Identifying Data 2024/25
Subject (*) Master Thesis Code 615525031
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Políticas Sociais e Intervención Sociocomunitaria
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
 Second Obligatory 12
Language
Spanish
Galician
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Ciencias da Saúde
Dereito Público
Didácticas Específicas e Métodos de Investigación e Diagnóstico en Educación
Economía
Fisioterapia, Medicina e Ciencias Biomédicas
Pedagoxía e Didáctica
Socioloxía e Ciencias da Comunicación
Coordinador
Espiñeira González, Keina Raquel
 E-mail
keina.espineira@udc.es
Lecturers
Arias Rodriguez, Maria Alicia
Brandariz Garcia, Jose angel
Carril Vázquez, Xosé Manuel
Cobo Bedia, Rosa
Depalma Ungaro, Renee
Diz Reboredo, Carlos
Docampo García, Manuel
Domínguez Rodríguez, Antía
Espiñeira González, Keina Raquel
Fernández Bessa, Cristina
Fernández Suárez, Mónica Belén
Golías Pérez, Montserrat
Martínez Buján, Raquel
Moré Corral, María Paloma
Oso Casas, Laura
Otero Enriquez, Raimundo
Perez Carames, Antia
Piñeiro Aguiar, Eleder
Rodríguez Barcón, Alberto
Serantes Pazos, Araceli
Teasley Severino, Cathryn
Varela Candamio, Laura
Vilar Rodriguez, Margarita
 E-mail
alicia.arias.rodriguez@udc.es
jose.angel.brandariz@udc.es
xose.manuel.carril.vazquez@udc.es
rosa.cobo@udc.es
r.depalma@udc.es
carlos.diz@udc.es
manuel.garcia.docampo@udc.es
a.drodriguez@udc.es
keina.espineira@udc.es
c.fernandezb@udc.es
belen.fernandez.suarez@udc.es
montserrat.golias@udc.es
raquel.bujan@udc.es
paloma.more@udc.es
laura.oso@udc.es
raimundo.otero@udc.es
antia.perez@udc.es
eleder.pineiro.aguiar@udc.es
alberto.barcon@udc.es
araceli.serantes.pazos@udc.es
cathryn.teasley1@udc.es
laura.varela.candamio@udc.es
margarita.vilar.rodriguez@udc.es
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General description Esta guía corresponde ao exercicio de elaboración e defensa pública dun traballo fin de mestrado, de carácter obrigatorio

