Community Psychology

Code:

P604

Acronym:

PC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	145	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	3	30	81
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	3	-	3	30	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is its main goal to promote the construction of conceptual frameworks in the field of social and community psychological intervention, analyzing and questioning current strategies of intervention in personal and contextual systems. 

Learning outcomes and competences

List the different streams and landmarks

List the different key concepts

List the different steps associated with a process of needs assessment

List different contexts for community interventions

Performs a community diagnosis through assessment of needs using different methodologies

Clearly defines types, plans, goals and objectives appropriate to a program of psychosocial intervention

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

The story of community psychology; Justification psycho-socio-historical onset. Different definitions of community in terms of different authors. The identifying characteristics of community psychology in general, regardless of the chosen theoretical frameworks; critical alternatives criticizes psychology and its application will community psychology The values that guide the practice of community psychology over time. Practices (interventions) in terms of remediation and transformation;

The concepts that guided the practice of community psychology over time: a sense of community, social support, prevention, self-help, empowerment, diversity and oppression

Mandatory literature

Martin Gonzalez Antonio; Psicologia Comunitaria. ISBN: 84-7738-590-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository teaching, the student teacher, group discussion, cooperative learning and experiential projects by contacting the ground;

Encouraging research in refereed journals and websites

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

This kind of assessment is continuous and requires no final exam (article 7th of the Assessment rules of the Faculty and has, as its prerequisite, assiduity in class attendance (nr. 4 of art.8th). Each student must attend 75% of the weekly foreseen presential moments (nr.2 of art. 8th).

Calculation formula of final grade

the evaluation is based on the performance and presentation of a terrain projetc and an individual assessment through multiple choice test

Classification improvement

Improvement of the final/continuous classification (Article 11º of the Assessment Rules): In this subject there won’t be a process of classification improvement, since it only concerns to continuous assessment with no final exam. Therefore it’s not foreseen any written test in the normal or extraordinary period of exams. However, an opportunity to improve classification in individual  component b) can be authorized in the appeal or extraordinary period of assessment.