Academic Year/course:
2023/24
578 - Master's in Direction and Management of Defense Procurement Systems
68653 - Budgeting and Contract Management
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
68653 - Budgeting and Contract Management
Faculty / School:
179 - Centro Universitario de la Defensa - Zaragoza
Degree:
578 - Master's in Direction and Management of Defense Procurement Systems
ECTS:
9.0
Year:
1
Semester:
Annual
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
Specific objectives:
Knowledge of public contract law
To know the contractual regulations in the fields of defence and security
Analyse the different contractual formulas
Study public-private partnership techniques
Knowledge of budget legislation
Study the legal aspects and specialties of contracting abroad
Know the contractual and budgetary documentation in the framework of armament and material acquisitions Know the basic aspects of valuation of financial operations
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda of United Nations (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/): SDG-8, SDG-16, SDG-17; so that the acquisition of the subject learning results provides training and knowledge, skills and competencies to contribute to some extent to their achievement.
2. Learning results
Analyse and interpret the following Learning Outcomes (LR):
LR-1. State budget scenarios
LR-2. Budgetary management in the Ministries and especially in the Ministry of Defence
LR-3. Control of investment by the assigned agencies
LR-4. Current contract laws
LR-5. Public-private partnerships
LR-6. Foreign contracting.
LR-7. The mathematics of financial operations.
3. Syllabus
The program of the subject consists of nine topics, grouped in the following four thematic blocks.
Block I
1. Introduction
2. State and defence budget
3. Budget management. Monitoring
Block II
4. Public Sector Contracts Law.
5. Law on public sector contracts in the fields of defence and security.
Block III
6. Defence contracting
7. Public-private and government-to-government collaboration
8. Contracting abroad
Block IV
9. Mathematics of financial operations
4. Academic activities
Classroom lectures (15 h): theoretical and practical activities, in which student participation is encouraged
Virtual lectures (7 h): theoretical and practical activities, virtually, in which student participation is encouraged
Distance teaching (63h): activities through the virtual campus, so that the student will have at their disposal a large amount of resources to work with. Teacher-student interaction through chats and forums.
Autonomous activities of the student (135 h): distributed throughout the duration of the term.
Evaluation Tests (5 h): the final evaluation tests will be face-to-face.
5. Assessment system
FIRST CALL
Continuous Assessment
Test 1. There will be a final evaluation test for each of the four thematic blocks (indicated in the "section 3. Syllabus") whose weighting is 60% of the total. The final evaluation test will consist of theoretical-practical contents.
Test 2: there will also be an evaluation, whose weighting will be 30%, by means of the resolution of exercises and practical works that allow the student to achieve the learning results in a practical way.
Test 3. Finally, self-evaluation activities are contemplated, with an assigned weighting of 10%.
Type 2 and 3 tests can be performed separately by Blocks or jointly among the different four Blocks.
The final grade of the continuous evaluation for each of Blocks I, II, III and IV is:
0.6*Test 1+0.3*Test 2+0.1*Test 3; the distribution in ECTS by Blocks is as follows:
Block I (2 ECTS; 22.22%), Block II (2 ECTS; 22.22%), Block III (4 ECTS; 44.45%), Block IV (1 ECTS; 11.11%).
In order to pass the subject, the student must obtain a final grade of 5 or higher.
Overall test
Students who do not pass the subject by continuous evaluation or who would like to improve their grade, will have the right to take the overall test set in the academic calendar, prevailing, in any case, the best of the grades obtained.
This global test will be equivalent to the continuous assessment tests described above and will have a 100% weight in the final grade.
It will consist of an evaluation test whose contents will be theoretical-practical related to each one of the four thematic blocks , respecting as much as possible the weight of each one of them in the global test (Block I: 22.22%; Block II: 22.22%; Block III: 44.45%; Block IV: 11,11%).
In order to pass the subject, the student must obtain a final grade of 5 or higher.
SECOND CALL
Students who do not pass the subject in the first call may sit for a global test set in the academic calendar for the second call. It will account for 100% of the final grade. It will consist of a test of evaluation whose contents will be theoretical-practical related to each of the four thematic blocks, respecting as much as possible the weight of each one of them in this global test (Block I: 22.22%; Block II: 22.22%; Block III: 44.45%; Block IV: 11,11%).
In order to pass the subject, the student must obtain a final grade of 5 or higher.
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Evaluation Instrument
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Weighting
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LR-1
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LR-2.
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LR-3.
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LR-4.
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LR-5.
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LR-6.
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LR-7.
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Test 1
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60%
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Test 2
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30%
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Test 3
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10%
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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