Objectives
This program will provide students with diverse training with rigorous and up-to-date multidisciplinary knowledge on the digital society and culture and will provide the skills necessary to assess and manage the social, cultural and communication dimensions of the digital practice. In particular:
- To master the literature on the digital society and culture, including a set of key terms both in absolute terms and applied to the area of the course.
- Ability to research, analyze and interpret scientific production on digital society in an autonomous way.
- To understand the reciprocal relationships between technological, social, cultural and political contexts in the history of digital transformation.
- Ability to evaluate and critically analyze the impacts of digital transformation on today's society at its different levels and spheres.
- Ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills in new environments and contexts.
- Ability to conceive, design and monitor social, cultural and outreach initiatives implemented in digital environments, both in public and business organizations and aimed at different audiences.
- Ability to research, write and present an original scientific work, embodied in the final dissertation.
Curriculum
Career opportunities
This master will provide a broad understanding of the ethical and practical complexities of the digital society, to dialogue with the various stakeholders and actors - from organizations to audiences, that is, from producers to consumers - and to facilitate transparent, secure and democratic implementation of sociotechnical systems.
Skills developed within this master programme are crucial in various professional areas, such as marketing, communications and public relations, design and management of digital strategies in companies and public institutions, information management in online communities, digital journalism, curation and digital management of art and heritage, teaching and education, digital policy (municipalities and government institutions) and legislation on security and privacy.
Schedule
Day time
Tuition Fees
Portuguese students: 1250 €/year
Foreign students: 7000 €/year
Applications
1st phase: 12th February to 22nd March 2024
2nd phase: 3rd June to 17th July 2024
3rd phase: 20th August to 6th September 2024
Accepted applicants will have to pay (within a maximum of 7 consecutive days from the date of placement) a non-refundable rate of 100 euros, which will be deducted, after registration, from the total tuition fee. Any payment made after the deadline will not be refunded, leaving the candidate excluded.
Applications
International Applications
Entrance requirements for the 2024/2025 academic year
Vacancies for 2024/2025:
30
Admission rules:
a. Holders of a first cycle degree or legal equivalent.
b. Holders of a foreign first cycle degree organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State that adopted it.
c. Holders of foreign academic degrees considered as fulfilling the objectives of the first cycle degree by the Scientific Council of the School of Sciences and Technology.
d. Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that attests to the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the School of Sciences and Technology.
Course coordinator:
Professora Paula Urze
msd.coordenador@fct.unl.pt
Accreditation and Registration
A3ES
- Publication date of the accreditation decision: 20/05/2021
Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2020
DGES
- Registration number R/A-Cr 179/2021 on 15/06/2021
About the Department of Applied Social Sciences
The Applied Social Sciences Department (DCSA) guarantees, at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, the teaching and the research in areas outside the basic sciences and engineering, giving thus our students a structured training in the field of applied social sciences, what passes by having competency in the fields of expression and communication, the relationship between science / technology / society (history, philosophy and contemporary thought) ethics, work organization and economy, management and entrepreneurship.
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