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Psychology: Applied Cognitive Psychology

Description

This is a specialisation of the master’s programme of Psychology. The aim of this specialisation is to provide students with a maximum of hands-on experience and with all the practical and intellectual skills necessary to apply psychological knowledge to real-life problems in working environments and organizations. The skills acquired in this programme will be broadly applicable and valuable for a whole range of academic, governmental, industrial, or health-related settings, but also for research assistantships and PhD studies in applied areas. The main emphasis is on translating theory into practice. Apart from practical, and methodological courses, students will work in a team on a field project (internship) throughout a major part of the year. Visit our Masters In Leiden page for more information about Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Objectives

The master’s specialisation Applied Cognitive Psychology prepares students for translating theory into practice. You develop all the practical and intellectual skills necessary to apply psychological knowledge to real-life problems in working environments and organisations. The aim of this master’s specialisation is to provide you with a maximum of hands-on experience in the field of cognitive enhancement and cognitive ergonomics.

Curriculum

The curriculum of 60 EC offers a variety of courses and a supervised master thesis. The specialisation consists of:

  • 5 mandatory courses (25 EC)

  • thesis (20 EC)

  • internship (10 EC)

  • elective course (5 EC)

Registration

On Thursday, January 26th, 2017 master’s students enrol for all courses at the Master’s introduction and course enrolment day. At this day the attendance of first year master’s students in Psychology is required if they start with a master’s programme.
Master’s course registration

First Year

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Compulsory components

The Art of Applying Psychology 5
Human Potential: Theory 5
Human Potential: Application 5
Human Computer Interaction (Psychology) 5
Decision Making: Theory and Practice 5
Master Thesis in MSc. Psychology 20

Choose one of the following options as internship

Research Internship Psychology (MSc) 10
Practical Internship Psychology 10

One elective course of 5 EC

Choose one from the elective courses or

Trainers Course Communication Skills 10

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Additional information

Contact

Internship, thesis and mentor coordinator

Drs. William Verschuur verschuur@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

Student representative

Find your student representative in the overview of programme committee members: Student representative

General coordinator

Dr. Guido Band band@fsw.leidenuniv.nl