Course AS 303 · Year III · Autumn 2025-2026

Social project design

Compulsory course in Social work, taught by Călina Ana Buțiu.

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Overview

Lecturer
Călina Ana Buțiu
Seminar tutor
Sebastian Claudiu Stefani
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Social work
Field of study
Social work
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture; conversation; exemplification
Entry requirements
None

Aims

Develop social project design skills

Apply in practice the theory of social intervention

Learn the basic concepts of logical framework planning method

Develop the central-to-market elements proposal financing skills

Course contents

1. The social problem - object of the intervention project 2. Planning for social intervention 3. The problem tackled by the intervention project 4. Project goal and objectives 5. Project activities 6. Project evaluation 7. Project budgeting 8. Financing proposal definition 9. Financing proposal life cycle 10. The financiers and the financing policies 11. Market elements of financing proposal 12. Project design using the logical framework method

Learning outcomes

• Make use of social diagnosis in the specific context of the socio-cultural norms of the community • Identify and correctly apply those response mechanisms which are adequate to the problems faced by the individuals, the groups and the communities • Develop intervention projects for accessing community resources

Assessment

Written exam = 50%, knowledge, scientific rigour and language, content organisation, originality.Practical project = 50%, on-site evaluation, financing proposal presentation, practice report.

Recommended reading

The evaluation of socio economic development. The Guide
Tavistok Institute
Tavistok Institut, Boston, 2003 · 12-65
Evaluation Handbook
Wilde, J, Sockey S
EAC West, New Mexico, 1995 · 24-73
Aid Delivery Methods, Vol 1. Project Cycle Management Guidelines
European Comission
Office for Official Publication of European Communities, Luxenbourg, 2004 · 16-45