Courses / FPCEUC / Master in Social Work

Master in Social Work

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.

Study Programme

Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Advanced Topics in Social Research 1 1st Semester Compulsory SM 6.0
Public Policies and Social Transformation 1 1st Semester Compulsory S/SP 6.0
Thematic Seminar - Social Work: Debates, Challenges and Opportunities 1 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Theoretical Foundations and Critical Thinking in Social Work 1 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Mediation in Social Work 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Seminar of Social Work Research 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Social Work and Creativity 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Theories of Social Justice and Intervention 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Research Project II 1 Semestrial Elective * SW 6.0
Social Work, Disaster and Resilience 1 1st Semester Elective * SW 6.0
Families, Networks and Society 1 2nd Semester Elective * SW 6.0
Social Work Intervention and Desfiliation Population 1 2nd Semester Elective * SW 6.0
Rules
  • The student may enroll, in the 1st and/or 2nd semester, in an optional curricular unit worth 6 ECTS, chosen from those taught in the master’s programmes of FPCE or the University of Coimbra.
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Seminar on Monitoring and Research in Social Work 2 Annual Compulsory SW 6.0
Dissertation 2 Annual Elective * SW 54.0
Internship 2 Annual Elective * SW 54.0
Social Intervention Project 2 Annual Elective * SW 54.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit