Competencies and objectives
Course context for academic year 2025-26
Current social, demographic, economic, political, and cultural processes and transformations offer a perspective that affects spaces and societies at any geographic scale, from the local to the global. Social Geography addresses socio-territorial problems, their location, and their understanding, allowing for the assessment and comparison of the different systems of relationships that exist between the population and the territories of the world in which they live.
The content and competencies of the Social Geography course in the Bachelor's Degree in Social Work are included in the module on processes and problems addressed by social work, and specifically in the areas related to structure, inequality, and social exclusion.
Knowledge of basic analytical techniques and the study of phenomena such as: the geographical distribution of the population, population movements, fertility, aging, rural-urban contrasts, special needs, spatial segregation, gender differences, cultural differences, and geopolitics constitute the theoretical and practical basis of the course. and contribute to defining the identity and professional profile of the social worker.
Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26
General Competences (CG)
- CG1 : Capacity to work together with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities to evaluate their needs and circumstances.
- CG2 : Analyse problem situations, plan, develop, execute, review and evaluate the practice of Social Work with individuals, families, groups, organisations, communities and other professionals.
- CG5 : Administrate and be responsible for, with supervision and support, one's own practice within the organisation.
- CG6 : Demonstrate professional competence when carrying out Social Work.
- CG7 : Capacity to contribute to the development of fundamental rights, equal opportunities for men and women, the principles of equal opportunities and universal accessibility for the disabled, as well as the values associated with a peaceful culture with democratic values.
General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)
- CGUA2 : Computer and information skills. Capacity to apply computer and information technologies in one's professional career.
- CGUA3 : Oral and written communication skills. Capacity to communicate ideas orally and in writing so that individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations can understand them.
Specific Competences (CE)
- CE1 : Establish professional relationships in order to identify the best method of intervention.
- CE12 : Design, implement and evaluate social intervention projects.
- CE17 : Administer and be responsible for one's own work by allocating priorities, satisfying one's professional obligations and evaluating the effectiveness of one's own work programme.
- CE18 : Contribute to the administration of resources and services by collaborating with the procedures used to acquire them, supervising their effectiveness and ensuring their quality.
- CE21 : Participate in managing and directing Social Welfare Entities.
- CE25 : Contribute towards the promotion of best practices in Social Work by participating in the development and analysis of the policies implemented.
- CE3 : Evaluate possible needs and options to guide an intervention strategy.
- CE5 : Interact with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities to achieve changes, promote development and improve quality of life by using Social Work methods and models, regularly monitoring the changes that occur in order to prepare for the end of the intervention.
- CE6 : Prepare, produce, implement and evaluate intervention plans with individuals, families, groups, organisations, communities and fellow professionals, negotiating the supply of services that need to be used and checking the effectiveness of intervention plans with those involved in order to adapt them to changing needs and circumstances.
- CE7 : Support the development of networks to cope with needs and work to favour the planned results, examining the support networks that individuals can access and develop with those involved.
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26
Conceptual Objectives
Understand key sociodemographic issues at the global and local levels.
Know the forms of social inequality embodied in the territory.
Know the main sources of social and geodemographic information for specific territories.
Procedural Objectives
Develop basic sociodemographic indicators and their graphic and/or cartographic representation.
Learning communication tools for social and community intervention.
Promoting meaningful learning through innovative educational tools.
Introduction to research on population issues.
Attitudinal Objectives
Promote, from a critical and multidisciplinary perspective, students' research interest in the territorial manifestation of social imbalances.
Promote fundamental skills for social work such as active listening, effective communication, and cooperative work.
General
Code:
19533
Lecturer responsible:
Cabezón Fernández, María Jesús
Credits ECTS:
6,00
Theoretical credits:
1,20
Practical credits:
1,20
Distance-base hours:
3,60
Departments involved
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Dept:
Human Geography
Area: Human Geography
Theoretical credits: 1,2
Practical credits: 1,2
This Dept. is responsible for the course.
This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.
Study programmes where this course is taught
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DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK
Course type: OPTIONAL (Year: 3)
Course type: OPTIONAL (Year: 4)

