Degree in Social Education

2023/2024 · 240 credits

What you learn

Los estudios de grado en Educación Social están dirigidos a: - Comprender y explicar los fundamentos históricos, pedagógicos, sociológicos, psicológicos, legales y filosóficos de la acción socioeducativa en diferentes ámbitos de actuación. - Comprender y analizar críticamente los factores contextuales (educativos, sociales, políticos, económicos, culturales ...) que limitan y favorecen la acción socioeducativa, así como la justicia, la igualdad y la libertad. - Diseñar, aplicar y evaluar planes, programas y proyectos que contribuyan al desarrollo integral, inclusión, participación y promoción social de personas, grupos y comunidades. - Desarrollar una actitud responsable y un compromiso ético con la justicia social. - Fomentar la capacidad del pensamiento crítico y creativo para tomar decisiones y resolver problemas en contextos multidisciplinarios e inciertos.

Professional and academic career

Professional and academic career

Las graduadas y los graduados en este grado desarrollan su acción socioeducativa con niños y adolescentes, adultos y ancianos, mujeres, minorías, inmigrantes y refugiados, personas con diversidad funcional y otros grupos vulnerables y desfavorecidos, de diversos campos: educación, empleo, sociocultural, residencial socioambiental, convivial, comunitario, salud, protección, justicia, tiempo libre, cooperación ...

Companies and institutions involved

Las educadoras y los educadores sociales trabajan en entidades públicas, privadas y de iniciativa social en las que se desarrollan programas y / o gestionan recursos y centros de: servicios sociales; protección y reeducación de la infancia y la adolescencia; cuidado de crianza y adopción; bibliotecas de juguetes; cuidado diurno y residencial para ancianos; salones de clase senior; escuelas de adultos; refugios para mujeres víctimas de violencia de género; diversidad sexual; atención a las drogadicciones; comunidades terapéuticas; vivienda protegida para personas con diversidad funcional; instituciones penitenciarias; albergues para personas sin hogar; talleres de empleo; centros de formación y orientación profesional y ocupacional; animación sociocultural; gestión cultural; tiempo libre; participación social; cooperación para el desarrollo; granjas escolares; aulas y centros de educación e interpretación ambiental;

Planning for teaching

Study structure

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

  Guide Type QTR. credits
Theory of Education Core 1st 6 ECTS
Design and Development of the Socio-Educational Action Core 1st 6 ECTS
Developmental Psychology Core 1st 6 ECTS
Social Psychology Core 1st 6 ECTS
Sociology Core 1st 6 ECTS
Social Pedagogy Core 2nd 6 ECTS
Gender, Equality and Education Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Lifelong Learning Core 2nd 6 ECTS
Social Information and Communication Technologies Core 2nd 6 ECTS
Environmental Education and Sustainability Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
  Guide Type QTR. credits
History of Education Core 1st 6 ECTS
Organisation Organization and Management of Socio-Educational Institutions Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Multicultural Education Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Social Services and Social Welfare Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Intervention in Family Situations Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Education of Unprotected Children and Social Conflict Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Animation and Sociocultural Management Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Adult Education Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Research Methods Core 2nd 6 ECTS
Communication and Cooperation in Socio-Educational Action Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
  Guide Type QTR. credits
Work Placement II Compulsory 1st 30 ECTS
Community Psychology Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Development and Prevention of Addictive Behaviours Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Education and the Media Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Education for Peace, Conflict Resolution and Citizenship Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Evaluation and Diagnosis in Socio-Educational Needs Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Local Government and Cultural and Educational Action Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Final Year Dissertation Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

Teachers

The study is taught by teachers from the departments of: Humanities, Pedagogy and Didactics, Psychology, Sociology and Communication Sciences and Specific Teaching Training and Research and Diagnosis Methods in Education

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

Student mobility

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.