Master's Degree in Scientific Information and Communication (M12/56/1)

Master's Degree in Scientific Information and Communication
Academic year
Field of knowledge
CC. Sociales y Jurídicas
Ministry code
4312267
ECTS credits
60
Code
M12/56/1

Access and admissions: requirements, procedure and deadlines

The Access and Admissions section of this website provides information on the general and specific requirements, as well as the enrolment procedure, for our master's degrees. This information varies depending on whether the programmes in question are:

Enrolment

Distrito Único Andaluz (DUA) Platform for University Admissions in Andalusia

  • First-year students: If you have secured a place through the DUA Platform, you must complete the self-enrolment procedure via the UGR's website.

    The office responsible for the self-enrolment procedure at the UGR is the Service for Official Master’s Degrees (Servicio de Másteres Oficiales). For further information, please visit Master's degrees: Standard enrolments.

Arqus and Erasmus Mundus master’s degrees

The enrolment procedure varies depending on the master's degree in question:

Programme content

Scientific Communication

Mandatory credits:  0
Créditos ofertados:  15
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Analysis of Scientific Collaboration
3
Zaida Chinchilla Rodriguez
Evaluation of Scientific Journals As Scientific Media and Tools for the Evaluation of Science
3
Social Communication of Science and Technology
3
New Network Science Metrics
3
Information Policies in the Digital Environment: Implications for Information Science Professionals
3

Evaluation and Quality

Mandatory credits:  0
Créditos ofertados:  6
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Quality Assessment and Certification of Libraries and Information Services
3
The Evaluation of Science and Scientific Activity
3

Research Methods

Mandatory credits:  4
Créditos ofertados:  10
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Basic Concepts in the Statistical Classification of Scientific Data
3
Statistical Inference Methods in the Analysis of Scientific Information
4
Visualisation of Information: Methodological Model for Structural Analysis and Social Networks
3

Information Retrieval

Mandatory credits:  0
Créditos ofertados:  18
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Analysis and Evaluation of Subject Based Retrieval and Its Impact on the Use of Opacs
3
Description and Exchange of Information on the Semantic Web
3
Visual Information Retrieval Interfaces (Viris): Their Application to Digital Libraries and the World Wide Web
3
Retrieving Information on the Internet: Basic Concepts, Procedures and Evaluation
3
Representation of Information on the Web: Xml and Information Retrieval
3
Conceptual Representation and Organisation of Knowledge for Information Retrieval
3

Information and Communication Technologies

Mandatory credits:  0
Créditos ofertados:  9
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Applications of Evolutionary Computation to Information Retrieval
3
Methodology for the Conservation, Retrieval and Dissemination of Photographic and Film Archives in Electronic Format
3
Information Retrieval Based on Artificial Intelligence Techniques
3

Master's Dissertation

Mandatory credits:  20
Créditos ofertados:  20
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Master's Dissertation
20

Seminars

Mandatory credits:  3
Créditos ofertados:  3
Course / Subject
Credits
Teachers
Course guide
Seminar on Recent Trends in Information and Scientific Communication
3