portuguese Municipalities

V. Subnational public policies

1. Local public policies: case studies

VI. Comparative analysis of multilevel governance systems

1. Introduction to management accounting: concepts, objectives and management;
2. Management accounting in the context of the Public Sector (the SNC-AP and NCP 27);
3. Typology of costs;
4. Criteria for allocation and allocation of indirect costs;
5. Traditional customs systems;
6. Costing based in activities – the ABC method.

1. Are we information? Information and communication processes.
   1. Data, Information and knowledge
   2. Communication as a process
   3. Information and communication in the organizational context
      1. Administrative and Protocol Practices
2. Management of archival and non-archival information and documentation.
   1. Basic concepts in documentation and documentation sciences
      1. What is a document? What is a file?
      2. Archival principles
      3. Three Ages Theory vs Records Continuum
   2. Introduction to the history of documentation and information sciences.
   3. Advantages of effective and efficient document management
   4. Management of archival information and documentation
      1. Preventative conservation
   5. Management of non-archival information and documentation
      1. Bibliographic Reference Management
3. Archive and society
   1. Information, archive and democracy
   2. The archive as an agent of continuous modernization and improvement
   3. Access rights and data protection

1. Introduction: entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs
2. Opportunities, ideas and innovation
3. Concepts of business strategy
4. How to build and manage a team
5. The marketing
6. The new company
7. The funding of new company
8. The financial aspects of the new company
9. The investment
10. The Business plan

1. Introduction: From commercial marketing to public and social marketing
   1. Evolution of the marketing concept
   2. Fundamental concepts of marketing
   3. Definition of public and social marketing
2. Marketing strategy and plan
   1. Stages of marketing planning
   2. Public and social marketing plan
3. Consumer and citizen behaviour
4. Segmentation, target audiences and positioning
5. Marketing policies
   1. Product policy
   2. Price policy
   3. Placement policy
   4. Promotion policy
   5. 3 Complementary P

1. Privatization of the civil service
2. Collective labor relations
3. Regulatory framework
4. Occupational safety and health law
5. Public employment relationships:
6. Constitution of the public employment relationship
7. Termination of employment
8. Fulfillment of the public employment relationship

I – KEY CONCEPTS

1. Around the “urban planning” concept
2. Around the Urban Planning Law (first approach)
3. Formation and historical evolution of Urban Planning Law
4. Administrative organization of urban planning

II – OCUPATION, USE AND TRANSFORMATION OF LAND RULES

1. Legal rules on land use (national agricultural network – NAN, national ecological network – NEN, national network of protected areas, NATURA 2000 network, system of land occupation and transformation in the coastal, system of forest and public utility administrative easements)
2. The system of land management and planning instruments (general, function of planning instruments, type of planning instruments,formation procedure of planning instruments, relationship between the planning instruments, preventive measures, dynamic, planning instruments violation)

III – PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION ON LAND POLICY

1. Why a “land policy”?
2. Public Administration intervention mechanisms on land policy

The student must select one or more curricular units listed in the table ‘3rd Year – Course Units | Elective I’. Attention, is required to complete a minimum of 12 ECTS.

1. Public Policies: concept and actors;
2. Types of public policies and of policy instruments;
3. Public Policy Process: agenda-setting, formulation, decision-making, implementation and evaluation;
4. State and Political Power: different approaches;
5. Political parties: functions and typologies of intervention on public policies;
6. The importance of Political Doctrines and Ideologies in Public Policies;
7. Parliaments and Governments: functions and different kinds of political systems;
8. Citizens, interest groups and civil society organizations: typologies of political participation;
9. The challenges in the operationalization of the Development Sustainable Goals and Human Rights: from theory to practice;
10. Practical analysis of public policies in Portugal.

