Social Psychology Master Tracks

Department of Social Psychology

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Social Psychology Tracks

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• Master in Social Psychology One of three “tracks”

1.Social Psychology2.Economic Psychology3.Work & Organizational Psychology

• A track is a more specific route to MSc degree, allowing further specialization.

• Picking a track does not determine your career; it helps you specialize.

Why a Social Psychology MSc?

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Generally, if you pursue a MSc in Social Psychology (any track) you gain:

• Knowledge of how to conduct (applied) psychological research.

This allows you to understand, control, solve, and prevent social issues, and to monitor progress.

Why a Social Psychology MSc?

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• Your research skills allow you to work in research, communication, policy, consulting, human development and organization development, ...

• In private, governmental or semi-governmental sectors.

3 Social Psychology Tracks

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If you chose Social Psychology, you pick one of three tracks:

1.Track: Social Psychology2.Track: Economic Psychology3.Track: Work & Organizational Psychology

Track 1: Social Psychology

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In the Social Psychology track ...

You specialize in understanding social relations. You learn classic and modern social psychological theories. You learn how emotions and affect influence cognition.

Predisposes you to working in explaining general social psychological behavior. Focus on policy making.

Social Psychology Track

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Curriculum:

Social

Psychologic

al theories

(6 ects)

Emotion and

Motivation

(6 ects)

1st semester

Individual Research

Proposal

(6 ects)

Applied

Social

Psychology

(6 ects)

Social

Influence

(6 ects)

2nd semester

MASTER THESIS

(24 ects)

Internship/In-depth course

(6 ects)

Track 2: Economic Psychology

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In the Economic Psychology track ...

You gain knowledge about consumer behavior, spending and investment behavior, and about marketing in classic (tv, magazines) and modern (internet) mediums.

More specialized to economic behavior.Unique to Tilburg as a SP track.

Economic Psychology Track

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Curriculum:

The

psychology of

economics

(6 ects)

Psychology &

Marketing

(6 ects)

1st semester

Individual Research

Proposal

(6 ects)

Advanced

Consumer

Science

(6 ects)

Money &

Financial

Behavior

(6 ects)

2nd semester

MASTER THESIS

(24 ects)

Internship/In-depth course

(6 ects)

Track 3: W&O Psychology

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In the Work & Organizational Psychology track ...

Students are educated to be competent scientific researchers and practitioners in work, organizational and personnel psychology

Work & Organizational Psychology Track

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Curriculum:

Personnel

Psychology

(6 ects)

Occupationa

l Health

Psychology

(6 ects)

1st semester

Work Group

Psychology

(6 ects)

Leadership &

Organization

(6 ects)

Individual Research

Proposal

(6 ects)

2nd semester

MASTER THESIS

(24 ects)

Internship/In-depth course

(6 ects)

After the master……

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SP Master Students

After the master……

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EP Master Students

After the master……

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WOP Master Students

Career Perspectives in General

• Remember: all tracks train you to become a social psychologist. It is unlikely that you cannot become an X because you selected the wrong track.

• Tracks help you to become more specialized in social, economic, or organizational behavior. This can be a big plus when applying.

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Thank You

• Questions???

• NB. We have linked-in groups where we share information about all that is relevant for our master and also as a means to keep in touch with former students.

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