Master’s specialisation in Social and Organisational Psychology In the Master’s specialisation Social and Organisational Psychology you study behaviour in formal and informal groups, such as work or sports teams. Do you want to understand how people function in groups and organisations? During this programme you will discover how people’s thoughts, feelings and decisions are influenced by other people. You will learn to contribute to social interventions that address concrete societal or organisational problems.
Tim van Os, alumnus
Why this specialisation at Leiden University?
‘Using social psychology and the skills I acquired during my masters help me to make a difference and to give unique insights in new or ongoing Human Resource Management projects.’
u A distinctive feature of the Leiden programme is that the curriculum integrates social and organisational psychological theory and practice. u You have a lot of freedom within Social and Organisational Psychology to choose the subjects you like most, for your internship, thesis and elective courses. u Some examples of research currently done in the Social and Organisational Psychology department are: leadership and performance within organisations, conflict resolution, negotiation, interventions for proenvironmental behaviour.
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English 1 year MSc September 1 Apr non-EU/15 May EU February 15 Oct non-EU/15 Nov EU
Course information
SEMESTER I
Intergroup Relations (5 EC)
SEMESTER II
Core course
Negotiation and Social Decision Making (5 EC)
One elective course* (5 EC)
Organisational Management (5 EC)
Master’s Thesis 2nd part (20 EC)
Internship
Applied Data Analysis (5 EC)
One elective course* (5 EC)
Master’s Thesis 1st part
Internship (10 EC)
Master’s Thesis
Elective course
* We recommend that you choose one or two of the following electives: Motivation Power, and Leadership; Environmental Psychology; Psychology of Economic Behaviour; Social Animals at Work. For more elective courses, see the Prospectus on our website.
Career possibilities Because your knowledge as a social and organisational psychologist is relevant in nearly every workfield, you can work for a lot of different organisations, in a wide variety of functions: u Career counsellor (staff selection and
recruitment)
u Human resource manager u Policy developer at a Ministry u Organisational consultant (supervisor of
organisational change processes such as mergers)
u Coach / trainer (e.g. in conflict
management)
u Communication adviser (e.g. in an
environmental education centre)
u Researcher at a university or
government research institute
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More information masters.universiteitleiden.nl/ social-organisational-psychology Are you curious about the student point of view on this Master’s programme? Send our student ambassador Annemieke an email: ambassador.mscpsy@ fsw.leidenuniv.nl