Bachelor's Degree 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
Development Psychology 1 1st Semester Compulsory PSY 6.0
Introduction to Social Work 1 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Law Basic Notions 1 1st Semester Compulsory LA 3.0
Social Psychology 1 1st Semester Compulsory PSY 6.0
Social Sciences 1 1st Semester Compulsory SOC 6.0
Social Work, Vulnerabilities and Training Processes 1 1st Semester Compulsory SW 3.0
Applied Economics to Social Work 1 2nd Semester Compulsory ECO 3.0
Laboratory of Competences and Professional Identity 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Methodology of Scientific Research 1 2nd Semester Compulsory MET 6.0
Social Policy 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Sociology of Development 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SOC 3.0
Theoretical Foundations of Social Work 1 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Inequalities and Social Exclusion 2 1st Semester Compulsory SW 3.0
Psychosociology of Family 2 1st Semester Compulsory PSY 6.0
Social Economy, Social Work and Organizational Management 2 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Social Policies and Work Work I 2 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Sustainability and Eco-Social Intervention 2 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Applied Statistics 2 2nd Semester Compulsory STA 6.0
Family and Children Law 2 2nd Semester Compulsory LA 3.0
Individuals and Family Social Work 2 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Social Policies and Social Work II 2 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Social Work with Groups 2 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Ethics and Deontology of Social Work 3 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
International Social Work 3 1st Semester Compulsory SW 3.0
Social Policies and Social Work III 3 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Social and Community Development 3 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Strategic Planning and Social Innovation 3 1st Semester Compulsory SW 6.0
Internship I 3 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 18.0
Psychopathology 3 2nd Semester Compulsory PSY 6.0
Social Work Research Laboratory I 3 2nd Semester Compulsory SW 3.0
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Internship II 4 1st Semester Compulsory SW 27.0
Social Work Research Laboratory II 4 1st Semester Compulsory SW 3.0
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Participation in Research Project I Semestrial Elective * SW 3.0
Gerontological Social Work 1st Semester Elective * SW 3.0
Social Work and Digital Literacy 1st Semester Elective * SW 3.0
Sociology of Labor and Employment 1st Semester Elective * SOC 3.0
Social Support and Case Management 2nd Semester Elective * SW 3.0
Territorial Diagnostic Processes 2nd Semester Elective * SW 3.0
Rules
  • In the 2nd and 3rd years, the student should register in 4 optional curricular units (1 per semester), in a total of 12 ECTS (3 ECTS per semester), from the list of those offered annually in this cycle of studies and/or in the other study cycles of the FPCE and the University of Coimbra.

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