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Sociocultural Animation

    Course details

  • Course objectives

    The Sociocultural Animation Technician is a professional qualified to use appropriate scientific tools to get to know a community and/or a group and encourage them to become active participants in their own development, towards a process of continuous improvement and enrichment and in a logic of lifelong education. They work with all age groups (children, young people, adults and the elderly) using a range of social, educational, sporting, recreational and playful techniques, using them in the service of the project outlined with the individual, group, institution and/or community.

  • School

    ESE - Escola Superior de Educação

  • Study mode

    presencial - DayTime

  • Learning objectives and skills to be developed

    To master knowledge from various areas of knowledge that allow an understanding of the complexity of the contexts and processes that govern the lives of communities, groups and individuals

    To know and understand the genealogy of the historical processes of consolidation of the field of institutions and professions in the fields of Socio-cultural Animation and Social Work and to problematise their development.

    Know and mobilise the pedagogical, psychological, sociological and anthropological foundations that underpin the work processes characteristic of socio-cultural animation and intervention.

    Know the theories and methodologies that can be used to characterise and diagnose situations and contexts of socio-cultural animation and intervention.

    Demonstrate the ability to work with and value people, families, groups, organisations and communities, their needs and circumstances.

    Design, organise and manage socio-cultural animation projects individually and as part of a team (animation and leisure time, community intervention, leisure, social inclusion, ...).

    Be able to take an investigative approach to the social and institutional environments in which they work.

    Understand and mobilise the values and knowledge related to associative dynamism and entrepreneurship in the construction of appropriate voluntary, associative or business projects.

  • Career opportunities

    Training of professionals of higher level in sectors that combine the animation with the social intervention in diverse contexts: childhood, youth, adulthood, old age; Justice, social welfare, culture, education; sociocultural animation.

  • Course coordinator

    Luís Carlos Rodrigues dos Santos

  • Recognition of prior learning

    Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulations of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal.

  • Admission and entry requirements

    Entrance exams Two of the following: 02 Biology and Geology 18 Portuguese or 06 Philosophy 18 Portuguese or 11 History 18 Portuguese Minimum marks Application grade: 100 points Entrance exams: 95 points Calculation formula Secondary school average: 50% Entrance exams: 50% Other forms of access: - Re-entry and Change of Institution/Course Pair; - Special Access Competition for Graduates of Vocational Pathways; - Special Access Competition for CTeSP Holders; - Special Access Competition for Exam Holders over the age of 23; - Special Access Competition for Holders of Other Higher Education Courses; - Special Competition for International Students..

    The information provided does not replace consultation of the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES) website and/or the application page.

  • Qualification requirements

    30 course units successfully completed

  • Legal framework and accreditation

    Despacho nº. 1242/2021 de 29 de janeiro

Study plan

1º Ano

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

General Sociology

CS

5.0

1º Semester

Language and Textual Practice

LL

5.0

1º Semester

Models and Methodologies in Animation

PED

5.0

1º Semester

Performing Arts

AR

5.0

1º Semester

Psychology of Human Development

CS

5.0

2º Semester

Anthropology and Culture

CS

5.0

2º Semester

Contemporary History and Citizenship

CS

5.0

2º Semester

Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) in Professional Contexts

TIC

5.0

2º Semester

Professional Contexts

CS

5.0

2º Semester

Social Polices

CS

5.0

Elective Courses

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Audio-visual Laboratory

DIV1

5.0

1º Semester

Cinema and television

DIV1

5.0

1º Semester

Critical Thinking and Academic Work

DIV1

5.0

1º Semester

From Scientific Production to Scientific Communication

DIV1

5.0

2º Semester

Artistic Technologies

DIV2

5.0

2º Semester

Digital Storytelling

DIV2

5.0

2º Semester

Foreign Language - English B1

DIV2

5.0

2º Semester

Foreign Language - English B2

DIV2

5.0

2º Semester

Foreign Language - English C1

DIV2

5.0

2º Semester

Photography

DIV2

5.0

2º Semester

Sports, Tourism and Leisure

DIV2

5.0

2º Ano

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Pedagogy and Lifelong Education

PED

5.0

1º Semester

Research and Project Seminar

CS/MAT

5.0

1º Semester

Social Policies, Business Communication and Marketing

COM

5.0

1º Semester

Visual Arts Workshop

AR

5.0

2º Semester

Environmental Education and Animation

CN/PED

5.0

2º Semester

Health and Society

CS/CN

5.0

2º Semester

Interpersonal Relationship and Group Management

CS

5.0

2º Semester

Social Intervention with People and Groups at Risk

CS

5.0

Project Design, Development and Evaluation

CS

10.0

Elective Courses

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Arts,Inclusion and Citizenship

LL/AR/CS

5.0

1º Semester

Multimedia Contents Production

TIC

5.0

1º Semester

Popular Cultures

LL/AR/CS

5.0

2º Semester

Economics,Management and Entrepreneurship

DESP/CS/AR

5.0

2º Semester

Organization and Production Event

DESP/CS/AR

5.0

2º Semester

Space, Culture and Development

DESP/CS/AR

5.0

2º Semester

Sports Animation

DESP/CS/AR

5.0

3º Ano

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Aging Contexts and Processes & Intergenerational Relations

CS

5.0

1º Semester

Networks, Social Solidarities and Cohesion

CS

5.0

1º Semester

Youth Sociology and City Policies

CS

5.0

Competencies Acquisition

CS

5.0

Project of Animation and Intervention

CS

30.0

Elective Courses

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Methodologies and Projects in Socio-Educational Animation

PED/MAT/CS

5.0

1º Semester

Tourist Entertainment

PED/MAT/CS

5.0

1º Semester

Training of Trainers

PED/MAT/CS

5.0

2º Semester

Animation in Libraries and Museological Spaces

LL/AR/CS

5.0

2º Semester

Itineraries and Routes

LL/AR/CS

5.0

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  • Course Type

    Degree

  • DGES Code

    9005

  • Awarded Qualification

    Licence

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • ECTS Credits

    180.0

  • Submit application

    Application
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