Program Overview

Bachelor in Sociology (After Work)

Education Objectives

The Bachelor in Sociology (After Work) program aims to achieve the following 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 main concepts and theoretical approaches of Sociology.
3. Knowledge and understanding of sociological approaches to different areas of scientific and professional application.
4. Ability to communicate sociological knowledge in an accurate and significant way 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 way 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.

General Characterization

• DGES code: 8109
• Cycle: Bachelor (1st Cycle)
• Degree: Licence
• Access to other programs: Completion of the Licenciatura (1st cycle) degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes (2nd Cycle), or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
• Coordinator: Iva Maria Miranda Pires
• Fees: 697 Euros/year or 3500 Euros/year (foreign students)
• Schedule: Presencial P鏀-Laboral
• Teaching language: Portuguese Language

Degree Pre-requisites

Each student must obtain 180 credits:

• 66 credits obtained from compulsory courses
• 84 credits from programme-restricted electives
• 30 credits from unrestricted electives or a Minor from another academic area. In their 1st year, students should not enrol in more than 30 credits per semester, respecting precedence rules when they have been set.

Conditions of Admittance

Students can be admitted to the Licenciatura Degree in Sociology through the National Call for enrollment in Higher Education, Special Contests, and Special Access Regimes. Additionally, students can gain admission through Readmission or the Change of Institution/Course regime.

Evaluation Rules

Students are assessed based on the work carried out over a semester, based on class participation, on the presentation of oral and written papers, and tests and exams taken. The results of that assessment are expressed on a scale from 0 to 20. To pass, students must have at least 10 marks. Students who fail, however, have a second chance to retake the final exam.

• Special Assessment Regimes:
  • Student-worker
  • Students with competitive athlete status
  • Student mothers and fathers
  • Association leaders
  • Military personnel
  • Other special regimes provisioned by law. Students with special educational needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions adapted to their needs.

Structure

Mandatory Courses

• Training in Excel and Statistical Literacy: 3.0 ECTS
• Sources, AI, bibliographic referencing and ethics: 3.0 ECTS
• Research Methods and Techniques: Sampling and Inquiry: 6.0 ECTS
• Classical Sociological Thought and Major Currents: 6.0 ECTS
• Producing and analyzing qualitative data 1: 6.0 ECTS
• General Sociology : Stratification and Social Classes: 6.0 ECTS
• General Sociology : Institutional Order and Legitimation: 6.0 ECTS
• Contemporary Theme: 6.0 ECTS
• Theory and Methodology of Social Sciences: 6.0 ECTS

Complementary (Elective) Courses

• Human Resources Management: 6.0 ECTS
• Sociology of Education: 6.0 ECTS
• Sociology of Organisations: 6.0 ECTS
• Sociology of the Environment and Sustainability: 6.0 ECTS
• Historical Sociology: 6.0 ECTS
• Surveys and Market Research: 6.0 ECTS Students must complete 30 ECTS from this group.

Minor at NOVA FCSH

• Minimum: 30 ECTS
• Maximum: 60 ECTS Students must select five course units from those offered within the Minor. The selected units must not include any course units that are part of the curriculum of the degree program in which the student is currently enrolled. Additionally, students may select no more than two course units from each of the degree programs offered by other departments participating in the Minor.