Faculty of Social Informatics

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  Faculty's representative visited Eurasia International University (Republic of Armenia)

  April 10-14, 2012 lecturer Gintarė Paražinskaitė from Faculty of Social Informatics was visiting MRU partners Eurasia International University in Armenia. 

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  Faculty's representatives visited Faculty of Organization and Informatics (at Zagreb University, Croatia)

  26-30 March, 2012 Vice-dean prof. dr. Aelita Skaržauskienė, lecturer Marius Kalinauskas and dean's assistant Rūta Tamošiūnaitė visited  Zagreb university Faculty of Organization and Informatics  (FOI). Among other questions possibilities of double degree programs in informatics bachelor and master for MRU and FOI students were discussed.

  Faculty of Social Informatics (SIF) has a long lasting successful cooperation with Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) in fields of science and studies. Between institutions have been signed Erasmus mobility agreement for students and staff exchange and implemented common research projects, in cooperation with FOI Social Technologies journal is published. Opening of joint degree and double degree program will be a new nice page in institutions' cooperation. 
  More on visit to FOI you will find following link below.

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  First student from double degree program with EIU arrived

  From year 2011 Faculty of Social Informatics started double degree program for Electronic Business Management with Eurasia International University (EIU) in Armenia. First year five EIU students applied for this program. One of them - Gor Manukyan - decided to spend all semester in Vilnius.   Gor arrived last week and first impressions about Vilnius that it is green city and driving manner in Lithuania is very silent comparing to Armenia. The university and student house is very well located and everything well organised. He is already working with first assigments and is about to start first lectures this week.
  Represenatives from F aculty of  Social Informatics are very happy the first double degree program runs successfully. For more information about the program please check part Study Programmes at Faculty webpage. Students willing to study this program have to apply at EIU (for more information check here).

The Faculty of Social Informatics is the newest, but a very rapidly expanding faculty at the second largest university in Lithuania. The Faculty was established in 2008 and is part of the continuing modernization strategy of Mykolas Romeris University. The academics of the Faculty are involved in scientific research and study programmes, providing knowledge on the interaction of society and new technologies - including ICT. Study programmes and subjects offered at the Faculty cover the application of new technologies in the area of social-economic sciences, business and the public sector. At the moment, there are more than 600 students in full-time and part-time faculty programmes. Undergraduate students total 254 and post-graduate 351 students. The Faculty of Social Informatics has Bachelor’s Degree programme in Informatics and Master’s Degree programmes in Management and Business Administration, Public administration as well as Law.

The Internet has become one of the key cornerstones of business, education and studies and that provides new links, thus creating an additional synergy effect. The Social Informatics Faculty bases the organization of the study process on the increasingly popular “wisdom of crowds“ idea. Contemporary information technologies allow the use of unending “wisdom of crowds“ resources, which are rapidly changing the life of society. New vehicles, such as “Synnet“ technology, which has been created by the Faculty’s Dean S. Norvaišas, Ph.D., create possibilities for members to present their ideas in the virtual space. For others, it allows anonymous evaluation on a certain scale. This allows to form an objective view of the thinking of a group, or a team, and its values and the hopes that they have. Teamwork organized in the virtual space is a lot more mobile and problems that arise are solved much faster.

Students are taught by, first presenting them with the theoretical fundamentals of a subject and then, working together in anonymous groups, and encouraging them to find the „truth“ for themselves. At the same time, the principle of “wisdom of crowds,“ with the help of Synnet, can assure student knowledge. When applying this technology for study programmes, study quality improves and the learning process doesn’t lose touch with practice. In this way, the whole study process should change because a large part of it could be transferred to a networked environment. The closest future vision of the Social Informatics Faculty encompasses unique joint study programmes, which will be created and implemented by the most progressive world theorists and practical experts. A project can be implemented through virtual networks of excellence. The European Union’s scientists’ cooperation programme (COST, 7BP, EUREKA), provides aid for creation of these networks of excellence.

Brainstorming, the popular creative and decision-making method, has also been transferred to the information technology environment. At this time, a group of experts is being gathered, which will work in a networked environment and present their insights to society on matters of importance. Experts, whose selection will take place using a group regulation mechanism, could be presented an area of study, for example, which would help revive Lithuania’s economy. By way of the “wisdom of crowds“ the summarized expert prognoses and the offered methods of problem-solving would be announced in the press. In the near future, network expert activity should transform to a think tank-type Future Institute, which would rapidly analyze important questions for society-at-large and offer solutions, encourage bringing up progressive ideas and their implementation.

