Daytime/After-work2 years - 4 semesters - 120 ECTs
Course Overview
On successful completion of this professional superior course, a technician in Computer Networks and Systems perform (independently or under supervision) the installation and maintenance of computer networks and systems to support the different management areas of the organisation, being able to ensure the management and operation of equipment computer systems and their communications networks.
Careers
Plan and design communication networks, according to the needs of the organisation and reflecting concerns with ergonomics and safety;
Install and configure communication networks, in terms of cabling infrastructure, operating system, equipment and services, using the appropriate proceedings, in order to ensure their correct functioning;
Manage and maintain communication networks, systems, services and servers in a safe, efficient and reliable way, with the aim of optimizing their operation;
Participate in the design of a secure work environment for business networks;
Plan, install, configure, manage and support a structured database system;
Install, configure and manage e-mail platforms and Web services;
Know and analyze standards and recommendations, as well as ensure that the organisation generates its information in accordance with good practices, ethical, legal and social principles and international recommendations.
Entry Requirements
Entities provided with high-school education course or with a legally equivalent qualification;
Entities who have passed the specifically appropriate tests, which are designed to assess the ability to attend higher education for those over 23 years old, taken for the course in question, under the terms of Decreto-Lei n.º 64/2006, de 21st of march.
Entities provided with a technological specialization diploma, a diploma of professional higher education technician or a higher education degree, who wish to have their professional requalification.
Partnerships
Required Compulsory Modules
1st Year
Communicate in Portuguese 50H
Technical English 50H
Math 50H
Entrepreneurship 50H
Computer History 50H
Hardware Architecture 25H
Hardware Assembly 50H
Troubleshooting 50H
Hardware and Computer Networks 25H
Computer Networks (Advanced) 25H
Assessment of Network Needs in an Organization 25H
Installation of Local Area Networks 75H
Client-Server Architecture 25H
Network Services 50H
Data Server 50H
Advanced Configuration of Server Operating Systems 50H
Security Policies 75H
E-mail Server 50H
2nd Year
Configuring Services on a Linux Server 50H
Introduction to Operating Systems 25H
Client Operating System (Proprietary Platform) 25H
Server Operating System (Proprietary Platform) 25H
Open Source Server Operating System 25H
Open Source Operating Systems 25H
Management and Advanced Manipulation of Computer Word 25H
Processing Applications Management and Advanced Manipulation of Spreadsheet 25H
First Concepts of Programming and Control Algorithms and Structures in a Computer Program 25H
Structures in a Computer Program Structured Programming and Data Types 25H
Object-Oriented Programming – Introduction 25H
Static, Composite and Dynamic Data Structure 25H
Analysis of Systems and Structuring of Databases 25H
Creating Database Structure in SQL 25H
SQL Programming 25H
Internship 800H
Regulations
Regulation of the Conditions for Admission of Higher Professional Technical Courses ;
Regulations for tests especially adequate to assess the ability to attend Higher Professional Technical Courses;
Regulation of the criteria of the capacity assessment test.
