Curriculum structure:
Subject type |
ECTS |
Mandatory |
30 |
Optional (*) |
24 |
Master’s Thesis |
6 |
Total |
60 |
(*) Includes external internships
Profiles: Profession, Researcher
Curriculum:
CODE |
SUBJECT |
SEMESTER |
TYPE |
ECTS |
MODULE |
32462 |
Strategy and innovation |
1 |
Mandatory |
4 |
Common |
32463 |
Operations and quality management |
1 |
Mandatory |
4 |
Common |
32464 |
Quantitative methods for management |
1 |
Mandatory |
4 |
Common |
32465 |
International management |
1 |
Mandatory |
4 |
Common |
32466 |
Negotiating and communication skills |
1 |
Mandatory |
1 |
Common |
32467 |
Information and decisions support systems |
1 |
Optional |
3 |
Common |
32468 |
Ethics, governance and corporate social responsibility |
1 |
Optional |
3 |
Common |
32469 |
Entrepreneurship and family business |
2 |
Mandatory |
3 |
Common |
32470 |
Business law |
2 |
Mandatory |
3 |
Common |
32471 |
Business taxation |
2 |
Mandatory |
3 |
Common |
32472 |
Human resources management, organizational behavior |
2 |
Mandatory |
3 |
Common |
32473 |
Coaching |
2 |
Mandatory |
1 |
Common |
32474 |
Sociology of organizations |
2 |
Optional |
3 |
Common |
32475 |
Management accounting |
2 |
Optional |
3 |
Common |
32477 |
Marketing research |
2 |
Optional |
3 |
Common |
32479 |
Internship (*) |
2 |
Optional |
15 |
Profession Profile |
32480 |
Management research methods |
2 |
Optional |
9 |
Researcher
Profile |
32481 |
Masters dissertation planning |
2 |
Optional |
6 |
Researcher
Profile |
32482 |
Master dissertation (**) |
2 |
Mandatory |
6 |
Profession Profile |
32483 |
Master dissertation (***) |
2 |
Mandatory |
6 |
Researcher
Profile |
(*) The number of internships in companies will depend on the number of internships offered each year by the companies in the program.
(**) Master's Thesis for students in internships.
(***) Master's thesis for research students.
Programs and Teaching Guides for Subjects
Curriculum information
The program is aimed at graduates in any discipline who wish to enhance their education, acquire managerial and leadership skills, or develop a research profile in Business Administration.
For students with a degree in Business Administration or a similar field (those holding a degree or equivalent in Business Administration and Management, Tourism, Aeronautical Management, Economics and Finance, Finance and Accounting, Financial and Actuarial Economics): 60 ECTS. Classes begin in October.
For students from other degrees: In addition to the 60 credits, additional training components of 20 credits are offered. These training components must be completed and passed by students holding a degree (or equivalent) not included in the following list: Business Administration and Management, Tourism, Aeronautical Management, Economics and Finance, Finance and Accounting, Financial and Actuarial Economics.
However, students with a degree (or equivalent) in the fields of Social and Legal Sciences, as well as Engineering and Architecture, may be exempted from completing and passing one or more of these training components when, at the discretion of the Master's Responsible Commission, the curriculum completed by the student to obtain their degree (or equivalent) includes subjects or courses equivalent to one or more of the mentioned additional training components.
These courses are taken in the first period (only for students who need to complete additional training because they did not come from the previously mentioned studies, starting in September):
Additional Training Components: 20 ECTS
32457 - Management (4 ECTS)
32458 - Finance (4 ECTS)
32459 - Accounting (4 ECTS)
32460 - Marketing (4 ECTS)
32461 - Economic Analysis (4 ECTS)
These courses are taken in the second period: 20 ECTS
These 20 ECTS must consist of 17 ECTS of compulsory courses and 3 ECTS of elective courses.
Compulsory courses:
- 32462 - Strategy and innovation (4 ECTS)
- 32463 - Operations and quality management (4 ECTS)
- 32464 - Quantitative methods for management (4 ECTS)
- 32465 - International management (4 ECTS)
- 32466 - Negotiating and communication skills (1 ECTS)
Elective courses:
Choose one of the following:
- 32467 - Information and decisions support systems (3 ECTS)
- 32468 - Ethics, governance and corporate social responsibility (3 ECTS)
These courses are taken in the third period: 19 ECTS
These 19 ECTS must consist of 13 ECTS of compulsory courses and 6 ECTS of elective courses.
Compulsory courses:
- 32469 - Entrepreneurship and family business (3 ECTS)
- 32470 - Business Law (3 ECTS)
- 32471 - Business Taxation (3 ECTS)
- 32472 - Human resources management, organizational behavior (3 ECTS)
- 32473 - Coaching (Coaching) (1 ECTS)
Elective courses:
Choose two of the following three:
- 32474 - Sociology of Organizations (3 ECTS)
- 32475 - Management Accounting (3 ECTS)
- 32477 - Market Research (3 ECTS)窗体顶端
These courses are taken in the fourth period: 21 ECTS
These 21 ECTS must consist of 6 ECTS of compulsory courses and 15 ECTS of elective courses, which will be defined based on the chosen profile: professional or researcher.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Compulsory courses:
- 32482 - Master dissertation (6 ECTS).
The student must develop a company case or a business creation project.
Elective courses:
- 32479 - Internship (15 ECTS)
RESEARCH PROFILE
Compulsory courses:
- 32483 - Master dissertation (6 ECTS)
The student must develop a research project.
Elective courses:
- 32480 - Management research methods (9 ECTS)
- 32481 - Masters dissertation planning (6 ECTS)
Notice
In accordance with the agreements by UAM’s Postgraduate Studies Committee, any optional subjects on which less than five students are registered, may not go ahead. The students affected by this situation will be informed accordingly so that they can register on other subjects.
The choice of optional subjects may vary slightly before the start of the classes due to adjustments to the Master's Degree teaching schedule, in which case students will be informed accordingly.