The curriculum is based on a multidisciplinary approach in which information technologies (tools, techniques, instruments and technological procedures of computer essential in the current world) not only form a cross-sectional basis on which the other subjects are supported, but they are also introduced in the contents of all the subjects to complement the training of the students and guarantee an updated, competitive, specialized training adapted to our society and the current labor market.
On this basis, the central axis is formed by Information Science subjects that provide training in everything related with production processes, organization, recovery, evaluation and preservation of digital and digitized information and documentation. Finally, the training is complemented with core knowledge ubjects that provide the essential multidisciplinary approach with a deeply practical orientation, as well as complementary knowledge subjects that allow students to approach the problems of the real world together with the techniques and technologies that allow to solve them.
All the subjects include information skills workshops that allow direct learning by professionals and entrepreneurs from the world of information management and documentation, as well as visits to companies and related institutions.
The curriculum includes the possibility for students to select between two itineraries of curricular intensification constituted each of them by four compulsory subjects (24 credits in total):
It is also possible to choose not to carry out any specialization and select any eight optional subjects.
The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Information and Documentation | Basic Training | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Sources of Information and Digital Resources | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Knowledge Organization and Management | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Information Technology for the Treatment and Management of Information | Basic Training | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Information Systems for Document Management | Basic Training | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| History of Culture | Basic Training | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Contemporary World and Globalization | Basic Training | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Sociology in the Information Age | Basic Training | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Fundamentals of Statistics | Basic Training | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Knowledge System: Philosophy, Science and Technology | Basic Training | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS |
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library science | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Information Behavior | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Planning and Management of Information Services | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Digital Representation and Recovery of Information I | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Archival science | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Management of Digital Information | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Research Methodology in Information and Documentation | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS | |
| Data Science | Basic Training | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Ethics and Professional Deontology | Basic Training | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Legal Aspects of Information Management | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS | |
| Workshop on Informational and Digital Skills: Evaluation, Analysis and Quality of Information | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS | |
| Workshop on Informational and Digital Skills: Management, Publication and Promotion of Digital Content | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS |
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Document Management | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Cultural Management and Industry | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS | |
| Digital Representation and Recovery of Information II | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Research Support Services | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Preservation of Information in the Digital Age | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Library Management and Planning | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Practical Latin for Archives and Libraries | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Historiographical Sciences and Techniques | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Metric Studies of Information | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Website Design and Management | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Programming, Analysis and Query Languages for Information Management | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Data Mining | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Information Retrieval | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| History of the Institutions | Elective | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Workshop on Informational and Digital Skills: Graphic Representation and Digital Visualization of Information | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS |
| Guide | Type | QTR. | credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialized Information Resources | Compulsory | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Publishing World and Cultural Industries | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Introduction to Codicology | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Digital Marketing of Information Services | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Cybersecurity | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Digital Content Editing | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Digital Information Description Languages | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Big Data | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| New Technologies for the Storage, Management and Treatment of Information | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| History of the Book | Elective | First Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS | |
| Workshop on Informational and Digital Skills: Documental Techniques Applied to the Final Year Dissertation | Compulsory | Second Quadmester | 3.0 ECTS | |
| Work Placement | Work Placement | Second Quadmester | 12.0 ECTS | |
| Final Year Dissertation | Final Year Dissertation | Second Quadmester | 6.0 ECTS |
By now, the study does not have departments responsible for teaching.
UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.
For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.
Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.
Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.