The Master's Degree in Social Policies and Socio-Community Intervention at the University of A Coruña trains professionals specialising in the analysis, design, management, evaluation and implementation of social policies, community action, and processes of social inequality and exclusion.
Knowledge:
WITH1
Demonstrate advanced and multidisciplinary knowledge for research,
Social intervention and professional practice in the field of exclusion
social.
WITH2
Critically identify ethical dilemmas and social responsibility
associated with the challenges posed in professional and research practice.
CON3
Understand and integrate complex knowledge to translate it into proposals for
research and intervention programs in social contexts
problematic.
CON4
To analyse social processes in an advanced and interdisciplinary way,
institutional and professional policies that shape social policies and
socio-community intervention.
CON5
Critically evaluate value judgments and the evidence that underpins the
discourses, diagnoses and policies on social reality.
WITH6
Determine and apply analytical dimensions, conceptual categories, and
Appropriate methodological strategies for scientific diagnosis and analysis
of situations of social exclusion.
CON7
Critically interpret social facts and policies from the different perspectives of the
Contemporary Theoretical Paradigms for the Analysis of Social Exclusion.
WITH8
Integrate expertise for the assessment and planning of
prevention and socio-community intervention actions in situations of
social conflict.
CON9
Analyse the processes and factors of social cohesion and assess strategies and
measures aimed at strengthening them.
Abilities
o Skills:
HD1
Apply advanced digital tools for management, analysis and
interpretation of information in the field of social policies and
social exclusion.
HD2
Develop communication and active listening strategies in contexts
professional and research professionals, maintaining an empathetic, reflective and
assertive.
HD3
Prepare academic, scientific and professional texts adapted to different
contexts and recipients, facilitating their understanding and communication.
HD4
Apply and integrate advanced knowledge and methodological strategies in
emerging, complex or insufficiently defined environments and problems, both
in research practice as a professional.
HD5
Select and apply appropriate scientific, methodological and technical frameworks
to critically evaluate the available evidence and formulate hypotheses
reasoned on the evolution of the social facts studied.
HD6
Lead and coordinate research teams and professionals in the main
areas of social policies.
HD7
Critically assess and select theoretical, methodological and
appropriate techniques for the design of research, diagnosis and
interventions on social reality and social policies.
HD8
Design innovative and informed responses to problematic situations
emerging issues related to social inclusion.
HD9
Apply the comparative perspective to the analysis of social problems and social problems.
responses and solutions developed in the field of social policies.
HD10
Apply interdisciplinary perspectives in the analysis and valuation of
problems of exclusion and social policies of inclusion and cohesion.
Competencies:
COMP1
Integrate respect for diversity, equity and
human rights, incorporating an inclusive, intersectional and
of gender.
COMP2
Design, implement and evaluate applied research projects in science
social challenges related to emerging social challenges, adapting them to the
needs of the social and economic environment and situations of social exclusion
complex.
COMP3
Make informed decisions about the effectiveness of intervention measures
aimed at preventing or correcting situations of social exclusion, assessing
critically its ethical, social and professional implications.
COMP4
Communicate knowledge, results and problems clearly and rigorously
both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
COMP5
Actively participate in research projects and collaborations
in the field of social exclusion, in contexts
interdisciplinary and knowledge transfer.
COMP6
Assume responsibility and commitment to development autonomously
professional and continuous scientific.
COMP7
Prepare, present and defend reports, projects and reports specialized in
the field of social sciences.
COMP8
Design, develop and evaluate systematic processes of observation, production
of data and documentation for the study of social policies and
welfare systems.
COMP9
Collecting, interpreting, and evaluating complex information to make diagnoses
based on risks of exclusion and social vulnerability factors.
COMP10
Critically interpret processes of social and economic marginalization from the perspective of
historical, structural and multidimensional perspectives.
The
The Master's Degree has a dual vocation: specialised training in the field of
academic-scientific of students who want to pursue an academic career -, and of
researcher-professional in the field of social policies and processes
of social exclusion and inequality - mainly Public Administrations and
of the Third Sector-, so as to respond to the social need of
university specialists with a solid background for research
in this area.
The teaching modality may be face-to-face or virtual.
This degree has a teaching guide
Master's degree studies are organised by modules: 3 modules:
- Theoretical module (TCO.);
- Methodological Module (MET.) and
- TFM and external internship module (PRACT.).
There are two types of subjects:
- Compulsory (OB.)
- Electives (OP.)
In addition, there are three specialties:
- Optional module on International Migration (speciality 1);
- Optional module on Gender and Equality Policies (speciality 2);
- Optional module on Longevity, Quality of Life and Intergenerational Relationships (speciality 3).
This study has teaching guide
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The study is taught by the following teachers:
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UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.
For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.
Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.
Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.