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E-Miage Master
A Master in Computer Science via distance learning
UCBL offers a distance education program leading to a Master’s degree in IT methods applied to corporate management (MIAGE) which focuses on key professional skills such as are necessary in particular in the decision support area.
Our objective is to train specialists in the various areas that are relevant for management information systems and their design, by building on Lyon’s research teams’ fields of excellence.
The ISO 9001- certified MIAGE training course aims to build capacities and competences in the following fields:
- Information systems engineering
The students must eventually be able to investigate and assess a company’s information system, in all its aspects - technical, human, financial- in order to optimize it. - Decision support tools for strategic planning
Students should be conversant with the tools that can be set up in a company to help its executive officers make strategic decisions but they should also understand what is meant by business management in order to be in a position to identify relevant indicators. - Managerial functions
Given the responsibilities they will have to fulfill in the shorter or longer term, students will need to be able to lead a team.This aspect of their work is explored both from a human and a financial perspective: students are expected to be able to lead a group of individuals and make sure that it reaches an objective on the one hand and to manage the team’s budget on the other. - Project management
Project management requires technical skills on top of the above mentioned competences.Students should accordingly have a sufficient level of technical expertise in order to be able to estimate the cost of a project and the time required for its completion, to break down the project into tasks to be handled separately by each member of the group depending on their competence.The acquisition of such skills and abilities comes as a joint result of university courses and internships carried out in a professional environment. - Integration into a company
As they gain more credits and complete their internships, students develop an ability to rapidly adjust to a professional environment, as expected.
Organization of the study program
The distance-learning MIAGE program spans two years (M1 and M2) as is standard for a French Master’s degree.About a dozen credits are taught each year.Each year’s program includes about a dozen credits which are all taught on a half-yearly basis, i.e. from January to June and from July to December.In the course of a given year (M1 or M2) and within one of the semesters of the corresponding civil year, students may choose the number of credits that best fits their professional or personal constraints. This choice i.e. the teaching plan of the semester has eventually to be approved by the Master’s coordinator since it should comply with the prerequisites of each credit.
Prior experience validation
The MIAGE Master’s degree may also be gained through prior experience validation. Employees who have accumulated years of professional experience are eligible for the validation of the skills thus acquired.
Candidates should compile an experience valuation file with the help of their advisor. Following a presentation before an examination board made up of academic staff members and representatives of industry they may eventually obtain the full or partial validation of a MIAGE diploma.The e-MIAGE training program makes it indeed possible for interested parties to acquire the missing expertise within the framework of a partial VAE (Validation of prior experience) while being engaged in full-time employment. On the other hand, the e-MIAGE program is well suited for people seeking additional training in specific areas.The knowledge thus acquired translates into ECTS credits.