Competencies / Study results
Code Study programme competences / results
A1 CE1 - Determinar as dimensións e categorías axeitadas para o diagnóstico e a análise científica das situacións de exclusión social.
A2 CE2 - Interpretar os feitos e as políticas sociais desde os distintos paradigmas teóricos vixentes na análise da exclusión.
A3 CE3 - Deseñar e desenvolver procesos de observación e documentación para o estudo das políticas e os sistemas de benestar social.
A4 CE4 - Recompilar e interpretar a información suficiente para chegar a diagnósticos fiables sobre os riscos de exclusión e os factores de vulnerabilidade social.
A5 CE5 - Interpretar as situacións e os procesos de marxinación social e económica de colectivos desde unha perspectiva histórica e macroestrutural.
A6 CE6 - Avaliar a capacidade e eficacia das medidas de intervención para corrixir ou previr situacións e procesos de exclusión social.
A7 CE7 - Identificar e valorar a posibilidade de intervención e prevención en procesos de conflitividade social.
A8 CE8 - Identificar procesos e factores de cohesión social, e deseñar medidas para a súa potenciación.
A9 CEM1 - Demostrar coñecementos avanzados sobre os principais movementos migratorios ao longo da historia e a súa relación con procesos de conflitividade e de cohesión social nas sociedades de orixe e destino
A10 CEM2 - Dominar as principais ferramentas conceptuais e técnicas que permiten definir un colectivo e unha problemática migratoria como obxecto de estudo e análise.
A11 CEM3 - Demostrar un coñecemento avanzado e crítico sobre as teorías e os debates académicos actuais de maior relevancia sobre as dinámicas migratorias e os procesos de integración dos colectivos migrantes.
A15 CEG1 - Demostrar coñecementos avanzados sobre a evolución histórica da discriminación das mulleres e dos marcos ideolóxicos e teóricos que xustifican e confrontan as desigualdades de xénero.
A16 CEG2 - Dominar as ferramentas conceptuais e metodolóxicas para identificar e analizar os mecanismos de exclusión e a vulnerabilidade vinculados ás áncoras patriarcais do sistema social.
A17 CEG3 - Aplicar a perspectiva de xénero como enfoque epistemolóxico e metodoloxía de investigación e de intervención sobre a realidade social.
A21 CEE1 - Explicar os procesos de exclusión vinculados ás transformacións da estrutura familiar e por idades das sociedades.
A22 CEE2 - Manexar ferramentas conceptuais e metodolóxicas para a análise da vulnerabilidade asociada a formas de convivencia e a determinados grupos de idade.
B1 CB1 - Demostrar coñecementos avanzados, de carácter multidisciplinar, para a investigación e o exercicio profesional no ámbito da exclusión social.
B2 CB2 - Aplicar e integrar os coñecementos a contornos e problemas emerxentes e indefinidos, na práctica investigadora e profesional.
B3 CB3 - Seleccionar o marco científico adecuado para avaliar as evidencias dispoñibles e postular hipóteses razoadas sobre a avaliación previsible dos feitos sociais estudados.
B4 CB4 - Identificar os dilemas éticos e a responsabilidade social tras os retos formulados na práctica profesional e investigadora.
B5 CB5 - Comunicar con claridade os coñecementos e problemas científicos sobre os que se traballa tanto a un público non experto como de especialistas.
B6 CB6 - Posuír e comprender coñecementos que proporcionen unha base ou oportunidade para ser orixinais no desenvolvemento e/ou a aplicación de ideas, a miúdo nun contexto de investigación.
B7 CB7 - Que os estudantes saiban aplicar os coñecementos adquiridos e a súa capacidade de resolución de problemas en contornos novos ou pouco coñecidos dentro de contextos máis amplos (ou multidisciplinares) relacionados coa súa área de estudo.
B8 CB8 - Que os estudantes sexan capaces de integrar coñecementos e enfrontarse á complexidade de formular xuízos a partir dunha información que, sendo incompleta ou limitada, inclúa reflexións sobre as responsabilidades sociais e éticas vinculadas á aplicación dos seus coñecementos e xuízos.
B9 CB9 - Que os estudantes saiban comunicar as súas conclusións e os coñecementos e razóns últimas que as sustentan a públicos especializados e non especializados dun modo claro e sen ambigüidades.
B10 CB10 - Que os estudantes manexen as habilidades de aprendizaxe que lles permitan continuar estudando dun modo que haberá de ser en gran medida autodirixido ou autónomo.
B12 CB12 - Manter responsabilidade e compromiso co desenvolvemento profesional continuo de forma autónoma.
B13 CX1 - Comprender e integrar coñecementos complexos para traducilos en propostas de investigación e programas de intervención en contextos sociais problemáticos.
B14 CX2 - Realizar unha análise crítica da realidade social e do desenvolvemento profesional vinculada aos feitos sociais sobre os que se traballa.
B17 CX5 - Elaborar e defender informes, proxectos e memorias no campo das ciencias sociais.
B18 CX6 - Valorar a adecuación das distintas ferramentas teóricas, metodolóxicas e técnicas ás preguntas e os obxectivos específicos formulados sobre a realidade social e as políticas sociais.
B19 CX7 - Dar respostas innovadoras e orixinais ante situacións problemáticas emerxentes relacionadas coa exclusión social.
C3 CT3 - Using ICT in working contexts and lifelong learning.
C4 CT4 - Acting as a respectful citizen according to democratic cultures and human rights and with a gender perspective.
C5 CT5 - Understanding the importance of entrepreneurial culture and the useful means for enterprising people.
C6 CT6 -Acquiring skills for healthy lifestyles, and healthy habits and routines.
C7 CT7 - Developing the ability to work in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams in order to offer proposals that can contribute to a sustainable environmental, economic, political and social development.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences / results
Cognitive: To integrate the acquired knowledge in order to apply it to a working environment in the field of social policies and social exclusion. AC1
AC2
AC3
AC4
AC5
AC6
AC7
AC8
AC9
AC10
AC11
AC15
AC16
AC17
AC21
AC22
 BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
BC6
BC7
BC13
BC14
BC17
BC18
BC19
 CC3
CC4
CC5
CC6
On a subjective level: Ability to present and defend the results of the work in front of a professional audience. AC4
 BC5
BC9
BC14
BC17
BC19
 CC6
CC7
Ability to make an informed judgement, while being aware of the limitations on which it is based. AC2
AC4
AC5
AC7
AC8
 BC6
BC8
BC13
BC14
BC19
 CC5
Capacity for continuous autonomous learning. AC3
AC4
AC8
 BC8
BC10
BC12
BC17
 CC3
CC5
CC7

