71 Preparatory Programs in Brazil

The program follows an open organizational structure that allows flexibility among the different areas of design specialization. In this structure, students choose their own study paths according to their skills and abilities – which are often revealed during the course of their studies. The Design Project modules are responsible for guiding their academic pathway. Each Design Project course must be taken together with three other courses which, combined together, will meet its parallel prerequisites (see figure 1). The prerequisite courses give support to the development of the project and their instructors are responsible for the conduction, organization and evaluation of the student’s project, which should be based upon the content of all courses for the knowledge to be fully achieved.

UFSC Geography Program offers two types of degrees: an undergraduate degree that prepares for recognition activities, surveys, geo-economic and physico-geographical studies, and other tasks in the general and specific fields of Geography, and an undergraduate teaching degree that prepares students for a career in primary and secondary school teaching. The program belongs to the Department of Geosciences at the School of Human Sciences and Philosophy. It is linked to five specific areas of this department: physical geography, human geography, cartography, geology and oceanography.

The Information Science Program aims to train entrepreneurial professionals to identify, develop and implement innovative, integrated and collaborative solutions, human and non-human, in various technical formats, in order to solve real information problems. Information Science graduates should have an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary teams in the identification, development and implementation of integrated and collaborative solutions, human and non-human, in various technical formats, in order to solve real information problems.

UFSC Journalism Program prepares students for a career as reporters, photographers, editorial designers, writers or editors in newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, internet, news agencies and press offices, either employed, as a freelancer or as an entrepreneur. Since the early stages, the student is in contact with the practice of journalism through technical courses held in the laboratories of Radio Journalism, TV Journalism, Photojournalism, Writing, Online Journalism and Infographics.

The program aims to prepare professionals for the legal practice, while equipping them with technical knowledge, a critical view and social and political consciousness. The program’s curriculum includes a strong humanist base, which combines the need for a dogmatic and practical training and an education concerned with the development of a truly conscious and participatory citizenship. For degree completion, in addition to achieving the number of credits required for mandatory courses and completing a final thesis (TCC), students must obtain 324 class hours of elective courses, 360 hours of internship experience and 360 hours of complementary activities (including research and outreach activities, extracurricular courses and internships, and student representation).

The Bachelor’s in Food Engineering prepares professionals who are able to solve problems affecting the food industry development, combining knowledge of science and engineering and aiming at a high quality standard in food production. The food engineer works in the selection of raw materials, in industrial food processing and in the distribution of food to consumers. This engineer is also involved in the development and quality control of food products, in the design of industrial processes, in the administration and management of industries, and in the units responsible for the distribution and storage of such products. Additionally, they can follow a career in marketing, health surveillance and environmental pollution control (liquid effluents and air pollutants).

Challenges, technologies and the digital world: the world of computing is for people who are aware of these subjects. The Bachelor's degree in Computer Science trains professionals capable of not only proposing solutions to problems, but also of innovating and promoting the technological evolution of computing and information technology.

The course trains excellent educators for both formal education, such as schools, and informal education, in which the professional works with teaching and Environmental Education in institutions such as zoos, botanical gardens, companies and NGOs, among other possibilities. Due to its diverse field of work, this profession is considered dynamic, as is the undergraduate course, with practical and theoretical classes that offer the possibility of developing skills and discovering vocations.

The Ibmec International Academy 2017 is an intensive business course for undergraduate and graduate students, in which the student will have one week of classes during the month of July 2017 at the Ibmec Business School, located in Rio de Janeiro.

Train professionals graduated in the large area of Law to work in the area of civil proceedings, in a preventive, administrative and judicial manner, using contemporary tools and concepts.

A company is nothing without people. The function of the EAD Human Resources Management graduate is to manage the team of employees of an organization, ensuring well-being for people and efficiency for the company.

Welcome to the world of aesthetic treatments! During graduation, students have contact with procedures, techniques, resources, equipment and cosmetic products for beautification, as well as skin hygiene and cleansing activities, revitalization facial treatments, hydration, exfoliation, bandages, therapeutic SPA, makeup and classic, relaxing and modeling massages. The course also offers the opportunity to develop students' skills through practical classes held in the Aesthetics and Cosmetics Laboratory, widely equipped and prepared for the procedures.

The Historian is the professional responsible for analyzing historical texts and documents and, for this, he knows the process of constructing historiography and learns to recognize the roles of subjects and societies in historical processes. During graduation, the student will find training that enables them to work in different areas in which the historian is in demand, such as education and research.

The gaming world is the home of Digital Games professionals! Innovation and creativity are the gateway to this degree, which trains professionals with dynamic knowledge related to the development process of interactive digital entertainment. The course promotes your training in a multidisciplinary way for the systematization of project development and management, in addition to the creation of scripts and characters, graphic development, sound, game engines, artificial intelligence and game project management, entrepreneurship, marketing and publishing of final products. During the course, the student has contact with theoretical and practical subjects that enable them to obtain the necessary skills for creative and innovative performance, such as Programming, Script Creation: StoryBoard and Computer Graphics.

The Motion Creative program takes participants on a journey through motion design, editing, and compositing as well as branding and concept development. Advance your design career by becoming a world-class visual storyteller and bringing your designs to life. This exciting program fuses elements of classical animation with modern technologies to help you launch your career – not just in the motion industry, but also in other motion graphics demanding fields such as marketing and advertising.