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Masters in Social Technology
- Methodology.
- Areas of application.
- Student body.
- Objectives.
- Contents.
- Masters management committee
Methodology
Training September 2005 – May 2006
- Seven training modules over 30 weeks.
- A total of 300 hours in:
- Five 40-hour modules.
- Two 30-hour modules.
- Half-weekly studies:
- Four hours of individual work.
- Two hours of group work.
- Four-hour attendance session
Work experience in collaborating company June 2006 – November 2006
- 150-hour work placement in a company
- Company and university tutorship.
End of Masters Project
- Themed study of an area of Social Technology
- Proposals for application.
Areas of application
Social area
Bringing technology and its application closer to social problems with great current and future repercussions.
Company area
The opportunity to develop entrepreneurial initiatives and to introduce innovations in existing industrial companies and service providers.
Public sector
Adapting welfare services and policies with the design and use of the technology and its applications.
Student body
- Responsible for the development of public welfare policies.
- Company technicians designing products and technological devices and information systems.
- Health and welfare professionals designing services and assessment, aid and rehabilitation processes based on technology.
- Professionals in the transport, construction, urban design and furniture sectors.
- Entrepreneurs working on products and services in areas of social technology.
Objectives
A meeting place for developing knowledge through integrating three types of speciality:
- Health and welfare.
- Technical-corporate.
- Public policy.
To enable attendees and connected organisations:
- To design foreseeable welfare policies for health, accessibility and participation.
- To complete the vision of the technical design of devices, dwellings and public spaces from the standpoint of universal access.
- To provide a network of contacts and relationships for designing solutions and to develop corporate initiatives.
- To put in practice the knowledge acquired through work placement projects with collaborating companies.
Contents
Area 1. Introduction to Social Technology
- Module 1: Autonomy and Independent Life
- Autonomy and prevention.
- Independent life.
- Empowerment.
- Adult Literacy.
- Family.
- Informal support.
- Ageing.
- Disability.
- Dependency.
- Module 2: Areas for assessment, treatment and intervention
- Learning and cognition.
- Communication.
- Self care.
- Emotions.
- Domestic life.
- Interpersonal and caring relationships.
- Mobility.
- Community participation.
- General demands.
- Behaviours.
- Feelings.
- Personality.
- Environments.
- Module 3: Care and welfare policies
- Home.
- Informal support.
- Prevention and development of autonomy.
- Community care.
- Specialised care.
- Quality of life.
- Quality of life and its relationship to health.>
- Social policy.
- Health policies.
Area 2. Services responsible for accessibility
- Module 4: Technology.
- Communication.
- Technology.
- Design for everyone.
- Remote assistance.
- Biomechanics and devices.
- Biomechanics and devices
- Accessibility of buildings.
- Accessibility of homes.
- Accessibility of public buildings.
- Accessibility in planning.
- Accessibility of public transport (I).
- Accessibility of public transport (II).
- Accessibility of tourism and leisure.
- Module 6: Practical case
- Sharing out cases.
- Revision 1: Advances.
- Revision 3: Advances.
- Revision 3: Conclusion and common agreement.
Area 3. Producing Social Technology
- Module 7: Project and company in Social Technology
- The Social Technology market.
- Company initiatives.
- Special employment in the company
- Innovation and research and development in Social Technology.
- Distribution networks for Social Technology.
Masters management committee
Dr. Arantza Tapia. Head of Department
Escuela Universitaria Politécnica Sn.Sn. UPV-EHU
Dr. Sabino Ayestaran
APTES. Psychology Faculty UPV-EHU
Dr. Arantza Illarramendi
Information Science Faculty Sn.Sn. UPV-EHU
Dr. Javier Yanguas
Matía Foundation.
With the participation of expert professionals from the different fields of experience.