Introduction and Aims
The Master’s degree in Social Work aims to provide higher education in terms of study, research and intervention in Social Work, focusing on both in-depth analysis and scientific thinking in areas that are currently relevant for social intervention.

At the end of the course of study the graduate will be able to:
• To deconstruct the discourse and practices of modernity, justifying the importance of broadening the space of possibility suggested by post-modernity, in articulation with the different social problematics;
• To analyze the different familial configurations, its specificities and regularities;
• To characterize demographic ageing and social organization in articulation with the necessary social restructuring;
• To develop a reasoning that properly articulates social policy and the forms of social administration, justifying different points of view;
• To master the fundamental theoretical and operative knowledge in the area of gender studies, presenting the main tendencies and schools of thought, as well as the specific and mutual impacts of that problematic both on private life and on the public sphere.

Core Themes
• Conflict Management, Negotiation and Mediation
• Cultural Diversity
• Demography and Ageing
• Gender Studies
• Migration Issues
• Portuguese Economy
• Social Inclusion and Minorities
• Social Intervention in Family Contemporary Problems
• Social Management Policies and Practice
• Sociology of Shunting Life and Exclusion
• Sustainable Development and Citizenship
• Theory and Methodology of Social Work

Contacts and Information

Administrative issues and Applications
Gabinete de Ingresso • Universidade Fernando Pessoa • Praça 9 de Abril, 349 • 4249-004 Porto, Portugal • tel. +351 225 071 300/335 • fax: +351 225 508 269 • E-mail: ingresso@ufp.pt

Academic and pedagogical issues
Professor Luís Santos • Universidade Fernando Pessoa • Praça 9 de Abril, 349 • 4249-004 Porto, Portugal • tel. +351 225 071 300• fax: +351 225 508 269• E-mail: lsantos@ufp.edu.pt