A3ES Decision
Accredited - A3ES Decision
Decision date
12/05/2015
Registration
R/A-Ef 3020/2011/AL01
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Confered Degree | Duration | ECTS
Bachelor | 6 Semesters | 180 ECTS
Programme Director
Secretariat
Entrance Conditions
This study cycle accepts candidates who submit their application via the institutional entrance competition and have obtained a positive score in one of the following national entrance exams:
06 Philosophy
11 History
17 Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences
18 Portuguese
Candidates may also apply via the regimes of institution/programme transfer or via Special Application, in accordance with the legal regulations in force (holders of higher education degree, holders of a Technological Specialization Course, holders of Professional Higher Technician Course or Over 23 years of Age).
Candidates who meet the requirements defined in the International Student Statute can also apply.
Programme requirements
Have completed a total of 180 ECTS
Objectives
Besides its other objectives, the licentiate degree in Sociology aims to provide general training skills based on advanced materials in Sociology that are relevant to the professional practice in different places and roles in different profit-making or non-profit, public and private production and service organizations that involve different social dimensions, both in what regards the analysis and problem solving, the processing of diverse information and, communication processes, autonomous or team work, in addition to the desire to remain open to life-long learning.
The study cycle is based on a curricular organization and teaching/learning methodologies that are geared toward the acquisition of knowledge (learning and knowing how to learn) and the ability to implement the same in the form of skills, so that at subsequent stages, they may be used in professional practices and employment opportunities and broadened through life-long learning processes.
Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired
The curricular organization enables the students to acquire different general and specific facts, skills and abilities that embody the objectives of the study plan:
Acquisition of a comprehensive analytical insight and foresight of the different dimensions, designs and dynamic problems, levels and agents of social life: economic, political, family, institutions and organizations, culture, identities, territoriality, etc. Acquisition of frames of fundamental reference (assumptions, concepts, classifications ...) for the analysis of specific social processes, as well as for the formulation of solutions or supporting processes for the planning, intervention and evaluation of actions or projects and their respective foundations.
Knowledge and ability to use tools and techniques in order to collect, process, work, classify and communicate information, ideas and issues, surveys, interviews, case studies, or to support intervention processes of activities and projects of a socio-economic, political and cultural , professional nature, activities and projects pertaining to social inclusion and citizenship.
Personal and interpersonal skills to carry out tasks in a responsible and first-class manner when working autonomously or as part of a team and predisposition to carry out lifelong learning.
Further Studies
The licentiate degree will permit students to apply for postgraduate studies, specifically PhD degrees.
Career
Leaders & Boards: Directors, upper and intermediate experts, advisers, consultants, Entrepreneurs, Teachers, trainers and researchers, work units National or international profit-making or non-profit Organizations, Training centres, associations, Foundations, NGOs, Professional organizations or trade unions, central and local public administration: Ministries, Regions and Municipalities
Scientific Areas
Sociologia e outros estudos