Having gone from laser physics to modeling of phenomenon in society, S. Norvaišas, Ph.D., asserts that societal phenomenon in these times in our complex, multi-layer society, is actually necessary. The modeling of social phenomenon – is one of the most perspective spheres of activity, without which neither politicians, nor businessmen can do without. It is sometimes difficult to forecast complex systems – organizations, markets, etc (and sometimes almost impossible) due to their inherent complexity. In the rapidly changing marketplace, there is a shortage of such specialists, who would not only grasp the information technology needs of companies, but also would be able to follow through on their changes and concrete application possibilities. Mykolas Romeris University’s Social Informatics Faculty prepares information technology specialists, managers, consultants, and system analysts, who are now popular in an ever-changing labour market. They are capable of finding their way in the contemporary sea of IT and apply technologies for human knowledge, for experience and to form generalizations and help organizations to make necessary decisions. In contemporary business, that is of utmost importance because most companies, seeking to optimize expenditures, try to attract resources and services from the outside. One of those services could be consultations when making important decisions, the diagnosis of organizations’ internal climate and “treatment “ or help, preparing for important changes.

In 2011 we invite you to study:

Master degree studies (in english)

• New Technology Law [obtained degree - master of law]
• Electronic Business Management [obtained degree - master of business administration]

FACULTY PARTNERS:

Life Long Learning (ERASMUS) bilateral agreements:

• Carl von Ossietzky-Universitat Oldenburg, Germany
• Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
• Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
• Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
• Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey
• Tallinn University, Estonia
• Transport and Telecommunications Institute in Riga, Latvia
• University of Oulu, Finland
• Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
• University of Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
• Vrije University Amsterdam, Faculty of law, the Netherlands
• Zagreb University, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Croatia
• Romanian American University, Romania

Bilateral cooperation agreements:

• JSC "1ClickFactory"
• Association of Lithuanian Property Valuers
• Association "Knowledge Economy Forum"
• Innovative Medicine Center
• Institute of Creative Industries and Innovations
• Personalisation Of Identity Documents Centre, Under The Ministry Of The Interior Of The Republic Of Lithuania
• Psychological service "Children hotline"
• Transport and Telecommunications Institute in Riga

BACHELOR STUDIES

BUSINESS INFORMATICS (Programme languages: English, Lithuanian)

About the programme

Business Informatics study programme is designed to prepare qualified business informatics specialists, who would be capable informatics, informational systems and business management area experts and implementers able to professionally and systematically apply information and communication technologies, analyse the information and communication technology market, be managers, salesmen, and consultants, of this market including disperse systems, devices of information and communication technology and business management methods, able to analyse and evaluate economic, company management processes, quickly react to information innovation changes in Lithuania’s, the European Union’s and other countries, act on arising problems and foresee possible ways of resolution, realization and administration.

Applicants must have completed secondary education and meet entrance requirements for the university. Future Business Informatics study general education subjects: Terminology, Foreign Language, Management Basics, Law Theory, Economics Theory and courses in specialized subjects: Discretionary Accounting Methods, Business Planning and Management, Data Structures and Algorithms, Basics of Programming, Computer Network Architecture and Protocol, Resolution Assistance Systems, e-business, e-services etc.

Practical studies take place in several stages: initial training and a hands-on internship to familiarize a person with an organization, determining the needs of information and communications technology, planning of business information, implementation, completion and evaluation of skills development in direct contact with clients. Practical study duration totals 400 hours.

The study programme concludes with a Bachelor’s thesis. Graduates are awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Informatics. Having completed the Business Informatics study programme, graduates can continue studies in Electronic Business Management, Management of e-Governance, Informatics Law, Business Property Economics, Public Sector Economics, Regional Economics and Policy, and Knowledge Economics Master’s Degree programmes at Mykolas Romeris University and at other universitities offering Master’s Degree programmes in the informatics area.

About the qualification

A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Informatics is necessary wanting to work in business network information adaptation, in new information technology markets, in the realization of computerized program technological products and services. A person, who has completed the Business Informatics study programme and acquired an Informatics Bachelor’s Degree, should:

• be able to advise and consult on questions of business information infrastructure,
• be able to install, administer and sell integrated dispersed systems computer programs and technologies and also help organize business management information processes,
• be able to solve practical tasks and problems in business information and communication procurement technology, foresee ways of resolving problems and be able to effectively apply new information technological measures within the European and worldwide information business service sector,
• be able to apply national and international business management standards and information accounting support systems, tax, finance and customs duties and other legal acts,
• know political decisions of information and communications technology, service expansion and standardization projects, technological and informational safety assurance methods,
• know ways of developing practical experience and strengthening of systemic information functioning methods,
• be able to work responsibly, thoroughly, organize one’s work, and effectively collaborate with colleagues and clients.

An Informatics Bachelor’s Degree can be acquired at universities offering studies according to the Business Informatics study programme.

Applicants to the programme must have completed secondary education.

Non-formal and informal ways of acquiring skills to work as a business informatics employee aren’t recognized.

Having acquired a Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics graduates can work in business informatics positions in business firms, in organizing and administering large business networks in information enterprises, in information and communication technology commercial enterprises, in financial institutions, in administrative positions, in investment management firms, in fund and consulting service enterprises and other business areas, in governmental and non-governmental organizations, and can administer, prepare and execute various national and international projects and programs.

