Specialist Diploma in Economic Information

Competences

Specific Competences:

• SC1.– Understand the macroeconomic variables that regulate the economy and their interrelation with the management of companies and public administrations.
• SC2.- Interpret the behavior of economic agents in light of the approaches of microeconomic theory.
• SC3.– Identify the determining factors of economic growth and analyze their amount in the Spanish economy.
• SC4.– Interpret the economic and equity situation of the company through accounting analysis.
• SC5.- Explain the productive structure in Spain and the importance of the sectors.
• SC6.– Understand the role and instruments of intervention of the public sector in the allocation of resources, the redistribution of income and economic stability.
• SC7.- Understand the role of the financial system, its institutional structure and its role in the current economic crisis.
• SC8.- Know the causes of the imbalance in the labor market, as well as the effects of labor reforms.
• SC9.- Interpret the imbalances and adjustments of the foreign sector and their effects on the economy.
• SC10.- Prepare argued information on specific situations of the economy (international, national or regional) or its sectors in the different written and audiovisual media.
• SC11.– Know and identify the sources of relevant economic information and make use of their content to analyze the economic reality.

Transversal Competences

Objectives

Main objective:

The objective of this program is to offer university graduates the necessary education to acquire high competence in economic journalism.
Currently, the importance and complexity of economic information require greater educational and instrumental demands from the professionals who deal with it. Hence, in this program, in addition to the theoretical and conceptual basis, the sources of economic information -documentary, statistical, literary- and journalistic writing techniques are studied.

Specific objectives

The Specialist Diploma in Economic Information must get along equally well in the field of macroeconomic analysis as in that of the company analysis. Therefore, it begins with an introduction to the basic concepts of macro and microeconomics, as well as the main currents of economic thought, the program systematically addresses the situation and prospects for the Spanish economy within the framework of the European Union. For this, the sectoral (energy sector and financial sector…) and institutional (labor market, public sector, foreign sector…) areas of greatest importance and significance are selected.

In turn, as the company and the entire business fabric constitute the object of a fundamental part of professional economic information, almost a third of the program deals with the study of its main components, both from the perspective of economic theory and from the point of view of legal-commercial analysis and accounting and financial analysis, paying special attention to current trends (internationalization, mergers and acquisitions, new business models) and to the values and practices that legitimize the business function and the role of the entrepreneur in an open society.

Methodology

Teaching organization

Classroom attendance teaching:

16 days (Monday). Each day consists of a theoretical lecture, lasting five hours, given by prestigious professors and teachers of Economics and Law from seven Spanish universities, and an applied session, lasting an hour and a half, by relevant professionals in the field of the economic information represented by journalistic information companies.
January: 22 and 29.
February: 5 and 12, 19 and 26.
March: 4, 11.
April: 8, 15, 22, 29.
May: 6, 13, 20 y 27.

The schedule established for the Lectures, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., may vary in the event that complementary activities are scheduled, such as conferences or visits to the entities that support the postgraduate degree.

Remote teaching:

Supervised by eight professors-tutors who provide the students with the didactic material corresponding to the syllabus of this section of the program, and send them the exercises that they must do and present for evaluation.

The student will carry out a Specialist Final Project, guided by a tutor, and will defend it before a tribunal made up of the directors of the Degree.

Examination sessions:

• June transcripts (1st examination session). July transcripts (2nd examination session)
• June Tribunal transcripts (1st examination session). July (2nd examination session)

Evaluation system:

• Standard grading (from 0 to 10) and Final Project defense before Tribunal.

Calendar

Face-to-face teaching

Classroom attendance teaching, at a rate of 6 and a half hours a day, for 16 Mondays, between January and May 2024, will be taught on the Nebrija University Campus in Madrid-Princesa, with the following schedule*:

• 10:00 -15:00 h.: theoretical classes.
• 16:30-18:00 h.: applied sessions.

* It may suffer some variation when complementary activities to academic ones are scheduled.

Non-face-to-face teaching

Non-face-to-face teaching takes place over the 6 months between January and June 2024.

Admission

Requisitos de Acceso

The course is intended for students with a university degree and, preferably, graduates in Information Sciences who already have professional practice.

It is an access requirement to be in possession of a university degree or another expressly declared equivalent, which qualifies for postgraduate studies.

Obtaining the title

Obtaining the Economic Information Specialist Title, in addition to having attended and actively participated in the face-to-face sessions and debates, will require:

• 1. Pass the objective tests that are held and the practical exercises that are proposed on the syllabus of the in-person part of the program.
• 2. Satisfactorily carry out and deliver on time all the work proposed in the non-face-to-face part of the program.
• 3. Satisfactorily complete and deliver on time the Final Specialist Project, which will be defended in the Courts convened for this purpose (in 1st and 2nd call).

Pre-registration and scholarship application

The admission application form, accompanied by the requested documentation, must be delivered to the Nebrija University before December 22 2023. (The deadline is extended until January 18, 2024).

Those interested must send by email to FIE, before October 20, 2023, the scholarship application form along with the required documentation.