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6 Years
30 Jul 2020
Accreditation DGES
Initial registry R/A-Ef 1037/2011 de 18-03-2011
Update registry R/A-Ef 1037/2011/AL01 de 18-03-2015
Contacts
School of Sociology and Public Policy
Secretariat
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E03
secretariado.espp @iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 015
9:30 - 18:00

Tuition fee EU nationals (2025/2026)

1.stYear 697.00 €
2.thYear 697.00 €
3.thYear 697.00 €

A propina de cada ano pode ser paga de uma vez só ou em prestações.

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Lectured in Portuguese
Teaching Type In person

The Curriculum of the Undergraduate Programme in Social Work, with the length of 3 years (180 ECTS), is characterized by wide-range training. It is composed of mandatory credits in the central area (Social Work), optional credits in "soft skills" (6 ECTS), in "Social Problems" (18 ECTS) and free credits (12 ECTS). Students that complete all curricular units of the first two years with success, totalling 120 credits (ECTS), are awarded with the Diploma of Higher 1st Cycle Studies in Social Work (First Cycle Graduate Diploma in Social Work).

Programme Structure for 2025/2026

1st Year
Social Law
6.0 ECTS
Theory and History of Social Work
6.0 ECTS
Modernity and the Social Question
6.0 ECTS
Introduction to Social Psychology
6.0 ECTS
Sociological Theory: Major Schools of Thought
6.0 ECTS
Social Work Methods of Intervention
6.0 ECTS
Laboratory in Social Work Settings and Fields
6.0 ECTS
Organization, Management, Planning and Evaluation in Social Work
6.0 ECTS
Family Law and Child
6.0 ECTS
Writing Scientific and Technical Texts
2.0 ECTS
Stress Management
2.0 ECTS
Introduction to Excel
2.0 ECTS
2nd Year
Social Work with Adults and Elderly
6.0 ECTS
Research Methods and Techniques in Social Sciences
6.0 ECTS
Social Classes and Stratification
6.0 ECTS
Descriptive Data Analysis
6.0 ECTS
Social Work with Children, Youth and Families
6.0 ECTS
Society and Social Policy
6.0 ECTS
Laboratory: Ethics and Profession in Social Work
6.0 ECTS
Social Work Placement I
12.0 ECTS
Personality Theories
6.0 ECTS
3rd Year
Approaches to Psychopathology
6.0 ECTS
Seminar Social Work Profissional Pratices
6.0 ECTS
Social Work Placement II
18.0 ECTS
Demography
6.0 ECTS
Seminar Community and Groups Intervention
6.0 ECTS
Social Rights and Social Change
6.0 ECTS

Recommended optative

Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.

1st semester

L5133 | Sociology of International Migrations (ESPP | Soc)

L5164 | Citizenship and Political Culture (ESPP | CP)

2nd semester

02854 | Methodologies of Social Work in Health (ESPP | SS)

Objectives


The training objectives are focused on three central guidelines:


• To support the acquisition of knowledge in social work, including its origin, evolution, theory, field and areas of intervention, within the framework of protection systems and social policy;


• To train social workers for qualified work, in multiple units and levels of activity, directed towards improving the living conditions of population groups in situations of vulnerability;

• To provide a learning process that encourages an intervening, critical and thoughtful professional practice, combined with continuous and regular study and research.


International Partnerships
• Escola de Trabajo Social from the Universidade Complutense de Madrid/Espanha
• University of Jyväskylä Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius Finland
Contacts
School of Sociology and Public Policy
Secretariat
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E03
secretariado.espp @iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 015
9:30 - 18:00
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