Master s Program Institute of Psychology. General Information. September Arjaan Wit. Leiden University. The university to discover.

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1 Master s Program Institute of Psychology General Information September Arjaan Wit

2 Institute of Psychology Scientific Director (M. Westenberg) BSc+MSc Studies Student Research (A.Wit) (P. Brouwer) (E. van Dijk) Psychology Office A. Zandvliet M. Haas D. de Groot W. van Velzen H. Simonis Master Program Committee C. van Laar (Chair)

3 Overview - Quality control - Mentorship - One year MSc program 60 EC +? - Master Thesis Lab - Student Career Service - Student Section NIP - Labyrint - Practical info + today s enrolment procedure

4 Quality Control - Evaluation of all MSc courses - Annual survey of MSc program - Annual performance evaluation of teaching staff - External evaluation: Accreditation

5 Student participation in quality control Shared responsibility! - Participation in Master Program Committee (9 x, once a month) teaching staff (10) + students (10) - Foreign students in International Student Platform Candidacy: upcoming session of your own MSc specialisation

6 Mentorship 3 individual meetings: September, February, July - Study progress - Choices to be made (electives, internship, post-master training) - Labour market - Referral to advisors with special expertise

7 MSc Program 60 EC 20 EC mandatory courses 20 EC master thesis 10 EC electives from own / other MSc specialisations 10 EC internship or 20 EC clinical internship (in CP, CNP, HP, CAP) Mandatory courses from other MSc specialisations only after enrolment in that MSc specialisation: 20 EC mandatory courses of first specialisation Electives at other institutes or other universities require formal approval by Examination Committee

8 Requirements for post-master training in the NL See tables in e-study guide (in Dutch) (MSc pages)

9 Briefly, for students with BSc Psychology Leiden Univ 1. To apply for p-m training Health Care Psychologist (GZ): = 20 EC Clinical Internship in MSc incl. * Basisaantekening Psychodiagnostiek * Organisatorische, ethische en juridische aspecten van Gezondheidszorg 2. To apply * for p-m training Psychotherapist (PT): Bachelor courses, not included in 60 EC MSc program. Seksuologie (5 EC). Biopsychopathologie en Psychofarmacologie (5 EC). Cultural Aspects of Health and Health Care (5 EC) * in practice, these 3 requirements can also be fulfilled as a part of p-m training PT

10 Clinical Internship (20 EC) Foreign students: limited availability of clinical internships: => try in country of origin => special arrangement (10 EC) in CP and HP: clinical intervention skills in life style coaching (ask your mentor)

11 Post-master training HCP/PT not soul-saving not required for. - consultancy / mediation / training - policy making - school psychology - youth care - managerial jobs in health care - designing and evaluating prevention programs - teaching psychology - cognitive behavioral therapy for post-master training in these domains, ask your mentor in your master specialisation

12 Preparatory Statistics - Extra-curricular, obligatory for some MSc students - To make up for deficiencies (Data file management, SPSS, T-test, Regression, ANOVA, CHi 2 ) to meet the methodological standards of the Master thesis - Offered twice: Semester 1 and 2 - Enrolment today

13 Master Thesis Lab - Room 6C02-22 places to work - Exemplary theses - Workshops * Consultancy on academic writing, statistics but NOT a substitute for own thesis supervisor * Consultancy on the use of Library (+ Web of Science) English language courses at Academic Language Centre

14 Library services http: // - Toolbox offers online course material for finding scholarly information and handling it. The tutorial Leiden Catalogue and Digital Library is a must for MSc students from outside Leiden University - Manuals and demos for use of the library s databases and EndNote - Walk-in courses

15 Student Career Service Student Career Service FSW - Room 3C04 - Consultancy (career, vitae, applying for a job, job interviews, labour market) - Workshops, coaching

16 - Excursions - Lectures - Info about post-master training (2 x per year) - together with Labyrint: yearly conference to broaden perspective on labour market All activities in Dutch

17 Ethics Code (NIP, APA) Comply with the guidelines of the Ethics Code in interacting with - clients - fellow students - staff members See Ethische Beroepscode N.I.P. Code of Conduct A.P.A.

18 Next... Sharon Kouwenberg Study Association Labyrint and Mirthe Haas Pim Bakker practical info today s enrolment usis