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Master's specialisation of Psychology Behaviour Change

Are you interested in what determines human behaviour and how we can change it? Do you ever wonder what motivates us as human beings? Would you like to research this in a scientific way and apply your knowledge in practice? This Master's is for you!

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    • Something for you?

    • You will gain profound insight into the driving force behind people's motivation.
    • You will be trained to become an expert in behaviour change.
    • You will have the opportunity to apply all your knowledge and skills to solve an actual behaviour change problem in the professional field.
    • Your prospects as a graduate psychologist are quite diverse, ranging from commercial clients to government agencies or charities.
    Why in Nijmegen?

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    Main language
    English (100%)
    Study duration
    1 year (60 EC)
    Start
    September
    Contact hours
    5-10
    Programme format
    Full time
    Degree
    Master of Science, specialisation of Psychology
    Faculty
    Faculty of Social Sciences
    CROHO code
    60260
    Accreditation
    NVAO

    What will you learn

    The study programme focusses on both theory and practice and will train you to become a practice-based researcher. You study scientific theory to become a behavioural expert and learn how to implement your knowledge by developing and testing behaviour change interventions in practice. Your graduation assignment is a research project, consisting of an internship and thesis in a domain of your choice. The programme has a clear and singular goal: for you to become a scientific expert of behaviour change in all its forms.

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