I – Introduction

II- The right to social security

1. What the right to social security is
2. Formulations of the basic concept of right to social security

III – social security legal relations

1. Social security legal relationship as a complex legal relationship
2. The linking relationship
3. The contributory legal relationship
4. The prestation legal relationship
   1. Requirements for the right to subvention
   2. Specific requirements of the right to subvention by eventuality
      1. Disease
      2. Parentality
      3. Unemployment
      4. Old age and disability
      5. Death

1. Introduction: International management and globalization
2. The economic environment and the regional integration blocs
3. The socio-cultural environment
4. The political-legal environment
5. International trade and theories of international trade
6. Foreign direct investment: analysis and theories
7. Analyzing foreign markets
8. Internationalization strategies
9. Entry modes into foreign markets
10. International marketing concepts
11. Managing human resources internationally
12. Analysis and critique of the current state of internationalization of selected countries

1. Introduction
2. Financial Markets
   1. Objectives
   2. Functions
   3. Segmentation
   4. Market players
3. The Portuguese financial system
4. Monetary Markets
   1. Functioning
   2. Interbank Money Market
   3. Money Market Products
5. Capital Markets
   1. The primary market
   2. The secondary market
6. Spot Markets
   1. Bonds
   2. Stocks
7. Margin-account transactions
   1. Financed purchases
   2. Short selling
8. Operations over-the-counter versus organized markets
   1. Over-the-counter products
   2. Organized markets products

1. Introduction to International Marketing
2. The International Marketing Environment
   1. The international economic environment, regional market characteristics and preferential trade agreements
   2. The socio-cultural environment
   3. The political and legal environment
3. Global information systems and market research in international marketing
4. Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
5. International Marketing Strategies
6. The International Marketing Mix
   1. International Product and Branding Decisions
   2. International Pricing Decisions
   3. International Distribution Decisions
   4. International Communication Decisions
7. The International marketing trends and the integrated implementation of international marketing strategies

I: General framework for alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Title II: Specific analysis of ADR

1. Mediation
   1. History and legal framework of mediation
   2. Elements
   3. Mediation models and mediator techniques
   4. Principles of mediation
   5. Stages of the mediation process
   6. Public mediation systems

2. Justice of the Peace
   1. General aspects and legal framework
   2. Guiding principles of the Courts of Peace
   3. Competence
   4. Organization and operation
   5. Costs
3. Arbitration
   1. Types of arbitration
   2. Procedural rules for voluntary arbitration
   3. Institutionalized arbitration

1. Introduction
2. Mathematical programming models
   1. Linear programming (PL) models with continuous, binary and integer variables
   2. Resolution of LP models with software
3. Influence Diagrams
   1. Identification of decisions, uncertain events, consequences and results
   2. Problem structuring
4. Decision tables
   1. Decision rules without probabilities
   2. Decision rules with probabilities
5. Decision trees
   1. Optimal sequential decision
   2. Sensitivity analysis
   3. Risk profile
6. Multicriteria Decision Analyzis
   1. Multiatribute decision
   2. Multiobjective decision

1. Introduction to digital marketing
   1. Basic concepts of digital marketing
   2. Fundamentals of strategy in digital channels
   3. The digital consumer and the new generations of consumers.
2. Digital marketing tools
   1. The website as a digital marketing strategy
   2. The importance of the landing page in digital campaigns
   3. Search engine optimisation
   4. Search engine advertising
   5. Social media platforms
   6. Social media promotion strategies
   7. E-mail marketing
3. Managing and optimising digital marketing campaigns
   1. Principles and metrics for analysing digital presence
   2. Analysing and optimising presence on digital channels
4. Developing a digital marketing plan
   1. Stages of a digital marketing plan
   2. Tools to support the creation of a digital marketing plan
5. Trends and new digital marketing tools

1. Introduction
2. The debtor
3. Insolvency concept
4. The insolvency proceedings
5. The insolvency practitioners and creditors’ represention
6. Claims verification
7. The insolvency effects
   1. The personal effects
   2. The procedural effects
   3. The effects over the contracts
   4. Avoidance actions
8. The process closing procedures
   1. Liquidation
   2. Insolvency Plan
   3. Payment plan
   4. Fresh start
9. The effects of closing the process
10. Insolvency Classification
11. Pre-Insolvency Procedures

The program will be set for each case taking into account the type of firm or institution and the specific area where the internship will take place.