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Objectives of the research work (TFM) - Study of any area of social policy and social intervention.
- It will preferably be aimed at solving a real problem.
- Integrate the knowledge acquired during the training stage.
- To make a personal and well-founded assessment of the central topic of study that reflects the ethical and social responsibilities implicit in it.
Development of the TFM - The report must be carried out by applying the scientific research process and demonstrate that the competences of the degree have been acquired.
- Autonomous development of the student's critical, analytical and creative skills.
Two options:
(i) The completion of a linked project developed during the internship period in companies or institutions;
(ii) the completion of an original research project based on the student's own idea or the proposal of the lecturer directing the dissertation.
- The report will be carried out under the supervision of an assigned tutor.
Defence of the TFM
 - Ability to communicate your ideas to an expert audience.
- The Final Master's dissertation will be defended by the student before a committee of experts.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies / Results Teaching hours (in-person & virtual) Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Oral presentation B1 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B12 B13 B17 C6 1 2 3
Critical bibliographical A2 A3 A4 A5 B3 B6 B7 B8 B10 B13 B14 B18 C5 C7 0 50 50
Research (Research project) A9 A8 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A10 A11 A15 A16 A17 A21 A22 B19 B18 B17 B14 B13 B12 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 0 237 237
 
Personalized attention 10 0 10
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Oral presentation Preparation and completion of a presentation for the public defence of the dissertation in front of the examining board.
Critical bibliographical Reading, synthesis and critical analysis of texts for the preparation of the theoretical framework of the dissertation.
Research (Research project) Carrying out and public defence of a written work that develops and demonstrates the knowledge acquired in the master's degree, applied to a specific topic related to the specialities of the master's degree. This is project will be carried out under the supervision of an assigned tutor.

Information about the procedure and defence will be published on Moodle and communicated to students through the UDC's email.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Research (Research project)
Oral presentation
Description
Personalised attention TFM Coordination:
- Information on the process and deadlines for the completion and defence of the TFM, as well as other issues of interest to students, will be published and communicated by the TFM coordinator through the institutional channels: Moodle and UDC email.
- Group tutorials will be held to provide information on the process of carrying out and defending the work. Virtual tutorials will be held to encourage student participation online. For both modalities, a forum will be opened on the Moodle platform, with the aim of resolving any doubts about the process of carrying out and defending the TFM.

Personalised attention to the direction of the TFMs:
- The Master's Thesis will be carried out under the supervision of a director. (Co-direction is also permitted).
- The director will guide the student in the process of carrying out the research.
- Before the presentation or public defence of the dissertation, the director will have to give his/her approval through the virtual secretary's office on the dates foreseen.
- The means of communication and the calendar will be established between the student and the director.
The tutoring of students in online mode will be carried out virtually, through the systems established between the student and the director of the project.



Assessment
Methodologies Competencies / Results Description Qualification
Research (Research project) A9 A8 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A10 A11 A15 A16 A17 A21 A22 B19 B18 B17 B14 B13 B12 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 Completion of a research project that demonstrates the development of competences, which is the objective of the final dissertation of the master's degree. In other words, the report must reflect the knowledge acquired during the training period, the student's ability to apply this knowledge, the ability to base their own responsible assessment, and analytical and critical thinking within the subjects of the master's degree. 80
Oral presentation B1 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B12 B13 B17 C6 Compulsory presentation of the Master's Thesis. It will be carried out by the students in a public session and before a committee or tribunal formed by the Master's teaching staff and appointed by the TFM Coordination. The calendar of defences, the composition of the tribunals and the organisation and structure of the public event will be communicated by the coordination, once it has been established. 20
 
Assessment comments

In order to be assessed for the master's thesis, the following will be required:

1) have passed the remaining credits of the master's degree (subjects and practical period).  

2) have registered for the course.

3) have been assigned a central theme or title and a tutor.

The calendar of public defence and available calls are in accordance with the conditions established annually by the University of A Coruña for all postgraduate degrees. The timetable and procedure is common for on-campus and online students. Online students, who are unable to attend the defence ceremony in person, must contact the coordination for their presentation through virtual tools.  

The recommendations for their preparation and defence will be published by the coordination of the TFMs, through the institutional channels: Moodle and email of the UDC.

Plagiarised work, in whole or in part, will be immediately suspended. All aspects related to "academic dispensation", "dedication to study", "permanence" and "academic fraud" will be governed in accordance with the current academic regulations of the UDC 

Sources of information
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Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Information sources and statistical techniques for the analysis of social policies/615525007
Ethical considerations and educational processes in community programming/615525004
Comparative social policies/615525001
Qualitative techniques for the analysis of discourses and social realities/615525008
Identity, alterity. and intersectionality/615525006
Models of welfare provision/615525003
Poverty and inequality: debates, measurement and identification of groups at risk of exclusion/615525005
Design, management and evaluation of social policies/615525009
Austerity and precarity in the age of globalization/615525002

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
Research design and proposal/615525029

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.