MASTER STUDIES

ELECTRONIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (Programme languages: English, Lithuanian)

About the programme

The study programme is designed to prepare Management and Business Administration specialists having specialized knowledge and skills necessary to create and manage business in cyberspace using the possibilities offered by information technologies.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Political Science, Management and Business Administration, Public Administration, Sociology, Communication and Information, Informatics, Informatics Engineering or Electronics Engineering and meet entrance requirements for the university.

Future e-business management specialists study 13 subjects including:

• Knowledge Economics
• E-business Information Systems
• E-Commerce
• E-Business Strategies and Solutions
• E-Marketing and Market Research
• Virtual Network Organizations
• E-Business Legal Environment
• Entrepreneurship in Cyberspace
• Electronic Banking, etc.

An internship practice is not planned.

The study programme concludes with a Master’s Thesis. Graduates are awarded a Management and Business Administration Master’s Degree.

Having completed the Electronic Business Management study programme, it is possible to continue studies in Management and Administration and other social science area doctoral programmes.

About the qualification

The Management and Business Administration Master’s Degree is necessary wanting to work as a manager.

An individual, who has completed the Electronic Business Management study programme and acquired a Management and Business Administration Master’s Degree, should:

• be able to effectively implement information technologies to business processes, apply in practice e-business solutions that one has received, e-business technologies, e-services, e-business strategies, innovations and intellectual property, e-marketing, e-commerce, e-business legal environment, entrepreneurship in cyberspace and market research knowledge,
• be able to practically develop business in cyberspace, consult on e-business development matters and solve arising e-business problems,
• know national, European Union and international legal acts regulating e-business processes,
• know how to work responsibly, thoroughly, independently and quickly and to organize one’s work to effectively collaborate with colleagues and clients.

The Management and Business Administration Master’s Degree can be acquired at universities offering studies, according to the Electronics Business Management study programme.

Those seeking a Mangement and Business Administration Master’s Degree should have an Economics, Political Science, Management and Business Administration, Public Administration, Sociology, Communication and Information, Informatics, Informatics Engineering or an Electronics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree.

Non-formal or informal ways of having acquired skills to work as a business manager are not recognized.

Having acquired the Management and Business Administration Master’s Degree individuals can work as managers in contemporary large and small private business sector companies, firms and consulting service-offering agencies, as well as all public governmental institutions on all administrative levels or create private business firms.

ELECTRONIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (double degree program with Eurasia International University, Armenia)

From year 2011 Faculty of Social Informatics started double degree program for Electronic Business Management with Eurasia International University (EIU) in Armenia.  Students willing to study this program have to apply at EIU (for more information check here). Studies at Mykolas Romeris University starts from second (spring semester). Studies are organised the same like to the Electronic Business Management program (information given above). For more information please contact at giparaz@mruni.eu

NEW TECHNOLOGY LAW (Programme languages: English, Lithuanian)

About the programme

The study programme is designed to prepare lawyers who specialize in the area of Technology Law and are able to manage traditional legal institutes and transformation processes in an information society. They are also able to effectively regulate information technologies.

The applicant must have a Bachelor of Laws Degree and meet entrance requirements for the university.

Students take the following courses:

• Protection of Intellectual Property in Cyberspace,
• LEgal Regulation of Nanotechnologies
• Legal Regulation of Electronic Commerce
• Cyber Crimes,
• Internet Law,
• E-Governanace and E-Democracy,
• Data Protection and Information Security etc.

The study programme concludes with a Master’s Degree Thesis. Graduates are awarded a Master of Laws degree.

Upon completion of the New Technology Law programme, graduates can continue studies in doctoral programmes of Law or other social science areas.

About the qualification

A Master of Laws Degree (NEw TEchnology Law study programme) is necessary for those wanting to work as legal specialists.

A person who has completed the New Technology Law study programme and has a Master of Laws Degree should:

• be able to properly apply legal regulations to resolve conflicts regarding regulation of community relations, which arise using information and other technologies,
• offer legal consultations to citizens-especially in the area of telecommunications, in-tellectual property protection, e-commerce, personal data protection and information protection,
• perfect and improve the legal base taking into account possibilities offered by information technologies and connect the legal information base with information technologies,
• know national, EU, and other international legal acts regulating an information society and processes taking place there,
• be able to work responsibly, independently and quickly and organize one’s work to effectively collaborate with colleagues and clients.

Students can acquire a Master of Laws Degree at universities offering studies according to the New Technology Law study programme.

Those interested in seeking a Master of Laws Degree must have a Bachelor of Laws Degree.

Non-formal or informal ways of having gained the skills to work as a lawyer are not recognized.

Graduates of the programme, who have been awarded a Master of Laws Degree, are able to work:

• at any type of legal job requiring legal knowledge in a company or state institution,
• as legal advisers in telecommunication companies,
• as investigators of cyberspace crime,
• Other law related specialties (lawyers, attorneys, judges, notaries, civil servants) may be the matter of regulation of  separate country  though students have competencies for these jobs.