Master's Degree in Training Processes
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Galician
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 854
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
Key Summary
Introduction
Mixed research and professional master's degree with content that promotes, on the one hand, training in skills related to research and, on the other hand, trains specialists in the design, implementation and evaluation of Training, both in school and work contexts and professionals.
The master's degree has a mixed character: researcher and professional. In the first place, it promotes training in skills linked to research to continue with a doctorate in the various lines of research opened in the departments of Didactics and School Organization and Research Methods and diagnosis in education.
Secondly, the master's degree is aimed at training specialists in Training both in school contexts and in all work and professional contexts in which education professionals currently carry out their functions (companies, town halls, consultancies, public administrations, research centers , technology centers, unions, civil organizations and associations, etc.). The curricular structure establishes 2 semesters and adopts a modular program with the idea of offering training as integrated as possible and an interdisciplinary vision of the world of training (needs, strategies, resources, models...).
Curriculum
The study plan is organized around seven modules within which the different subjects that comprise it are grouped, and which add up to a total of 60 credits.
Credits that a student must complete to obtain the master's degree:
- Compulsory subjects: 24 ECTS
- Optional Subjects: 18 ECTS
- Mandatory Internships 6 ECTS
- Master's final project: 12 ECTS
- Total Credits: 60 ECTS
The Master's degree lasts one year and in each semester a modular structure for grouping the subjects is established:
- At the end of the first semester, students must be able to recognize the basic models of educational research and the various lines of research and professional work that are being carried out in the two departments of DOE and MIDE.
- At the end of the second semester, students must master the basic concepts and techniques of action in the fields of specialization they choose within the possibilities of the two optional modules (itineraries) and the remaining subjects.
The title contemplates two different itineraries:
- Innovation and Quality
- Guidance and Advice
Students can choose between taking an itinerary, passing all the subjects of the corresponding module, or freely choosing the optional subjects of the degree. The remaining optional credits must be completed with subjects from the General Optional module until they total 60 credits (12 optional credits).
The master's degree combines a face-to-face teaching system with a virtual system. 60% of the classes are in person, from Monday to Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The remaining 40% are taught through the USC Virtual Campus.
Program Outcome
- Know in depth the various areas of projection of pedagogical research and job placement of postgraduates in Education.
- Know the various specialized professional activities (positions and functions) carried out by postgraduates in Education.
- Develop specialized skills for work in attractive niches of professional intervention in areas that require specialization (quality, e
- learning, the design of digital didactic content, individual or institutional advice, validation of skills, continuous training, educational research and innovation, etc.)
- Design training proposals that address contexts of diversity and take into account gender equality, equity and respect for human rights.
- Improve/complete the transversal skills of education professionals for research, development and innovation (R+D+I) as fundamental bases for professional improvement and the quality of the functions and services provided by education specialists. education in their work contexts.
- Analyze the contributions of pedagogical research and the processes of generating scientific knowledge in various specialized fields.
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Career Opportunities
- Training process designer
- Trainer of trainers
- Responsible for training in companies
- Elearning process designer
- Digital media and materials designer
- Manager of innovation and quality in training
- Evaluator of educational programs, systems, institutions and policies
- Training and institutional development advisor
- Specialist in educational attention to diversity
- Management of educational centers and institutions
- Inspector and supervisor of educational administration
- Personal and professional counselor