Master's Degree in Minors in Situations of Unprotection and Social Conflict 12 months Postgraduate Program By Universidade de Vigo |Top Universities

Program overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The Master's Degree in Minors in Situations of Unprotection and Social Conflict is an official master's degree of the Universidade de Vigo, with 60 ECTS credits, which aims to train professionals and researchers with the capacity to design, implement and lead research projects and processes in the field of unprotection and social conflict of minors, from a legal, psychological and socio-educational perspective.

At the same time, this master's degree is also intended to be an interdisciplinary meeting point for debate, critical analysis and the sharing of ideas aimed at improving legal protection and the mechanisms of psycho-socio-educational intervention aimed at minors in situations of risk, lack of protection or social conflict.

This is a master's degree with a consolidated trajectory that has been taught uninterruptedly in the Faculty of Legal and Labour Sciences of the Universidade de Vigo since the academic year 2009/2010. It has its immediate antecedent in the course of Doutoramento e Especialista en Menores en situación de desprotección e conflito social, which was also taught in this Faculty in an uninterrupted way between the academic years 2004/2005 and 2008/2009.

Since the 2010/2011 academic year, the Master's Degree in Minors in situations of vulnerability and social conflict has been selected by the Carolina Foundation to offer two annual scholarships for students from Latin American countries. In the call for the 2018/2019 academic year, 2449 applications were received.

Program overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The Master's Degree in Minors in Situations of Unprotection and Social Conflict is an official master's degree of the Universidade de Vigo, with 60 ECTS credits, which aims to train professionals and researchers with the capacity to design, implement and lead research projects and processes in the field of unprotection and social conflict of minors, from a legal, psychological and socio-educational perspective.

At the same time, this master's degree is also intended to be an interdisciplinary meeting point for debate, critical analysis and the sharing of ideas aimed at improving legal protection and the mechanisms of psycho-socio-educational intervention aimed at minors in situations of risk, lack of protection or social conflict.

This is a master's degree with a consolidated trajectory that has been taught uninterruptedly in the Faculty of Legal and Labour Sciences of the Universidade de Vigo since the academic year 2009/2010. It has its immediate antecedent in the course of Doutoramento e Especialista en Menores en situación de desprotección e conflito social, which was also taught in this Faculty in an uninterrupted way between the academic years 2004/2005 and 2008/2009.

Since the 2010/2011 academic year, the Master's Degree in Minors in situations of vulnerability and social conflict has been selected by the Carolina Foundation to offer two annual scholarships for students from Latin American countries. In the call for the 2018/2019 academic year, 2449 applications were received.

Admission requirements

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Admission criteria

It will be the function of the Master's Degree Academic Committee to select the students admitted to the program, preferably taking into account the academic record of the candidates, in addition to their curriculum vitae. In this sense, it will be a condition to access one of the 25 places offered in the Master's degree to be in possession of a degree belonging to the branch of knowledge of "Social and Legal Sciences" and, within them, preference will be given to graduates in Law, Education, Psychology, Social Work and Sociology.

In addition, applicants for ordinary enrollment (comprising the 60 ECTS of the degree) will have preference when enrolling. However, part-time registration is also allowed and, for this purpose, up to a maximum of 5 of the 25 places offered can be filled with this type of registration.

Part-time students must enroll in at least 30 ECTS, which must be taken in the order in which the curriculum is structured.

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