Postgraduate Students' Transitions and Trajectories in the Areas of Social Sciences in Spain

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: Graduate Education

Abstract

This contribution presents the preliminary results of a longitudinal study carried out in the context of Master's degrees in the field of Social Sciences and Law (SSL). The adaptation process and the initial academic satisfaction of the students and their evolution are analyzed, as well as the degree of career adaptability and professional identity and their possible association with the profile of the students and the previous trajectory of access. A total of 44 master's degrees from seven Spanish public universities participate in the research, constituting, as a whole, a representation of the different types of master's degrees existing in the Spanish territory.

Authors

• Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

• Mercedes Torrado, Universidad de Barcelona

• Pilar Figuera, Universidad de Barcelona