After the common core first year, which allows students to learn more about the basics of management, along with useful concepts in the area of economics and finance, the students will have access to elective subjects in a study plan that can be customized according to the areas they are most interested in and the professional future they aspire to.

When building a personalized curricular plan, the elective subjects available for this bachelor's degree course are part of an exclusive management track, opening doors to the interdisciplinarity that is in the DNA of the Business School.

In line with the international experience and to open up new horizons, CATÓLICA-LISBON also has protocols with universities in over 40 countries for exchange programs, through the Erasmus program and other protocols, such as Double Degrees or the International Tri-School Program.

In third year, students set out to gain an enriching international experience, doing one or two exchange semesters. This not only opens the doors to new cultures and languages and greater self-awareness, but it also broadens their horizons. This experience is highly valued, both by recruiting companies and when applying for a master's degree course.

The bachelor's degree courses at CATÓLICA-LISBON also have a mentoring program that connects course students with alumni in important positions in the industry, allowing some former students to share their experience in relevant international careers and providing the students with learning that is closer to the reality in the labor market.

Learn in Action is a development program for personal skills development which is included in the compulsory study plan and has been developed exclusively for our bachelor’s degree students.

The aim is to take practice a little further, with training devoted to the essential skills needed for the labor market and the opportunity to take part in different extracurricular activities, including internships, volunteering and even entrepreneurial projects that will generate richer resumés and more complete people.

This is why bachelor's degrees from CATÓLICA-LISBON guarantee employability rates very close to 100% within six months of completing the course.

Curricular Plan

 

Conclusion of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration & Management requires students to obtain 180 ECTS, divided between:

Compulsory Subjects and the Learn in Action Program

Elective Subjects and/or Exchange Semester
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1st Year – 1st Semester

Mathematics for Business and Economics - 7.5 ECTS

Financial Accounting - 6 ECTS

Foundations of Management - 6 ECTS

Foundations of Microeconomics - 6 ECTS

Data Management - 4.5 ECTS

 

 

 1st Year – 2nd Semester

Learn in Action | - 1.5 ECTS

Mathematics II - 7.5 ECTS

Foundations of Macroeconomics - 6 ECTS

Statistics for Business and Economics - 7.5 ECTS

Introduction to Programming - 7.5 ECTS
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2nd Year - 1st Semester

Marketing - 6 ECTS

Finance I - 7.5 ECTS

Strategy - 6 ECTS

Organizational Behavior - 6 ECTS

Data Analytics and Visualization - 4.5 ECTS

 

2nd Year - 2nd Semester

Operations Management - 6 ECTS

Cost Accounting - 6 ECTS

Christianity and Culture - 3 ECTS

Introduction to AI and Machine Learning - 7.5 ECTS

Applied Data Analytics - 6 ECTS

Learn in Action II - 1.5 ECTS
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Management and Data Analytics Track, exclusive to the International Undergraduate Program in Management and Data Analytics
3rd Year - 1st & 2nd Semesters

 

Management Information Systems - 6 ECTS

Cross Cultural Management - 3 ECTS

Data Privacy and Ethics - 3 ECTS

Econometrics - 7.5 ECTS

Optimization - 3.5 ECTS

 Elective Courses and Exchange Program or Double Degree

 

Elective Subjects

CATÓLICA-LISBON's Undergraduate students have the opportunity to personalize their curricular plan, which will allow them to choose a set of elective subjects according to their areas of greater interest.

The range of subjects on offer is varied and includes subjects taught in different faculties at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, as well as other foreign universities that the students go to during the exchange period.

Students in the International Undergraduate Program in Management & Data Analytics are required to complete at least 7 ECTS through elective courses in Data Analytics area.

 List of Elective Subjects

 

International Exchange, International Tri-School Program or Double Degree

In their last year, students can choose one of the following options:

- An international exchange semester in a partner school and a “tailor-made” semester at CATÓLICA-LISBON;

- Two semesters abroad on an international exchange program with one of our partner schools;

- Two International Tri-School Program semesters at two Business Schools on different continents;

- Double Degree at Grenoble École de Management, remaining for one additional year (the program is for two years).

- Double Degree at the University of San Diego, remaining for one additional year (the program is for two years)