Experiences in Undergraduate Studies in the University of Zaragoza LEFIS Undergraduate studies Oslo, 19 th -20 th May 2006.

Experiences in Undergraduate Studies

in the University of Zaragoza

LEFIS Undergraduate studies

Oslo, 19th-20th May 2006

Summary

• Electronic government

• Ethics and legislation for engineers

• National and international statistical organization

LEFIS Undergraduate studies Oslo, 19th-20th May 2006

Summary





Electronic government

• A Departmental subject that every student in the University of Zaragoza can choose it to complete the credits they need to finish their degree

• In the practice, only Law students have chosen it

• It has been taught the second semester of the course 2005-06



Objectives • To know the state of development of the provision of administrative services

with the aid of the information and communication technologies (ICT): "electronic government"

• To classify the electronic government services from different approaches

• To know the basic principles of the normative that governs the use of the ICT in the relationships with the electronic government

• To know the main parameters that impact in the electronic government's development

• To understand the basic architecture of an electronic government service

• To analyze and to evaluate the implementation of an electronic government service



Generic Competences 1. Knowledge and ability to use computer and Internet resources to find

information

2. Knowledge and ability to use computer and Internet resources to find legal documents

3. Analysis and critic of websites

Specific Competences 1. Knowledge of electronic government

2. Ability to identify the different functional levels of the electronic government websites

3. Knowledge of the European Union policy on electronic government



Contents

1.- Introduction to the electronic administration

Basic concepts. History and development . Advantages, benefits and risks. Introduction policies and strategies

2.- Electronic government application areas

From electronic government's definition to their classification. The agents and their relationships. Levels, areas and environments. Procedures, methods and intervention tools

3.- Analysis and evaluation of electronic government websites

Bases for an analysis and evaluation model. Documenting the environment and the socio-political and juridical frames. Analysis and evaluation of the portals and services. Case study

4.- Normative aspects: basic principles

From the privacy to the computer specialist activities. Computer specialist activities. Security measures and data protection. The security of the electronic communications. Practice codes. The consent and the computer specialist activities



Evaluation

1.- Students must do a written exam and a practical work

2.- The grade is between 1 and 10, passing who obtains five points at least

3.- The grade is the average of the written exam, the oral presentation of the practice and the written work on the practice, being indispensable to pass the written exam

4.- The written exam consists on two questions about the program

5.- The practical work consists on the evaluation of an electronic government website

6.- The maximum extension of the written work on the practice is 5000 words


Credits 6 credits = 60 lecture hours

ECTS5,4 ECTS = 160 student work hours

– One lecture per week

– Tutorials

– Laboratory

– Practical work– Examination


Activity Hours ECTS

Lectures 15 0,5

Laboratory 15 0,5

Tutorials 3 0,1

Practical work 100 3,4

Preparation of the oral presentation 9 0,3

Oral presentation of the practical work 1,5 0,05

Preparation of the written exam 15 0,5

Written exam 1,5 0,05

Total 160 5,4


Summary





Ethics and legislation for engineers

• A non-technical optional subject in the degree studies of Computer Science Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Industrial Engineering at the Higher Engineering School of Zaragoza

• It has been taught the last ten academic courses


Objectives Clarify the professional rights, obligations, and limits of engineers in a

practical way, covering the following areas:

1. The norms established by law, especially those which regulate the professional activities of engineers in Europe

2. The prescriptions included in the practice codes

3. The principles shown by the theory of knowledge, with special emphasis on systems theory, cybernetics and communicative action

4. To habituate them to the main arguments of current ethics of a democratic culture



Generic Competences 1. Knowledge and ability to use computer and Internet resources to

find information

2. Knowledge and ability to use computer and Internet resources to find legal documents

Specific Competences 1. Knowledge of the engineer rights and duties in its professional practice

2. Knowledge of the rights and duties in relation to the intellectual property

3. Ability to register a patent or a trade mark

4. Ability to create a code of practice



Contents

I.- Engineer Activities 1. Introduction: social and political consequences of the engineering practice

2. Activities: a) Problem study; b) Project; c) Decision making o Activities and consent

II.- Laws and safety measures 1. Safety standards

2. Rights and duties of engineers

3. Intellectual property

4. Responsibility

5. The regulation of the professional practise from a compared perspective

III.- Codes of practice 1. Definition

2. Ethics of efficiency

3. Ethics of impartiality

4. Communicative ethics

5. Professional codes



Programme of laboratory practices 1. A case solution

2. Carrying out a project

3. Registering a patent or a trade mark

4. Creating a code of practice



Evaluation

1.- Exam on theoretical knowledge (75% of the result)

2.- Carrying out of a practical test (25% of the result)



Credits 3 credits = 30 lecture hours



– Tutorials

– Laboratory



Activity Hours ECTS

Lectures 15 0,5

Laboratory 15 0,5

Tutorials 3 0,1

Practical work 30 1





Total 80 2,7


Summary





• A optional subject in the degree studies of Statistics at the Sciences Faculty in the University of Zaragoza

• It was approved in the last modification of the Study program in June of 2005, but it has not still been offered


National and international statistical organization

Generic Competences

1. Knowledge and ability to use computer and Internet resources to find information

Specific Competences

1. Knowledge and ability to find statistical data in Internet

2. Knowledge of the statistician duties in relation with the Spanish law of personal data protection

3. Knowledge of the European Union policy on official statistics

4. Knowledge of the Spanish and European Union websites of official statistics



Contents

1.- Systems of Official Statistical Information

2.- Statistics in Internet

3.- Organization of the national, regional and of the European Union public Statistics

4.- Statistical legislation

5.- Personal data protection



Credits 6 credits (3 theoretical credits+3practical credits)

= 60 lecture hours



– Tutorials

– Laboratory



Activity Hours ECTS

Lectures 15 0,5

Laboratory 15 0,5

Tutorials 3 0,1

Practical work 100 3,4





Total 160 5,4


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