Os (As) egressos (as) do curso de Serviço Social da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (MG)

Abstract

The present research developed is a final course assignment entitled The graduates of Social Work course from Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (MG). The present work aims to know the professional and educational trajectory of these students who graduated in Social Work course from Universidade Federal de Uberlandia (MG) in the year of 2014. It is a bibliographical and field research, in this case divided into two parts – a study from the official documents of the university and theoretical references with specific themes of Social Work authors, such as Iamamoto (2014), Yasbek (1977 and 1988); and the second part through the interviews containing closed and open questions, to better know each of the graduates. In Brazil, the first Social Work class formed in the year of 1938 at Escola de Serviço Social de São Paulo, the class consisted of 13 women, and the course was specific for those women aged 18 to 40 years. The Social Work class from Universidade Federal de Uberlandia is formed by 25 graduates, 21 women and 4 men, with ages ranging from 25 to 70. After analyzing the questionnaires, it is noticed that 17% of this group soon after completing graduation were inserted in the labor market due to internship. Currently 9% graduates are working in the area. From this group 10 continued their studies, two masters, one by Unesp/Franca and the other by Universidade Federal de Uberlandia (MG). it was concluded that 46% of graduates of this class were satisfied with the professional performance.