COURSES

1. Semester

Information Society Principles: Towards e-Governance ITE4110

General

The objective of the course is for students to understand and analyze information society principles and e-governance components while demonstrating knowledge of a variety of technical, social, and legal aspects that accompany the development of e-government and digital transformation in the public sector. Ingrid Pappel

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Public Sector Service Design and Implementation ITE4230

Main

The aim of this course is to provide students with an overall understanding and insight into service-orientation and its use in the public sector. Its aim is also to provide students with an understanding and insight into different methodologies and concepts for designing and implementing public sector services and e-government initiatives. During the course students will design a service and its prototype, for which a validated business model will be created. Mihkel Lauk

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E-Governance Legal Framework ITE4170

Special

The aim of this course is to: – provide knowledge of the development of the e-governance legal framework and its various components; – teach to understand the need and extent of legal changes in the field of technology to support e-governance; – give the ability to analyse the e-governance related legislation and cases. Silvia Lips

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Enterprise Architecture and BPM ITE4220

Main

The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire knowledge about the creation and management of Enterprise Architecture (EA), and give a brief overview of the main ISO standards that will be useful in the management of EA would be given.

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Governing in the Digital Era MNE5230

Main

The idea of the course is to discuss how digital technologies specifically and the digital era in general shape governing in and by the public sector. The course will look into how the relationship between digital technologies and governing has emerged and evolved, and with what consequences. As such, the course combines critical, historical and future-oriented debates on governing in the digital era with insights into the current Estonian, European and global digital governance practices. The debates will touch upon several key issues of our time from changing relationship between the state and people to the increasing role of data-driven decision-making practices. Veiko Lember

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Introduction to IT and eGov Technologies ITE4120

Special

The aim of the course is to explain crucial IT technologies and how they are exploited to realize modern e-Governance and e-Government services, systems and system landscapes. Dirk Draheim

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Foundations of Cyber Security ITE4150

Special

The aim of the course is to give an overview of cyber security in general, main concepts and technology, management of cyber security, possible methods of cost calculation and implementing cyber security in an organization.

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2. Semester

Master’s Exam ITE4400

Special

The aim of Master’s Exam is to: – organize what the student has acquired during the studies basic knowledge and skills of managing digital changes in the public sector; – learn to relate the acquired knowledge by the student in everyday work and integrate them into a comprehensive understanding of digital changes for implementation in the public sector. The exam consists of two parts. The first part is related to the course of studies mastered key questions related to the student’s field of activity, and the second part is a written exam acquired in the curriculum.

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Entrepreneurship Project ITE4330

Main

The aim of the course is to give thorough overview and knowledge of starting a company following Start-up principles. Participants have the chance to experience the process of modelling e-governance related services and products in interdisciplinary and multi-cultural teams by having practical hands-on sessions via Hackathons.

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Foundation for Data Science ITE4601

Main

The aim of this course is to: – position data science as the discipline and explain its relations to statistics; – explain all the necessary notions and methods inherited from mathematics, statistics, and computer science including specific slang used by professionals in this area; – explain data science workflow: data acquisition, data preprocessing, feature engineering, feature selection, model training, model testing, post-hock interpretation; – explain in detail the process of model validation and testing; – explain simple tools used to visualise the results; – explain usage of SQL. Sven Nõmm

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Creating Innovation Capacities in Government MNA5420

Main

The course gives an overview of different ways how public sector can support social innovation, innovations in firms and industries (through innovation policy), and public sector innovation. The key focus area of the course is ‘innovation bureaucracy’ – public sector organizations that support innovation – and its emergence, evolution and management. The course covers innovation bureaucracy related theoretical and practical issues on the system level (how innovation and change-oriented organizations emerge and evolve in public sector), organizational level (how to structure and manage such organizations) and individual level (what types of managers and leaders such organizations need). Erkki Karo

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Information Management and Digital Archiving ITE4320

Special

To obtain general knowledge about information management, processing and use in different fields. Acquire basic skills for information processing, modelling and association with organisational management chain. Learning the fundamentals of digital preservation and the actions necessary to prepare digital material for preservation.

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Estonian Language and Culture MLE0010

Special

The aim of the course is to familiarize foreigners with the basics of the Estonian language (including grammar and pronunciation) and phrases for everyday communication, and provide them with an insight into the Estonian culture and traditions in order for the learners to be able to participate in Estonian-based communication more effectively (Level 0>Level A1). NB! Students who have acquired secondary education in Estonia or whose mother tongue/second language is Estonian will not be accepted to the course.

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