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MASTER PSYCHOLOGIE: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
APPLIED SOCIALPSYCHOLOGYWWW.VU.NL/MASTERPSYCHOLOGIE
This discipline addresses essential bothfundamental and applied questions such as:When do people altruistically help eachother? Why do people believe in conspiracytheories? What explains politicalextremism? How does social media affecttrust and cooperation in society? How doyou create a highly cohesive sports team?
What can social psychology theoriescontribute to understanding health andenvironmental problems? How do youtackle the problems of crime, antisocialbehavior, and radicalization in society?These are just some questions that thiscourse in Applied Social Psychology isconcerned with. The Master’s program inApplied Social Psychology is an excellentpreparation for research and practice. Youwill learn to apply social psychologytheories to understand, and help solve,various social and societal challenges. You
learn to analyze these problems from asocial psychological perspective, conducthigh quality research, and developmeaningful interventions. Practice andtheory go hand in hand in this Masterscourse taught by various experts in(applied) social psychology. You will alsolearn a variety of professional skillsrelevant to a career as an (applied) socialpsychologist.
YOUR FUTURE CAREERStudents with a Master degree,specialization in social psychology areversatile at the job market. They forinstance find employment as coach,mediator, manager, or consultant. Inaddition, they often work as a policy advisorfor a municipality or the government, orthey find jobs in professional fields such ascommunication, education, or journalism.
Social psychologists also often work asresearchers, for instance at a university, acommercial research agency, or theresearch department of a governmentalinstitution.
SPECIFIC ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTS
Bachelor in Psychology
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IS THESCIENCE OF HUMAN SOCIALBEHAVIOR
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISHDURATION: 1 YEAR/FULLTIMEADMISSION DEADLINE: DUTCH STUDENTSAND FOREIGN STUDENTS: JUNE 1
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