Masters Organizational Communication

In accordance with the process of implementation of the Bologna Declaration, the system of university education should foster and enhance flexibility, self-determination and accountability on the part of students. This Second Cycle demonstrates the deep level of knowledge in the field of Communication in Organizations, as well as the skills necessary to not only exercise successful professional activities corresponding to these area and also provide the scientific knowledge needed to practice research and theorizing, as well as their preparation for a possible frequency of a Diploma of Third Cycle. This diploma awarded in Communication in Organizations based on two scientific areas: Communication Sciences and Organization Theory.

The following may apply for the Master's Degree: a) People who hold a B.A. or equivalent degree; b) People who hold a foreign academic degree awarded after a 1st study cycle organized according to the Bologna Process by a member state of that process; c) People who hold a foreign academic degree acknowledged as a degree satisfying the objectives of the graduate degree by the due body; d) People who have a school, scientific or professional curriculum acknowledged by the due body of ULHT certifying the capacity to obtain this study cycle.

Communication Management and Corporate Image Commercial and Marketing Management Advertisement Agencies Public Relations Agencies Press Relations Office Communication and Image Consultancy Communication and Image Audit ¿ Research and Teaching in Communication Science and Communication in Organisations Certified Professional Training ¿ Departments of Communication and Central and Local Public Administration or Organisations with communitarian relevance (Associations, Foundations, Sports Clubs, ONGs, and others)

The scientific area of the Master¿s is part of the interdisciplinary field of the Communication and Culture Science, culminating in the First Cycle training, in their fields of speciality. This Second Training Cycle, articulated with other research programs integrated by the department, allows future studies in the Third Cycle (PhD studies).

69 classrooms 12 computer labs 4 auditoriums 6 amphitheatres 1 canteen and 3 bars Two computer centers for students 1 library equipment: Projector Fixed / Fixed Video Projector Portable Projector (request) / Portable Video Projector (by request) PC / Laptop Netbook (request) / Portable PC / Netbook (by request) Overhead (request) / Overhead projector (by request) Sound System / Audio System PC Desktop Pentium IV 3GHz-HP7100-512 Mb RAM, 40GB HD HP7600-Desktop PC Pentium D 2.8GHz, 1 Gb RAM, 40GB HD Desktop PC Core Duo 3.0GHz-HP5800-2 Gb RAM, 250GB HD PC Desktop dx2420-2.6GHz Dual Core 2 Gb RAM-320GB-HD Software SPSS-18 Software Package-Adobe CS5

1 -The Master programme in Organizational Communication was created with the objective of providing students with the possibility of advancing their studies. After many requests received from the graduate students in Communication and Culture Sciences and in Organizational Communication, and capitalizing on its critical mass, ULHT proposed the Ministry for Higher Education a master degree programme in Organizational Communication, approved in 2005.At the time of the Bologna process adjustment, the Scientific Committee of the Master consulted with its partner companies, namely those with which internship protocols had been signed, on the critical trainingareas. Similar master programmes in European reference universities were analysed. Trying to maintain most of the master¿s previous academic staff, the new curricular structure was approved by ULHT¿s scientificcouncil and later by the Ministry for Higher Education and Science (2007). In a permanent process of consultation with the interested parties (students, teaching staff and employer organizations), we came to the conclusion that this adjustment had fallen short. Thus, in 2010, the scientific committee of the 2nd cycle degree in Organizational Communication proposed a new curricular structure, more suited to market needs and to students¿ aspirations.The training of Portuguese-speaking professionals in Organizational Communication has proven successful,this being one of the master programmes with the highest ratio of submitted dissertation. 2 -The Master in Organizational Communication works in four semesters, culminating with the dissertation public defense, whose presentation should occur at the end of 4th semester. Pursuant to art. 20 of DL 74/2006,amended by the Decree-Law 107/2008 of 25 June (structure of the cycle of studies leading to a master'sdegree), the first three semesters are of scholar nature, and the fourth entirely devoted to research work. Hence, the existence in the 3rd semester, of two curricular units: Research Seminar (18 ECT's) and Thesis Project (12 ECT's) in which students exercise their research practices and have continuity in the preparation of the dissertation (30 ECTS), which occurs, has previously referred in the 4th semester of the course.Students in this cycle of study are invited to join the CICANT research line in Organizational Communication