
Social Work
Social Work
Programme Introduction
The bachelor’s programme in Social Work aims to train professionals with the capacity to act at the level of realities and social problems, developing a preventive or therapeutic role, having as privileged universe the individual / group at risk.
Programme Coordinator
Cristóvão Adelino Fonseca Franco Ribeiro Margarido
cristovao.margarido@ipleiria.pt
Reference
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Type
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Vacancies
General contingent: D 40/N 20
International student contingent: 8
DGES certification

Objectives
This study cycle’s generic objectives are:
- To understand social phenomena;
- To intervene with individuals, groups and communities in the context of prevention, treatment and reinsertion;
- To intervene with the underprivileged groups;
- To perform Social Work profession in all the fields;
- Develop a responsible, reflective and critical awareness in building the personal and social identity;
- Develop ability to work collaboratively to solve problems encountered in different contexts;
- Mobilize knowledge, skills and attitudes in different contexts, in building new scientific, cultural and technological knowledge;
- Mobilize different languages to express and communicate their relationship with reality in different contexts;
- Participate in research projects, understanding the school as a centre of social and cultural development;
- Develop personalised methodologies for work and learning appropriate to multiple contexts;
- Develop curiosity and intellectual taste for knowledge and research.
Field of Study
Law, Social Sciences and Services
Study Plan
- 1st Year
- 2nd Year
- 3rd Year
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Introduction to Social Sciences | 1st Semester | 5 | 64 h | |
Introduction to Social Work | 1st Semester | 5 | 64 h | |
Introduction to Economics | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
General Principles of Law | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Academic Writing and Professional Writing Workshop | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Social and Cultural Anthropology | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Developmental Psychology | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Elective I | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Students must choose one of following curricular units, set annually by the ESECS.
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Sociologia das Organizações | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Theories and Methods of Social Work | 2nd Semester | 5 | 79 h | |
Family and Minors Law | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Methods and Techniques of Social Research | 1st Semester | 5 | 64 h | |
Social Work of Cases, Groups and Communities | 1st Semester | 6 | 81 h | |
Social Intervention in Childhood, Adolescence and Old Age | 1st Semester | 6 | 81 h | |
Sociology of the Family | 1st Semester | 5 | 65 h | |
Supervisão e Estágio em Serviço Social I | 1st Semester | 8 | 141 h | |
Saúde mental e Psicopatologias | 2nd Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
Exclusão, Reinserção e Serviço Social | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Problems of Contemporary Society and Culture | 2nd Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
Serviço Social e Políticas Sociais | 2nd Semester | 6 | 81 h | |
Seminário de Contextos e Práticas de Serviço Social | 2nd Semester | 6 | 81 h | |
Social Intervention in Groups at Risk | 2nd Semester | 5 | 64 h |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Project in Social Work | 1st Semester | 7 | 81 h | |
Ethics and Professional Deontology in Social Work | 1st Semester | 6 | 66 h | |
Management of Institutions of Social Work | 1st Semester | 7 | 81 h | |
Elective II | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Students must choose one of following curricular units, set annually by the School.
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Multiculturalism and Intercultural Education | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
Supervisão e Estágio em Serviço Social I | 2nd Semester | 30 |
Entry Requirements
For further information about international students’ applications,
please see International Applicants
or contact the International Students’ Office by email at: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt
For further information about international students’ applications,
please see International Applicants
or contact the International Students’ Office by email at: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt
Accreditation
State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation:
Publication date: 17/05/2022
State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation:
Publication date: 17/05/2022
Application Fee
60€
60€
Enrolment Fee
General contingent: 30€
International student contingent: 100€
General contingent: 30€
International student contingent: 100€
Tuition Fee
General contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€
General contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€