Maastricht, Netherlands
DEGREE TYPE
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English, Dutch
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Bachelor Psychology
Are you curious about human behaviour, why people do what they do? Why it takes so much effort to live environmentally friendly? How equality and inclusion can improve society and combat polarisation? How we can measure the effects of psychoactive drugs on our cognition? How we can improve the mental wellbeing of children? How child's play stimulates language development? How we can incorporate virtual reality in clinical practice? How we can quickly trace developmental disorders? How people can keep doing valuable work when more and more task are taken over by artificial intelligence? How we can improve suicide prevention by way of machine learning? How people get obsessed with TikTok? How we can combat misinformation? Then the bachelor Psychology is the right Program for you.
During the bachelor Psychology in Maastricht you will learn how scientists study human behaviour and mental processes such as: perception, memory, and reasoning. You will also train in different research and statistical methods. Additionally, you will learn other important skills, such as: critical thinking, academic writing, ethical and social responsibility, communicating, complex problem-solving, perspective-taking, working in a team, and professional skills that belong to the field of psychology. All these skills prepare you for a future in the broad work field of psychology and beyond. You will then use this knowledge and these skills to explore how psychology can tackle personal, professional, and societal problems.
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Curriculum
First Year
- Skills I: Learning in Groups
- Skills II: Observing Others and Yourself
- Practical: Observing Behaviour
- Practical: Data Processing in SPSS
- Practical: Systematic Literature Search
- Practical: Portfolio Year 1 Part 1
- Social Behaviour
- Practical: Social Networks
- Methods and Techniques of Research
- Body and Behaviour
- Practical: Anatomy
- Statistics for Psychologists I
- Practical: SPSS I
- Discover Psychology: Psychology in Society
- Discover Psychology: Meet your Brain
- Discover Psychology: Mind your Body
- Development
- Perception
- Skills III: Communicating
- Practical: Writing Assignment 1
- Practical: Writing Assignment 2
- Practical: Writing Assignment 3
- Practical: Portfolio Year 1 Part 2
- History and Foundations of Psychology
- Learning and Memory
- Practical: Measuring Cognitive Functions 1
- Practical: Measuring Cognitive Functions 2
- Practical: Cognitive Disorders in Practice
- Evolution and Genetics for Psychology
Second Year
- Complex Cognition
- Practical: Cognition and Culture
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Practical: Personality Diagnostics
- Skills IV: Academic Writing
- Practical: Portfolio Year 2 Part 1
- Practical: Information Literacy: Literature Search and EndNote
- Psychopathology
- Practical: Psychiatric Anamnesis
- Functional Neuroanatomy
- Practical: Neuroanatomy
- Critical Thinking
- Consciousness
- Man and Machine
- Practical: Portfolio Year 2 Part 2
- Statistics II
- Practical: SPSS II
- Research Practical
- Practical: Student Psychology Symposium
Third Year
- Skills V: Regulation and Job Application
- Practical: Portfolio Year 3
- Practical: Quick Career Advice
- Statistics III
- Practical: SPSS III
- Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Practical: Excel for Scientists
- Practical: fMRI Data Analysis
- Action
- Practical: Group Decisions
- Action
- Practical: Neuronal Basis of Decision Making
- Motivation and Emotion
- Psychodiagnostics
- Practical: Constructing a Psychological Test
- Psychodiagnostics
- Practical: The Diagnostic Cycle
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Career Opportunities
The average alumnus of our faculty needs approximately 3 months to find their first job. 43% finds a job within a month of their graduation. The average gross income of our graduates 1.5 years after graduation is β¬2,019 (Source:WO-monitor ROA).
Compared to other psychology Programs in the Netherlands, Maastricht Universitygraduates are more likely to end up in research positions. TheypursuePhDsor find jobsas researchers.