Sociology
Cycle
Primeiro ciclo
Degree
Bachelor
Coordinator
Rui Santos
Opening date
September 2016
Vacancies
55 vagas (laboral); 25 vagas (pós-laboral)
Fees
National students: 1063,47 per year International students: 3500 per year
Schedule
(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)
Education objectives
1)Understanding of the specificity of sociological knowledge in relation to other social sciences and common sense knowledge;
2)Knowledge and understanding of the principal concepts and theoretical approaches of Sociology;
3)Knowledge and understanding of sociological approaches to different topic areas of scientific and professional application;
4)Ability to communicate sociological knowledge in an accurate and significant form to specialists and non-specialists;
5)Knowledge and understanding of the principles and applications of the main strategies, methods and techniques of sociological research;
6)Ability to select and apply, under scientific supervision, these concepts and tools to the analysis, problematisation and investigation of social phenomena and problems, taking into account the ethical and deontological implications of the investigation;
7)Ability to communicate the procedures, results and implications of the investigation in an accurate and significant form to specialists and non-specialists;
8)Skills necessary to undertake further training for specialisation purposes, professional qualification or to acquire new skills for basic research under supervision;
9)Scientific skills to perform training or teaching tasks, following the acquisition of additional pedagogic skills.
Access conditions
Students may be admitted to Higher Education through the National Competition for Access to Higher Education, special competitions/regimes and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. To apply for access to higher education through the National Competition, students must fulfill the requirements described in DGES/Access to Higher Education. More info at http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Estudantes/Acesso/ For more information about International Students please visit http://fcsh.unl.pt/aluno-internacional-en?set_language=en
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years/6 semesters.
Students must perform 180 credits: 66 credits based in the compulsory curricular units, 84 credits in a set of elective optionals and 30 credits undertaken in free-elective optionals or in a minor of another scientific area. Every semester, the student may not sign up in more than 30 credits, respecting the precedence when these have been set. At the beginning of each semester, students will be advised of the curricular units to carry out in order to appropriate them to their academic career.
The undergraduate students can still benefit from the different mobility programmes in which FCSH/NOVA participates as Erasmus +, Almeida Garrett exchange programmes, among others, and participate in research within the research units of the Faculty.
Access to other courses
Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
Evaluation rules
Students at FCSH are evaluated based on the work developed over a semester, based on class participation, presentation of written and oral tests and examinations. The result obtained either by continuous assessment or evaluation of the tests is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20. To be approved, students must have at least 10 points to pass, however, who fail have a second chance to repeat the exams. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION: - Worker-Student - Students with the status of top athletes - Mothers and fathers students - Associative leaders - Military - Other special arrangements provided legally. Students with special needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions to meet their needs.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 711081059 | Multivariate Data Analysis - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081058 | Univariate and Bivariate Data Analysis | 6 |
| 711081001 | Social Classes and Social Structures - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081009 | Social Stratification and Mobility - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081056 | Métodos e Técnicas de Investigação Compreensiva (not translated) - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081057 | Research Methods and Techniques: Sampling and Inquiry - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081062 | Problems of Sociological Research - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081050 | General Sociology: Basic Principles - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081051 | General Sociology: Theories - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081061 | Contemporary Sociological Themes - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081055 | Theory and Method in the Social Sciences - 1st semester | 6 |
| Options - Demografia e Sociologia da População | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081068 | Demography and Social Policies | 6 |
| 711081067 | Demographic Forecasting | 6 |
| 711081066 | Sociology of Migration | 6 |
| 711081065 | Demographic Theory and Analysis | 6 |
| Options - Metodologia | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081060 | Análise Compreensiva (not translated) | 6 |
| 711081077 | Computing for the Social Sciences | 6 |
| 711081046 | Surveys and Market Research - 2nd semester | 6 |
| Options - Sociologia do Conhecimento e da Cultura | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081030 | Sociology of Culture - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081031 | Sociology of Education - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081037 | Sociology of Everyday Life | 6 |
| 711081071 | Sociology of Knowledge | 6 |
| Options - Sociologia Económica e das Organizações | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081072 | Human Resources Management | 6 |
| 711081070 | Sociology of Innovation - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081035 | Sociology of Organisations - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081069 | Economic Sociology | 6 |
| Options - Sociologia Histórica e Política | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081006 | State, Nations and Nationalism | 6 |
| 711081010 | The Formation of Contemporary Portuguese Society | 6 |
| 711081021 | Modernity and Globalisation - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081078 | Historical Sociology - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711071034 | Political Sociology - 1st semester | 6 |
| Options - Sociologia do Território e do Ambiente | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081038 | Environmental Sociology | 6 |
| 711081064 | Sociology of Development and Sustainability | 6 |
| 711081042 | Sociology of Territory - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081063 | Urban Sociology | 6 |
| 711081049 | Territory and Social Networks - 1st semester | 6 |
| Options - Teorias Sociológicas | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711081054 | Communities and Social Dynamics - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711081053 | Theories of Social Action | 6 |
| 711081076 | Contemporary Sociological Theories - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711081052 | Sociological Theories: the Founders - 1st semester | 6 |